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September 2006
ISBN 0 7559 6228 1
ISSN 1741 1203
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Contents

Summary

Introduction

Policy Context
Minerals and the economy
Mineral extraction and the environment
Environmental Justice
Objectives for Mineral Working

Planning Policy for Minerals Extraction
Development Plans
Working with communities
Cumulative impacts

Locational Considerations
Conservation of the Natural and Built Heritage
Countryside and Green Belts
Agricultural Land
Rural Economy

Addressing Operational Issues
Environmental Impact Assessment ( EIA)
Transport
Noise
Dust and Air Quality
Groundwater and Surface Water
Mineral Waste
Restoration, Aftercare and After-Use

Additional policy guidelines for individual minerals
Construction aggregates
Recycled and Secondary aggregates
Coastal Exporting Quarries
Non-aggregate Construction Minerals
Monitoring Supply and Demand
Peat
Industrial Minerals

Development Management
Planning Conditions, Monitoring and Enforcement
Review of old mineral permissions
Implementation

Contact

Planning Series:

• Scottish Planning Policies ( SPPs) provide statements of Scottish Executive policy on nationally important land use and other planning matters, supported where appropriate by a locational framework.

• Circulars, which also provide statements of Scottish Executive policy, contain guidance on policy implementation through legislative or procedural change.

• Planning Advice Notes ( PANs) provide advice on good practice and other relevant information.

Statements of Scottish Executive policy contained in SPPs and Circulars may be material considerations to be taken into account in development plan preparation and development management.

Existing National Planning Policy Guidelines ( NPPGs) have continued relevance to decision making, until such time as they are replaced by a SPP. The term SPP should be interpreted as including NPPGs.

Statements of Scottish Executive location-specific planning policy, for example the West Edinburgh Planning Framework, have the same status in decision making as SPPs.

The National Planning Framework sets out the strategy for Scotland's long-term spatial development. It has the same status as SPPs and provides a national context for development plans and planning decisions and the ongoing programmes of the Scottish Executive, public agencies and local government.

Important note: in the interests of brevity and conciseness, Scottish Planning Policies do not repeat policy across thematic boundaries. Each SPP takes account of the general policy in SPP1 and highlights the other SPPs where links to other related policy will be found. The whole series of SPPs should be taken as an integral policy suite and read together.

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