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INTRODUCTION
1. Minerals are an important primary resource. There is a continuing need for an adequate and steady supply of minerals for a variety of purposes. Equally, working must be fully reconciled with policies to protect local communities and the wider environment. To achieve that aim, this Scottish Planning Policy ( SPP) which replaces NPPG 4 Land for Mineral Working sets out the planning policy framework for the extraction of minerals. It excludes opencast coal and associated minerals. Separate guidance on those minerals is given in SPP 16.
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