PLANNING AND COMPULSORY PURCHASE ACT 2004 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (LOCAL PLANNING) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2012

REGULATION 19 CONSULTATION

DRAFT CUMBRIA MINERALS AND WASTE LOCAL PLAN 2013 to 2028

COMMENTS FORM 1. Strategic Policies 2. Development Control Policies 3. Site Allocations Policies

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FEBRUARY 2013

STRATEGIC POLICIES POLICY SP1 POLICY SP2 POLICY SP3 POLICY SP4 POLICY SP5 POLICY SP6 POLICY SP7 POLICY SP8 POLICY SP9 POLICY SP10 POLICY SP11 POLICY SP12 POLICY SP13 POLICY SP14 POLICY SP15 POLICY SP16 POLICY SP17 POLICY SP18 POLICY SP19 POLICY SP20 Presumption in favour of sustainable development Provision for waste Waste capacity Strategic areas for new waste management developments High and Intermediate Level radioactive wastes treatment and storage Higher activity range of Low Level radioactive waste Lower activity Low Level radioactive wastes Strategic areas for new mineral developments Minerals safeguarding Marine dredged aggregates Industrial limestones Building stones Oil and gas and coal bed methane Sustainable location and design Economic benefit Community benefits Environmental assets Restoration and afteruse Section 106 planning obligations and Community Infrastructure Levy Monitoring and enforcing planning control

DEVELOPMENT CONTROL POLICIES POLICY DC1 POLICY DC2 POLICY DC3 POLICY DC4 POLICY DC5 POLICY DC6 POLICY DC7 POLICY DC8 POLICY DC9 POLICY DC10 POLICY DC11 POLICY DC12 POLICY DC13 POLICY DC14 POLICY DC15 POLICY DC16 POLICY DC17 POLICY DC18 POLICY DC19 POLICY DC20 Traffic and transport General criteria Noise Quarry blasting Dust Cumulative environmental impacts Criteria for waste management facilities Criteria for landfill Criteria for non-energy minerals development Criteria for energy minerals Applications for new conditions Minerals safeguarding Biodiversity and geodiversity Historic environment Landscape Flood risk The water environment Protection of soil resources Restoration and afteruse Planning obligations

SITE ALLOCATIONS POLICIES Policy SAP1 Policy SAP2 Policy SAP3 Policy SAP4 Policy SAP5 Policy SAP6 Policy SAP7 Policy SAP8 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) (sites of around 0.5 to 1.0 ha) Waste treatment facilities, including Mechanical and Biological Treatment plants, Materials Recovery Facilities and Transfer and Bulking Stations (sites of around 2 to 3 ha) Energy from waste plants (sites of around 2 to 4.5 ha) Non-inert landfill capacity Low Level Radioactive Wastes (LLW) Preferred Areas and Areas of Search for minerals and sites for secondary or recycled aggregates facilities Mineral Safeguarding Areas Safeguarding of potential railheads

1. STRATEGIC POLICIES POLICY SP1 PRESUMPTION IN FAVOUR OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Comments POLICY SP2 PROVISION FOR WASTE Comments POLICY SP3 WASTE CAPACITY Comments POLICY SP4 STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS Comments AREAS FOR NEW WASTE MANAGEMENT

POLICY SP5 HIGH AND INTERMEDIATE TREATMENT AND STORAGE Comments

LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES

POLICY SP6 HIGHER ACTIVITY RANGE OF LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE 1 Comments POLICY SP7 LOWER ACTIVITY LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES2 Comments POLICY SP8 STRATEGIC AREAS FOR NEW MINERAL DEVELOPMENTS Comments POLICY SP9 MINERALS SAFEGUARDING Comments POLICY SP10 MARINE DREDGED AGGREGATES Comments POLICY SP11 INDUSTRIAL LIMESTONES Comments

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POLICY SP12 BUILDING STONES Comments POLICY SP13 OIL AND GAS AND COAL BED METHANE Comments POLICY SP14 SUSTAINABLE LOCATION AND DESIGN Comments POLICY SP15 ECONOMIC BENEFIT Comments POLICY SP16 COMMUNITY BENEFITS Comments POLICY SP17 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS Comments POLICY SP18 RESTORATION AND AFTERUSE Comments POLICY SP19 SECTION 106 PLANNING OBLIGATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY Comments POLICY SP20 MONITORING AND ENFORCING PLANNING CONTROL Comments 2. DEVELOPMENT CONTROL POLICIES

POLICY DC1 TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT Comments POLICY DC2 GENERAL CRITERIA Comments POLICY DC3 NOISE Comments

POLICY DC4 QUARRY BLASTING Comments POLICY DC5 DUST Comments POLICY DC6 CUMULATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS Comments POLICY DC7 CRITERIA FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES Comments POLICY DC8 CRITERIA FOR LANDFILL Comments POLICY DC9 CRITERIA FOR NON-ENERGY MINERALS DEVELOPMENT Comments POLICY DC10 CRITERIA FOR ENERGY MINERALS Comments POLICY DC11 APPLICATIONS FOR NEW CONDITIONS Comments POLICY DC12 MINERALS SAFEGUARDING Comments POLICY DC13 BIODIVERSITY AND GEODIVERSITY Comments POLICY DC14 HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT Comments POLICY DC15 LANDSCAPE Comments POLICY DC16 FLOOD RISK Comments

