Town and Country Planning Act 1990

105 Duty of mineral planning authorities to review mineral workings

(1) It shall be the duty of every mineral planning authority—

(a) to undertake at such intervals as they consider fit reviews of every site in their area in, on or under which operations for the winning and working of minerals—

(i) are being carried out; or

(ii) have been carried out at any time during the relevant period; or

(iii) are authorised by planning permission but have not been begun; and

(b) to make in respect of any such site any order under section 97 or under paragraph 1, 3, 5 or 6 of Schedule 9 that they consider appropriate.

(2) In subsection (1) “the relevant period”, in relation to a review, means the period of five years preceding the date of the beginning of the review or such other period as may be prescribed.