Adoption of the Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2024-39 - 13th March 2025

Information Source: Sharon Thompason, Head of Planning Applications Kent County Council

I am writing to let you know that Kent County Council adopted the Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2024-39 at is meeting on the 13th March 2025. The attached Adoption Statement provides further details.

The Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2024-39, and associated documents including the Sustainability Appraisal (Strategic Environmental Assessment) Post Adoption Statement are available to view on the County Council’s webpage via the following link: https://www.kent.gov.uk/about-the-council/strategies-and-policies/service-specific-policies/economic-regeneration-and-planning-policies/planning-policies/minerals-and-waste-planning-policy/kent-minerals-and-waste-local-plan-2024-to-2039.

The Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2024-39 along with the Kent Mineral Sites Plan 2020 and the relevant District/Borough Local Plans form the Development Plan for Kent. These Local Plans will be taken into account when making decisions on proposals for affected development and when developing Local Plan policy. The Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2024-39 and the Kent Mineral Sites Plan can be accessed via the following link: https://www.kent.gov.uk/about-the-council/strategies-and-policies/service-specific-policies/economic-regeneration-and-planning-policies/planning-policies/minerals-and-waste-planning-policy.

The review of the Kent Mineral Sites Plan is ongoing and further details of the work programme to 2026 are set out in the latest Local Development Scheme (September 2024) that is available to view via the following link: https://www.kent.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/130541/Minerals-and-Waste-development-scheme.pdf