Documents in the Minerals and Waste Development Framework

							   Nº/         Document                 Decision                   Stages to Adoption
Acronym

   1      Minerals & Waste       The timetable for          Progress reported monthly and
(MWDS)    Development Scheme     producing all the parts    reviewed at the Minerals & Waste
                                 of the MWDF                Project Board, also annually via the
                                                            AMR (see 5 below). Updated
                                 Not required to be         regularly to reflect feasibility in
                                 formally adopted           relation to resources available,
                                                            additional stages identified etc.
   2      Minerals               Strategy/policies for           Evidence gathering, followed
 (MDD)    Development            minerals planning in               by public consultation on
 (MLP)    Documents, called      Essex until at least               various Issues & Options
          the replacement        2028, plus allocations of          including site options, then
          Minerals Local Plan    sites for development              the Preferred Approach
          since April 2012,      and a proposals                    setting out ECC's preferences
          which will, when       map. Comprises:                    including sites; each stage
          adopted, replace the        Minerals Core                document includes public
          current Minerals               Strategy, setting          consultation, and consultation
          Local Plan (approved           out the long-              responses inform the next
          1996).                         term direction for         stage of preparation
                                         minerals                Publication and Pre-
                                         development                Submission public
                                         and the plan to            consultation on soundness of
                                         deliver the                the document
                                         strategy.               Submission to Planning
                                      Development                  Inspectorate
                                         Management              Examination by Planning
                                         Policies for               Inspector and publication of
                                         Minerals                   Inspector's Report
                                      Strategic Site            Review and Adoption of the
                                         allocations and            document
                                         safeguarding for        Annual monitoring review
                                         mineral                    thereafter
                                         extraction,
                                         transhipment
                                         facilities and
                                         other related
                                         activities
                                      Policies
                                         (previously
                                         Proposals) Maps
   3      Joint Waste            Strategy/policies for           Evidence gathering, followed
 (WDD)    Development            waste planning in Essex            by public consultation on
 (WLP)    Documents (in          and Southend until at              various Issues & Options
          conjunction with       least 2031, plus                   including site options, then
          Southend on Sea        allocations of sites for           the Preferred Approach
          unitary authority),    development and a                  setting out ECC's preferences
          called the             proposals                          including sites; each stage
          replacement Joint      map. Comprises:                    document includes public
        Waste Local Plan                                         consultation, and consultation
        since April 2012,             Waste Core                responses inform the next
        which will, when               Strategy                  stage of preparation
        adopted, replace the          Development              Publication and Pre-
        current Essex &                Management                Submission public
        Southend Waste                 Policies for              consultation on soundness of
        Local Plan (approved           Waste                     the document
        2001),                        Strategic Site           Submission to Planning
                                       allocations for           Inspectorate
        (see What's in a               waste-related            Examination by Planning
        name? in Section 2             development               Inspector and publication of
        above)                        Non-Strategic             Inspector's Report
                                       Site Allocations         Review and Adoption of the
                                       for other                 document
                                       preferred sites          Annual monitoring review
                                       for waste                 thereafter
                                       processing plus
                                       any associated
                                       safeguarding
                                      Policies
                                       (previously
                                       Proposals) Maps


  4     Statement of            Document explaining             Preliminary scoping and initial
(SCI)   Community               how the people and               public consultation
        Involvement – this      businesses of Essex             Production of Draft SCI and
        present document,       can be involved both in          public consultation
        setting out community   the preparation of the          Pre-submission public
        engagement in the       MWDF and in                      consultation and submission
        planning process        contributing to                  to Secretary of State
                                determining planning            Adoption following
                                applications                     incorporation of minor
                                                                 changes by Planning
                                (The amended Planning            Inspector
                                Act 2008, removes the           Annual monitoring review
                                requirements for the            First Review of SCI including
                                SCI to be specified in           public consultation on
                                the MWDS and for an              changes
                                independent                     Adoption by ECC Full Council
                                examination of the SCI)          incorporating changes arising
                                                                 from public consultation


  5     Annual Monitoring       Self-assessment of        Produced annually; latest version
(AMR)   Report produced         progress against the      can be viewed here together with a
        annually within 9       MWDS timetable, the       detailed AMR on the SCI.
        months of the end of    adequacy of MWDF
        the financial year      policies and the
                                effectiveness of public
                                  consultation as set out
                                  in the SCI
   6     Supplementary            These are not             If and when produced, would be in
(SPDs)   Planning                 compulsory, but, if       accordance with Town and Country
         Documents –              produced, would need      Planning (Local Planning)(England)
         supplementary            to support and be         Regulation 2012, and with the
         guidance to support      consistent with new       Planning & Compulsory Purchase
         or expand new            planning policy (both     Act 2004 as amended by the
         policies in the          local and national) and   Localism Act 2011.
         MWDF. None are           with the SCI. Not
         proposed at this time.   subject to public
                                  examination.