19.10.21
North Lincolnshire Council is preparing a new single Local Plan for its area. It will establish a vision and objectives, allocate sites for housing, employment, mineral, waste and other forms of development, and will include development management policies up to 2038. As well as setting out where new development will go, the Plan will also […]
7.7.21
On behalf of a long-standing Client, Hughes Craven Ltd. have successfully appealed both the refusal of planning permission to retain a quantity of imported soils, and an Enforcement Notice requiring their removal. Our involvement in the site, which lies adjacent to a regionally important limestone quarry, started in 2011, when we helped the landowner to […]
28.2.21
Lincolnshire County Council have confirmed that, following an in-depth review of their existing planning policy, they intend to undertake a full Review of their Minerals and Waste Local Plan (MWLP). The existing Local Plan comprises of two parts; the Core Strategy and Development Management Policies document, adopted in 2016, and the Site Locations document, adopted […]
17.1.18
Following the laying of an order before Parliament just before the Christmas break, planning application fees in England have risen by 20% from 17 January 2018. The Government promised the increase to local planning authorities provided that the additional money raised would be re-invested within their planning department. This is the first planning fee increase […]
10.10.17
Following its successful launch in 2016, the Institute of Quarrying (IQ) is encouraging quarry operators, industry bodies and individuals to join in with this year’s National Minerals Week, from 16–22 October. National Minerals Week is a celebration aimed at raising awareness of the critical role that the mineral extraction sector fulfils in shaping our global […]
26.5.17
Nottinghamshire County Council have withdrawn their emerging Minerals Local Plan (MLP). The County Council had been preparing a new MLP to cover the period up until 2030, a process which began in 2012 and has included a number of public consultations. In November 2016 the County Council endorsed the MLP for submission to an independent […]
