Minerals Local Plan Review: Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan 2045

The Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan 2045 is a joint plan being prepared by Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire County Council. It will cover the combined administrative areas of Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County Council. 

Minerals can only be worked where they occur. Mineral resources, safeguarding areas, transport networks and supply chains also cross administrative boundaries. A joint plan will allow these matters to be considered consistently across the City and County. 

The plan will relate only to minerals development. It will set planning policies and may identify sites or areas for minerals development, while addressing matters such as safeguarding, transport, environmental effects, restoration and aftercare. It will not set policy for housing, employment or other forms of development. 

The current scoping consultation is an early stage in preparing the plan. It does not propose preferred sites or final policies. It seeks views on the issues, opportunities, priorities and evidence that should guide later stages. 

View the Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan 2045 pages on Nottinghamshire County Council’s website

Nottingham City Council is working jointly with Nottinghamshire County Council to prepare the Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan 2045. 

Before starting the formal plan-preparation process, each minerals planning authority is required to publish a Notice of Intention to Commence. The notice provides early information to communities, statutory bodies and other stakeholders about the geographical area covered by the plan, the timetable for its preparation and when people will be able to participate. 

Nottinghamshire County Council published its Notice of Intention on 31 July 2026. Nottingham City Council is publishing its own notice to provide a clear record that both authorities have commenced preparation of the joint Minerals Local Plan. 

Notice of Intention to Commence Joint Minerals Local Plan Preparation 

This timetable applies to the jointly prepared Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan 2045. Nottinghamshire County Council published its Notice of Intention on 31 July 2026. Nottingham City Council published its Notice of Intention on 6 October 2026 to provide a clear record that both authorities are jointly preparing the plan. 

For Nottingham City, the minerals and waste planning framework comprises two separate plan documents: the adopted Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Waste Local Plan and the Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan 2045. The latter is one joint minerals plan document prepared with Nottinghamshire County Council. No supplementary minerals plan is currently proposed. 

This timetable has effect from 6 October 2026. 

* All representations must be received by 5pm on the closing date. Representations received after this time may not be considered. 

All dates are subject to change. Additional steps or consultations may be required depending on the gateway assessments and independent examination. These will be added when known. The timetable will be checked regularly, kept under review throughout plan preparation and updated where required. Any revisions will be recorded in a schedule of amendments. 

Download the Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan 2045 timetable

The corresponding timetable for the County can also be viewed on Nottinghamshire’s Minerals Local Plan 2045 Timetable webpage.  

Use the buttons below to download CSV files of the mineral plan data and timetable respectively. All data on these pages is provided under the Open Government Licence. 

Minerals Local Plan Data

Minerals Timetable Data