Consultation Portal

The ten Local Planning Authorities in Greater Manchester are working together to produce a Joint Minerals Development Plan Document (known as the Minerals Plan).  The Minerals Plan aims to reduce reliance on primary minerals (those dug out of the ground) through better use of recycled aggregates and secondary mineral products. The Minerals Plan sets out policies to guide future minerals development and identifies Areas of Search for mineral extraction and Mineral Safeguarding Areas.   The Plan will form an integral part of each authority's Local Development Framework.

The Minerals Plan has now been published and will be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate (along with any comments we receive) for examination early next year.   You may comment on the published Minerals Plan from Friday 22nd July to Friday 2nd September 2011. At this stage comments should relate to whether the Minerals Plan is legally compliant and justified, effective and consistent with national planning policy.

After the consultation closes, we will aim to submit the Minerals Plan to the Planning Inspectorate in December 2011 for examination in April 2012.  After the examination, it is anticipated that the Minerals Plan will be adopted in winter 2012

You can read and comment upon the Minerals Plan Publication report by clicking on the 'View and Comment' icon below. Supporting documentation such as the Sustainability Appraisal, Appropriate Assessment, maps and other background information can be found by clicking on the 'Supporting Documents' tab below.

Please note that:

• The Greater Manchester Geological Unit is fully committed to compliance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.
• Comments cannot be treated as confidential.
• Personal information provided as part of a representation cannot be treated as confidential as all representations must be available for public inspection. If you choose to make a representation you will be regarded as having consented to that representation being made available for public inspection. All comments received will also be made available via the internet, along with the name of the person who submitted them. Your address will not generally be available via the internet if you submit your comments electronically through our Limehouse consultation portal. In addition, you should note that any documents, plans etc, you submit to accompany your comments may also be made available via the internet. If you are using the Limehouse consultation portal to supply supporting documents, please make sure you do not include email addresses, telephone numbers or signatures on the supporting document. If we receive supporting documents containing email addresses, telephone numbers or signatures, we will endeavour to remove them. If your postal address is shown on any accompanying documents provided, though, then this will also be accessible via the internet.