Mineral planning factsheets
MineralsUK – Planning
BGS has produced a series of mineral planning factsheets. Originally commissioned to support the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s (now the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) research project Industrial minerals: issues for planning report, the factsheets cover economically important minerals that are extracted in Britain. They are regularly updated and provide an overview of the supply of a specific mineral. They are primarily intended to inform the land-use planning process, but will be of much wider interest.
Fluorspar ore. Glebe mine, Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, UK. BGS © NERC
Glebe Mine, Bow Rake, Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, UK. BGS © NERC
| Material | Published |
|---|---|
| Alternative fossil fuels | October 2011 |
| Ball clay | June 2011 |
| Barytes | January 2006 |
| Brick clay | April 2022 |
| Building and roofing stone | June 2024 |
| Calcite | August 2004 |
| Cement | May 2014 |
| Coal | June 2021 |
| Construction aggregates | June 2019 |
| Dolomite | January 2006 |
| Fireclay | October 2006 |
| Fluorspar | March 2010 |
| Fuller’s Earth | January 2006 |
| Gypsum | January 2006 |
| High specification aggregates | December 2025 |
| Kaolin | September 2009 |
| Limestone | January 2006 |
| Metals | October 2015 |
| Industrial sand future markets | November 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | 2005 |
| Natural hydraulic limes | March 2005 |
| Onshore oil and gas | April 2011 |
| Potash | April 2011 |
| Salt | January 2006 |
| Silica sand | January 2020 |
| Underground storage | February 2008 |
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