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Forward Plan Ref: 2014/122

Contact: Peter Day, Minerals & Waste Policy Team Leader Tel: (01865) 815544

Report by Deputy Director for Environment & Economy – Strategy & Infrastructure Planning (CMDE6).

The County Council is required to prepare and publish minerals and waste local plan monitoring reports. This procedural and information requirement has been met by the production each year of a Minerals and Waste Annual Monitoring Report. The Annual Monitoring Report must report on implementation of the Minerals and Waste Development Scheme (the programme for preparation of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan) and on the extent to which local plan policies are being achieved. A draft Oxfordshire Minerals and Waste Annual Monitoring Report 2014 has been prepared, covering the year 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.

The draft Annual Monitoring Report 2014 reports that work on preparation of the revised Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Core Strategy was progressed in line with the programme in the Council's revised Minerals and Waste Development Scheme, December 2013. It also reports on production of aggregate minerals; permissions granted for mineral working and landbanks of permitted reserves; production of secondary and recycled aggregates; amounts of waste produced and methods of management; permissions granted for waste management facilities and capacity of facilities. It also cross refers to the Council's Local Aggregate Assessment 2014 and Waste Needs Assessment, which contain more detailed information and will sit alongside and complement the Annual Monitoring Report.

The Cabinet Member for Environment is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)          approve the Oxfordshire Minerals and Waste Annual Monitoring Report 2014 Annexed to this report;

(b)         authorise the Deputy Director for Environment & Economy (Strategy & Infrastructure Planning) to carry out any necessary final editing of the Minerals and Waste Annual Monitoring Report 2014 for publication on the County Council website.

Approved

Approved

The Cabinet Member for Environment considered (CMDE6) the Oxfordshire Minerals and Waste Annual Monitoring Report 2014 noting that the dates in paragraph 2.8 of the draft report in the Annex should be amended to reflect a recent change in the timetable, with the Plan now likely to be adopted in Spring 2016 rather than at the end of 2015.

Having regard to the arguments and options set out in the documentation before him and the further considerations set out above the Cabinet Member for Environment confirmed his decision as follows:

(a)          approve the Oxfordshire Minerals and Waste Annual Monitoring Report 2014 Annexed to the report CMDE6;

(b)         authorise the Deputy Director for Environment & Economy (Strategy & Infrastructure Planning) to carry out any necessary final editing of the Minerals and Waste Annual Monitoring Report 2014 for publication on the County Council website.

Signed…………………………………..

Cabinet Member for Environment

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