More consultation on minerals

The South East Regional Assembly has recently consulted on modifications to its Minerals Strategy REGION: South East England Regional Assembly has recently consulted on modifications to its Minerals Core Strategy. At present the amount of sand and gravel the Government requires the South East to provide is divided amongst the counties on the basis of past sales. It is recognised by all parties that this is a crude and unsatisfactory method. Consequently, six alternative approaches have been developed, three of which the Assembly has selected for consultation. These are based on “demand” (looking at...