Mineral Resources Development Plan Document - evidence base

Please note, as a result of advice received from the Planning Inspector appointed to examine the Core Strategy and Mineral Resources DPDs, Shropshire County Council has reluctantly decided that it has no choice but to request the Secretary of State to withdraw the plans from the Examination process. Further information on this can be found on the 'Independent Examinations' page, which you can access on this page.

A key requirement of the planning system is to demonstrate how and why plans have been produced. In doing this it is necessary to consider the guidance and information contained in a wide variety of documents. This is collectively known as the 'evidence base'.

This page gives a list of the documents the council used in the preparation of the Mineral Resources Development Plan Document (DPD). The information in these documents has been used to guide the preparation of the DPD's aims, objectives and detailed policies.

This list contains reference to national, regional and local level documentation. National planning guidance is usually in the form of Planning Policy Statements, and can be viewed by following the link on this page to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) website. The regional documents listed have been prepared by the West Midlands Regional Assembly (WMRA), and these can be viewed on the WMRA webpage. A lot of the local level documentation has been prepared by the County Council in connection with its various roles. Each document can be viewed by either following the relevant pdf attachments on this page or by following the links to the relevant web pages.

Regional policy guidance

• West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy (ODPM 2004).
• Regional Sustainable Development Strategy (Version 1, WMRA).
• Regional Economic Strategy (Advantage West Midlands 2004).
• Draft Regional Waste Strategy (2001, WMRA).
• Growing our Future: The West Midlands Regional Forestry Framework (Forestry Commission, 2004).
• West Midlands Regional Energy Strategy (WMRA 2004).
• Restoring the Region's Wildlife: the Regional Biodiversity Strategy for the West Midlands (WMRA, 2005).

Local policy guidance

• Shropshire Countywide Community Strategy 2005-2010 (2005).
• Shropshire Partnership Community Strategy 2006-2010 (2006).
• Shropshire Biodiversity Action Plan 2002 (BAP).
• Shropshire AONB Management Plan 2004-2009 (2004).
• Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Shropshire.
• Sustainable Construction Policy (2002).
• Sustainability Policy (2005).
• Provisional Shropshire Local Transport Plan 2006 -2011 (2005).
• Shropshire Futures: An Economic Development Strategy for Shropshire.
• Shropshire Climate Change Strategy(2002).

Local planning guidance

• Sustainable Resource Management in Shropshire (Minerals and Waste Development Scheme) 2006-2009.
• Submission Draft Mineral Resources DPD (October 2006).
• Shropshire Annual Monitoring Report (AMR).
• Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Minerals Local Plan 1996-2006 (Follow the link to the minerals and waste planning page).
• Shropshire Waste Local Plan 2002-2014 (Follow the link to the minerals and waste planning page).
• Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin Joint Structure Plan (2002).
• Statement of Community Involvement (adopted May 2006).

Regional and local planning data

• Waste Planning in the West Midlands: Supplementary Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) 2004.
• West Midlands Regional Aggregates Working Party Annual Report 2003.
• census and other environmental and social-economic data held by the County Council - select the link to the Facts and Figures page.
• Survey of arisings and use of construction, demolition and excavation waste as aggregate in England in 2003 (Capita Symonds in assn with WRc plc and ODPM 2004).