Town and Country Planning Act 1990

Restriction on the winning and working of minerals

10 (1) In this Schedule “restriction on the winning and working of minerals” means—

(a) in relation to planning permission granted for development consisting of the winning and working of minerals, a condition subject to which the permission was granted and which made provision to which this paragraph applies; and

(b) in relation to an order under section 97 or paragraph 1 of Schedule 9, a term of the order which made such provision.

(2) This paragraph applies to—

(a) any provision—

(i) for the period before the expiration of which development consisting of the winning and working of minerals was to be begun;

(ii) for the size of the area to be used for the winning and working of minerals;

(iii) for the depth to which operations for the winning and working of minerals were to extend;

(iv) for the rate at which any particular mineral was to be extracted; or

(v) for the period at the expiry of which the winning and working of minerals was to cease; and

(b) any provision whose effect is in any way to restrict the total quantity of minerals to be extracted.