Planning and Development

Hampshire Minerals Plan (Draft documentation)

The contents of the Hampshire Minerals Plan include the following:

  • Policies and plans for specific sites and locations for mineral development including:
    - sand and gravel extraction,
    - clay ‘areas of search’,
    - rail depots and wharves for the importation of aggregate,
    - sites for the manufacture of recycled and secondary aggregates
    - landfill

  • Safeguarding areas around and including existing and proposed development.

  • Mineral Safeguarding Areas for future sand and gravel extraction.

The draft version of the Hampshire Minerals Plan (Draft Development Plan Document), the draft Proposals Map and draft supporting documents that were approved at Council on 10 July 2008 are available below.  

  • Draft Hampshire Minerals Plan (Draft Development Plan Document)
    main text

    Appendix 1 (contains the Inset Maps that are outlined on the draft Proposals Map - see below)
    (Due to the large number of images this appendix has been split into 4 parts.)
    Part 1 (PDF, 9MB)  Part 2 (PDF, 9.4MB)  Part 3 (PDF, 9.3MB)  Part 4 including Appendix 2 and 3 (PDF, 2.1MB)  
    Legend for Inset Maps in Appendix 1(PDF, 111KB)
    Overview of Inset Maps in Appendix 1 (PDF, 250KB)

  • Draft Proposals Map
    The map provides a representation of the Hampshire Minerals Plan text and policies
    Draft Proposals Map A (PDF, 3MB) - showing mineral safeguarding area and proposed areas
    Draft Proposals Map B (PDF, 2.9MB) - showing environmental designations and proposed areas

  • Supporting Documents - background evidence base supporting the text in the Plan
To view the draft version that was tabled at Cabinet, see the Hampshire Minerals Plan (Cabinet version).