POLICY DC17 THE WATER ENVIRONMENT Comments POLICY DC18 PROTECTION OF SOIL RESOURCES Comments POLICY DC19 RESTORATION AND AFTERUSE Comments POLICY DC20 PLANNING OBLIGATIONS Comments 3. SITE ALLOCATIONS POLICIES

POLICY SAP1 HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRES (HWRC) (SITES OF AROUND 0.5 TO 1.0 ha) AL37 Lillyhall industrial estate to replace the HWRCs at Clay Flatts, Workington, and at Frizington Comments AL35 Risehow Industrial Estate, Flimby, if needed to replace the HWRC at Maryport Comments SL1B Land adjacent to Kendal Fell Quarry, to replace the HWRC at Canal Head Comments POLICY SAP2 WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES, INCLUDING MECHANICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PLANTS, MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITIES AND TRANSFER AND BULKING STATIONS (SITES OF AROUND 2 TO 3 ha) AL3 Oldside, Workington Comments AL8 Lillyhall Waste Treatment Centre, Workington Comments AL18 Port of Workington Comments

CA11 Willowholme, Carlisle Comments CO11 Bridge End Industrial Estate, Egremont Comments ED31 Flusco waste management site, near Penrith Comments SL1A Kendal Fell Quarry, the quarry floor (Note: this is mostly within the Lake District National Park and not within the area of this Local Plan) Comments POLICY SAP3 ENERGY FROM WASTE PLANTS (SITES OF AROUND 2 TO 4.5 ha) AL3 Oldside, Workington Comments AL8 Lillyhall Waste Treatment Centre, Workington Comments AL18 Port of Workington Comments CA31 Kingmoor Park East, Carlisle Comments Policy SAP4 NON-INERT LANDFILL CAPACITY The 1.3 million cubic metres of non-inert landfill capacity that is estimated to be needed over the plan period, should be provided in close proximity to major facilities that are diverting waste from landfill. The existing such facilities are the Mechanical and Biological Treatment plants for municipal waste and the proposed provision in relation to these is within the existing non-inert landfills at:CA24 BA23 Hespin Wood, near Carlisle Bennett Bank, Barrow

and the proposed non-inert landfill at:9

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Goldmire Quarry, Barrow

Part of the landfill requirement will be for waste that is needed to secure acceptable restoration landforms at the other existing non-inert landfills which are:Lillyhall landfill, Workington Flusco landfill, near Penrith Proposals will be discouraged, that would provide significant excess total non-inert landfill capacity. Comments

POLICY SAP5 LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES (LLW) Higher activity LLW (generally defined as those wastes with activity levels above 200 Becquerels/gram) CO35 The Low Level Waste Repository, near Drigg Lower activity LLW (generally defined as those wastes with activity levels below 200 Becquerels/gram) CO35 The Low Level Waste Repository, near Drigg, excluding disposal within highly engineered containment facilities CO36 Land within Sellafield CO32 Land adjacent to Sellafield Comments

POLICY SAP6 AREAS FOR MINERALS Preferred Areas M18 M12 Stamphill, Long Marton, for gypsum Roosecote sand and gravel quarry extension, Barrow-in-Furness

Areas of Search M5 M6 M8 land adjacent to High Greenscoe Quarry, near Dalton-in-Furness, for brickmaking mudstones land between Overby and High House sand and gravel quarries, near Abbeytown land adjacent to Cardewmires sand and gravel quarry, near Dalston
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M10 M15 M17 M30 M33

land adjacent to Silvertop limestone quarry, near Brampton land adjacent to Peel Place sand and gravel quarry, near Gosforth land adjacent to Ghyll Scaur very high specification roadstone quarry, near Millom land adjacent to Roan Edge high specification roadstone quarry, near New Hutton land adjacent to Moota limestone quarry, near Cockermouth

Sites for secondary or recycled aggregates facilities In addition to existing recycling facilities at waste management sites and elsewhere, the hard rock quarries are considered to be suitable locations for processing alternative aggregates from their quarry wastes and from recycled aggregates. Comments

POLICY SAP7 MINERAL SAFEGUARDING AREAS These are defined for sand and gravel, limestone, high purity limestone, igneous rocks, sandstone, shallow coal, fireclay and gypsum in accordance with the geological resources maps included within the British Geological Survey Technical Report WF/01/02 Mineral Resource Information for Development Plans: Cumbria and the Lake District. M24 Derwent Howe Slag Bank, Workington, is a Mineral Safeguarding Area for its resource of secondary aggregate.

The areas of planning permissions for the underground mining of coal, near Whitehaven and for lead and zinc, near Nenthead, are also shown. Comments

POLICY SAP8 SAFEGUARDING OF POTENTIAL RAILHEADS AL32 M31 Siddick (if required in connection with mineral working or waste management proposals) Salthouse, near Millom, for Ghyll Scaur Quarry

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