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Forward Plan Ref: 2015/090

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

Report by Deputy Director for Environment & Economy (Strategy & Infrastructure Planning) (CMDE5).

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 2015 has been prepared, covering the year 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015.

The draft Annual Monitoring Report 2015 reports on how work on preparation of the revised Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Core Strategy was progressed in relation to the programme in the Council's revised Minerals and Waste Development Scheme, December 2014. 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 cross refers to the Council's Local Aggregate Assessment and Waste Needs Assessment, which contain more detailed information and will sit alongside and complement the Annual Monitoring Report. In addition, it reports on work undertaken by the Council to meet the Duty to Cooperate.

The Cabinet Member for Environment is RECOMMENDED:

(a)          to approve the Oxfordshire Minerals and Waste Annual Monitoring Report 2015 in the Annex to this report;

(b)         to 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 2015 for publication on the County Council website.

Approved

Approved

The Cabinet Member for Environment considered (CMDE5) a draft Oxfordshire Minerals and waste Annual Monitoring Report 2015 covering the year 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015.

Responding to Councillor Gray Mr Kenneford advised that applications for sites at Clifton Hampden and Cholsey were likely to be considered later in the year and confirmed that applicants were entitled to submit applications prior to approval of the Core Strategy.

Having regard to the information set out in the documentation before him the Cabinet Member confirmed his decision as follows:

(a)          to approve the Oxfordshire Minerals and Waste Annual Monitoring Report 2015 in the Annex to this report;

(b)         to 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 2015 for publication on the County Council website.

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Cabinet Member for Environment

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