Question follow-through · 95910

Quarries: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his department has considered the potential merits of mandating a minimum distance of 1km between new Quarries and residential homes or schools.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled: 1 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 3 Dec 2025
Answer: 9 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his department has considered the potential merits of mandating a minimum distance of 1km between new Quarries and residential homes or schools.
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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9 Dec 2025
Answer published
The scale and form of quarries, and their potential impacts, can vary significantly. As such, it would be overly restrictive to introduce a blanket presumption against quarry development within 1km of residential homes or schools, particularly as minerals...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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