Minerals and waste
A new system of development plans has been introduced by the
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. The County Council is
now preparing a Minerals and Waste Development Framework (MWDF)
which will replace the current Local Plan. Most of the policies of
the present plan are automatically saved until September 2007. The
County Council has requested a Direction from the Secretary of
State to "save" some of the Local Plan policies until the MWDF has
been adopted.