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Consultation on the Revised Draft Minerals Core Strategy has now closed. You can find out more about the document on our Minerals Core Strategy webpage.

What is the MWDF?

The introduction of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 included the replacement of local plans with local development frameworks. Development frameworks comprise a portfolio of development plan documents and supplementary planning documents that provide locally specific planning policy guidance against which to determine planning applications.

The current adopted plans are:

• Minerals and Waste Local Plan 1999

• Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Waste Local Plan 2006

Both of the above plans now form part of the MWDF. Minerals policies within the Minerals and Waste Local Plan and most of the  policies within the Waste Local Plan have been 'saved' until they are superseded by new minerals and waste development plan documents. 

Work is now underway to produce the new minerals and waste development plan documents. Once adopted, these new documents will provide the planning policy framework for minerals and waste development within the county. 

The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Minerals and Waste Policy Joint Advisory Committee, made up of members from the three authorities, oversees the production of all minerals and waste development documents. The committee approves documents for consultation and recommends the submission and adoption of final documents.

The adopted plans and development plan documents that make up the MWDF are listed below.

Planning Applications

For information on minerals and waste planning applications, go to the planning applications page.

• Minerals Core Strategy

  The Minerals Core Strategy (MCS) is a plan setting out a vision, objectives and proposed policies for meeting Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole's mineral requirements.

• Minerals and Waste Local Plan

  The Dorset Minerals and Waste Local Plan, adopted in April 1999, is the current development plan document for minerals developments within Dorset and the adjoining unitary boroughs of Bournemouth and Poole.

• Minerals Site Allocations Document

  We are in the early stages of preparing a Minerals Site Allocations Document (MSAD). Once adopted, this document will identify suitable sites for the extraction of sand, gravel, building stone and ball clay to meet national, regional and local requirements.

• Waste Local Plan

  The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Waste Local Plan (WLP), adopted in June 2006, is the current development plan document for waste developments.

• Minerals and waste development scheme

  The minerals and waste development scheme (MWDS) sets out Dorset County Council's (DCC) programme for the management of its minerals and waste development framework.

• Sustainability appraisal

  Sustainability appraisal is a way of assessing potential social, environmental and economic effects of the development plan documents that make up the Minerals and Waste Development Framework (MWDF).

• Annual monitoring report (AMR)

  The annual monitoring report (AMR) provides a progress update on work undertaken on Dorset's minerals and waste planning policy framework, as well as the latest available figures for the amounts of waste managed and aggregates produced.

• Statement of Community Involvement

  The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) sets out how local communities and stakeholders with an interest in the area can play a part in the preparation and revision of minerals and waste planning documents and the consideration of planning applications that are dealt with by the county council.

• Name: Minerals and Waste Policy Team
  Email: mwdf@dorsetcc.gov.uk
  Tel: 01305 228585
  Full details for Minerals and Waste Policy Team