Comment

Minerals Local Plan Issues and Options consultation

Representation ID: 30227

Received: 10/01/2018

Respondent: AKS Community Action Group

Representation Summary:

It would be appropriate to link with other policies and responsibilities of Nottinghamshire County Council, e.g. planning for development areas, house building, transport and employment.
With regard to communities we would like to see an emphasis on the need for extraction companies to work closely with communities and to identify what they will do to compensate them for the impact of the workings

There is no mention of restoring worked out sites to farming, Surely this is important to maintaining bio-diversity within a specified area

Full text:

It would be appropriate to link with other policies and responsibilities of Nottinghamshire County Council, e.g. planning for development areas, house building, transport and employment.
With regard to communities we would like to see an emphasis on the need for extraction companies to work closely with communities and to identify what they will do to compensate them for the impact of the workings

There is no mention of restoring worked out sites to farming, Surely this is important to maintaining bio-diversity within a specified area