Comment

Draft Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan

Representation ID: 31186

Received: 28/09/2018

Respondent: Mrs Jackie Armstrong

Representation Summary:

8 Add in enhancement to historic or cultural assets leisure:

... enhanced landscape character, enhancement of historic or cultural assets, improved public access, employment, leisure or tourism, or provision ...

5.120 Mineral working may be temporary (until the mineral resource is exhausted, becomes uneconomical or unsustainable) but the duration of working and restoration is often long in relation to people's lifetimes. CAGE strongly supports early and staged restoration 5.121

5.124 Agricultural after-use requires regeneration of an appropriate landform, soil quality (nutrients, composition, particle size distribution, soil profiles, drainage, water table, shelter) etc.

Full text:

8 Add in enhancement to historic or cultural assets leisure:

... enhanced landscape character, enhancement of historic or cultural assets, improved public access, employment, leisure or tourism, or provision ...

5.120 Mineral working may be temporary (until the mineral resource is exhausted, becomes uneconomical or unsustainable) but the duration of working and restoration is often long in relation to people's lifetimes. CAGE strongly supports early and staged restoration 5.121

5.124 Agricultural after-use requires regeneration of an appropriate landform, soil quality (nutrients, composition, particle size distribution, soil profiles, drainage, water table, shelter) etc.