MPS 1 - Planning and Minerals

Minerals Policy Statements (MPSs) set out the policies and considerations that the Government expects Mineral Planning Authorities (MPAs) to follow in preparing minerals and waste development schemes as part of local development frameworks and in considering applications for minerals development.

Minerals Policy Statement 1 (MPS1) is the overarching planning policy document for all minerals in England. It provides advice and guidance to planning authorities and the minerals industry and it will ensure that the need by society and the economy for minerals is managed in an integrated way against its impact on the environment and communities.

This replaces Minerals Planning Guidance (MPG1) Note 1: General considerations and the development plan system (published in 1996) and, together with the annex on aggregates, completes the replacement of Minerals Planning Guidance (MPG6) Note 6: Guidelines for aggregates provision in England (published in 1994), which are hereby cancelled.

It is accompanied by the 'Planning and Minerals: Practice Guide'. This Guide should be read alongside Minerals Planning Statement 1: Planning and Minerals. It sets out how the policies in the Statement might best be implemented.

View 'Minerals Policy Statement 1: Planning and Minerals' here.

View the 'Planning and Minerals: Practice Guide' here.