Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan 2045

Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham City Council are jointly preparing a new  Minerals Local Plan, which will set out the minerals strategy for the area until 2045.

The new Plan is expected to be adopted in late 2029 and will replace the adopted Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan (2021). Until then, the adopted Plan will remain in force and continue to be used when making planning decisions.

Latest news

12 October 2026

The scoping consultation is now live and will close on Monday 9 November 2026. Please see the formal notice of scoping consultation [PDF] 

The video explains the purpose of the scoping consultation 

The consultation asks for your views on:

  • what should the Plan contain
  • the key issues for the Plans preparation
  • how we should engage with you throughout the Plans development.

Five documents have been published as part of the consultation:

  • Scoping document
  • Consultation strategy
  • Draft Site selection methodology
  • Draft Local Aggregates Assessment
  • Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) screening report

The documents are published in a HTML format are available to view on our consultation portal (Opus Consult).

PDF version of the documents is also available and can be found under supporting documents on our consultation portal (Opus Consult).

The consultation will close on Monday 9 November 2026 at 5pm. We must have received your responses by this time. 

31 July 2026

On 31 July 2026, the councils have jointly published:  

Which includes information about the new Plan and key stages in its preparation, such as: 

  • what areas the new Plan will cover
  • the geographical area the Plan will cover
  • planned dates for key milestones, including consultations.

This marks the start of preparing a new Minerals Local Plan under the Plan-Making Regulations 2026.

What happens next

Once the scoping consultation has closed on the 9 November 2026, the councils will begin to analyse your responses. 

Currently, we anticipate that a call for sites exercise will be undertaken in early 2027. More information will be published on this webpage.

As shown in the timetable, the councils intend to publish our Gateway 1 self – assessment by the 16 April 2027.

If you would like to be notified when the consultation opens, please go to our consultation portal (Opus Consult) and create or log into your account. Please tick 'New Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan 2045' as the topic of interest. 

Contact us

If you have any questions relating to the new Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan, please contact us via email at: [email protected]