Minerals and waste core strategy
The current planning strategy and policies for minerals and waste development.
The adopted Minerals and Waste Local Plan
Part 1: Core strategy was adopted on 12 September 2017. It sets out the vision, objectives, spatial planning strategy and policies for meeting development requirements for the supply of minerals and the management of waste in Oxfordshire over the period to 2031.
- Adopted Minerals and Waste Core Strategy, September 2017 (pdf format, 3.8 MB)
- Minerals and Waste Local Plan Policies Map North (pdf format, 3 MB)
- Minerals and Waste Local Plan Policies Map South (pdf format, 4 MB)
Following its adoption, work commenced on the Minerals and Waste Local Plan Part 2: Site Allocations Plan.
A New Minerals and Waste Plan
On 20 December 2022, the County Council Cabinet approved an updated Minerals and Waste Development Scheme. The Scheme sets out the decision and timetable to pursue a Minerals and Waste Plan, combining parts 1 and 2 into a new Minerals and Waste Plan.
In light of this decision, work has now stopped on the Oxfordshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan Part 2: (Site Allocations Document). It will cease its progress through the plan-making process and will consequently be given no weight in future planning decisions.
The Oxfordshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan Part 1 (Core Strategy) remains in place as part of the Development Plan until it is replaced by the New Minerals and Waste Plan.
Production and adoption of the Core Strategy 2017
To view all the stages of the Core Strategy production and adoption, and all the associated documentation, please visit the Core Strategy Background information page.