A Bill to introduce a presumption in planning decision-making against approving quarry development in close proximity to settlements; to require the risks of proposed quarrying sites to health and the environment, including through silica dust, to be assessed as part of the planning process; to make provision about the use of quarries for waste disposal; and for connected purposes.
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The Quarries (Planning) Bill aims to make planning decisions tougher for quarry development near towns by introducing a presumption against approving such developments close to settlements. It would require health and environmental risk assessments, including the risk from silica dust, to be considered in planning, and sets rules about the use of quarries for waste disposal, among related purposes.
The bill is at the 2nd reading stage in the House of Commons, with its earlier stages completed in the Commons as of the provided information (last noted in May 2022).
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6 May 2022
The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
