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Minerals and waste research reports

This section contains research reports on land use planning issues relating to mineral extraction, waste treatment and disposal activities.

The findings and recommendations in these reports are those of the consultant authors and do not necessarily represent the views or proposed policies of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

In this section

• Aggregate Working Parties
• Aggregate minerals surveys
• Construction, demolition and excavation waste surveys
• Managed Aggregates Supply System
• Annual minerals raised inquiry surveys
• Opencast coal mining statistics
• United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook

Related publications

• Woodland Establishment on Landfill Sites: Ten Years of Research

  • Published: 30 May 2008
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• The implications of the EU Water Framework Directive for plans, plan making and development control: A scoping study

  • Published: 3 November 2006
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Mineral Planning Authorities Fees for Monitoring Mineral and Landfill Permissions

  • Published: 14 October 2004
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• A Development Plan for Marine Aggregate Extraction in England: A Scoping Study

  • Published: 25 June 2004
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Good Practice Guidance on the Environmental Appraisal of the Provision of Aggregates

  • Published: 20 January 2004
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Guidance on Policies for Waste Management Planning

  • Published: 24 May 2002
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

Archived content

• Effectiveness of aftercare provisions for minerals workings
• Reclamation of Limestone Quarries by Landform Simulation
• Planning for Waste Management Facilities: A Research Study
• Mineral Planning Factsheets: Natural Hydraulic Limes and Building and Roofing Stone
• The role of imports to UK aggregates supply
• Planning for the Supply of Natural Building and Roofing Stone in England and Wales: A Summary
• Industrial Minerals: Issues for Planning
• Assessment of the re-habilitation of the seabed following marine aggregate dredging
• The Economic Importance of Minerals to the United Kingdom
• The Costs and Benefits of Financial Guarantees and Securities in the UK Extractive Industry
• Proceedings of a Seminar on Financial Guarantees and Securities in the Extractive Industry
• Strategic Planning for Sustainable Waste Management: Guidance on Option Development and Appraisal
• Survey of Land for Mineral Workings in England 2000: Volume 1 - Report on Survey Results
• Peat and Alternative Products (external link)
• Sustainable development issues for mineral extraction in the Wareham Basin of East Dorset
• Brick clay: issues for planning
• Dealing with radon emissions in respect of new developments: Summary report and recommended framework for planning guidance
• Woodland establishment on landfill sites: site monitoring
• Aggregates Advisory Service: Action research trial study
• Environmental costs and benefits of the supply of aggregates (Phase 2)