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Representation ID: 43888

Received: 05/10/2021

Respondent: Taylor Wimpey

Agent: Pegasus

12.1 Policy MIN2 refers to mineral safeguarding. It states that mineral safeguarding areas have been defined around mineral resources in Walsall Borough. It is unclear why only Walsall has been identified for mineral safeguarding areas. In addition, the policy should also be revised to take account of site specific factors including the potential impact on surrounding residents, which could in itself be so detrimental as to prohibit planning permission being granted for mineral extraction. This should be added as a specific criterion. The issue of impact on residential amenity from mineral extraction is identified in the justification to the policy but it needs to be moved into the policy text itself.