RMC Eastern Aggregates (Eastern Counties) Ltd v Secretary Of State For Transport, Local Government & Regions & Anor

MR JUSTICE RICHARDS ____________________ RMC Eastern Aggregates (Eastern Counties) Ltd Claimant - and - (1) Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2) Norfolk County Council Defendants ____________________ (Transcript of the Handed Down Judgment of Smith Bernal Reporting Limited, 190 Fleet Street London EC4A 2AG Tel No: 020 7421 4040, Fax No: 020 7831 8838 Official Shorthand Writers to the Court)

Mr Jeremy Cahill (instructed by Eversheds for the claimant) MrMichael Bedford (instructed by The Treasury Solicitor for the Secretary of State) ____________________ HTML VERSION OF JUDGMENT AS APPROVED BY THE COURT ____________________ Crown Copyright ©

�MIN14 THE COUNTY COUNCIL WILL MAINTAIN A LANDBANK OF PERMITTED RESERVES OF SAND AND GRAVEL SEPARATE FROM THAT FOR CARSTONE, BOTH OF WHICH WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH MINERALS PLANNING GUIDANCE NOTE 6

4.3.1. The national guidance (MPG 6) on landbanks for such aggregates aims to provide for the release of land sufficient for at least seven years extraction unless exceptional circumstances prevail. The Norfolk Minerals Local Plan will reflect Government advice.

4.3.3 The area over which the landbank is calculated will be the whole County. The landbank will be derived from the regional guidelines contained in the new MPG 6 and the agreed apportionment of this regional figure to the County level, as set out in chapter three (Table 1).