Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)·Page 210·9.3.4
Minerals Policy Aims
Policy aims to balance sustainable minerals development with protection of landscape and environmental resources, support local needs, protect designated lands, and prevent development that would sterilize important future mineral reserves.
Our policy aims for minerals are:
To secure a balanced and sustainable approach to minerals that takes account of the need for minerals to support development and the need to protect the landscape and other environmental resources;
To facilitate minerals development that is necessary to support the local needs, whilst ensuring that environmental considerations are given due weight in considering proposals;
To protect the landscape and natural heritage setting of the city, including lands designated of importance for these reasons;
To prevent development that could prejudice the exploitation of important mineral reserves for future needs where these are in areas that are suitable for such development; and
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