Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2004 - 2016

This plan outlines our policies on mineral and waste planning in Buckinghamshire and development control.

You can download the plan and guidance notes below or order a printed copy for £10 (plus postage and packing) by emailing minerals&wasteldf@buckscc.gov.uk or calling 0845 3708090. Alternatively, printed copies can be viewed for free at our libraries.

The Secretary of State has directed that all of the policies (apart from policies 26 & 35) contained in the adopted Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan (BM&WLP) should be saved until they are replaced by policies in the adopted new DPDs, to continue to inform development control decisions.

Existing Supplementary Planning Guidance will be regarded as a material consideration in determining planning applications until such time as it is replaced or abandoned.

The saved policies are listed below:

BM and WLP saved policies
Policy Number	Policy Title / Purpose	Replaced by (Document)*
1	Overarching Minerals Extraction Principles	MWCS
2	Aggregates Landmark	MWCS
3	Preferred Areas for Sand and Gravel Extraction	MDPD
4	Area of Search	MWCS
5	Borrow Pits and other Windfall Sites	MDPD
6	Alternative Aggregates Production	MDPD/WDPD
7	Transport of Aggregates	MDPD
8	Other Minerals	MDPD
9	Oil Exploration	MDPD
10	Overarching Waste Management Principles	MWCS
11	Imported Wastes and Landfill Sites	MWCS
12	Integrated Waste Management	WDPD
13	Recycling/Composting Facilities	WDPD
14	Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs)	WDPD
15	Waste Transfer Stations (WTS)	MWCS/WDPD
16	Anaerobic and Mechanical - Biological Treatment plant	WDPD
17	Energy from Waste Plant (EfW)	MWCS/WDPD
18	Landfill and Landraising	WDPD
19	Calvert Landfill Site	MWCS/WDPD
20	Landfill Gas Collection and Energy Recovery	WDPD
21	Hazardous Wastes	MWCS/WDPD
22	Inert Wastes & Inert Waste Recycling	MWCS/WDPD
23	Sewage Treatment Works & Management of Sewage Sludge	WDPD
24	Protection of Key Environmental Assets	MWCS
25	Protection of Other Environmentally Important Sites & Features	MWCS
27	Protection of Green Belt	MWCS
28	Amenity	MDPD/WDPD
29	Buffer Zones	MDPD/WDPD
30	Proximity Principle and Sustainable Transport	MDPD/WDPD
31	Restoration and Aftercare	MDPD/WDPD
32	Restoration of Old Sites	MDPD/WDPD
33	Groundwater and Floodplain Protection	MDPD/WDPD
34	Aviation Safeguards	MDPD/WDPD
36	Planning Application Issues	MDPD/WDPD
37	Environmental Assessment	MDPD/WDPD
38	Planning Obligations	MDPD/WDPD
39	Site Monitoring and Enforcement	MDPD/WDPD