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Mineral Safeguarding Areas (MSAs) It is important that the Warwickshire Minerals Core Strategy protects essential minerals infrastructure and includes measures to protect valuable mineral resources from sterilisation by other development (Minerals Policy Statement 1, para. 13).
Such measures include: Defining safeguarded sites - including proposed preferred areas and existing sites - to be protected from encroachment and / or re-development. Defining Mineral Safeguarding Areas and Minerals Consultation Areas - for use by district councils in plan-making and considering planning applications. Setting out requirements detailing the circumstances when district councils should consult the mineral planning authorities on proposals that may affect minerals or minerals infrastructure. In June 2009, the British Geological Survey (BGS) completed a piece of work to delineate Warwickshire County Council's Mineral Safeguarding Areas (MSAs). These maps show the extent of individual mineral resources in Warwickshire which have helped to develop safeguard areas for each. The report and the maps can be downloaded below in PDF format.
BGS 'Minerals Safeguarding Areas for Warwickshire' Report - June 2009 (PDF - 309 KB)

Appendix 4 Map Table
Published mineral resources map	Fig A1 - Warwickshire Mineral Resources Map - published 1999 (PDF - 9.0 MB)
Consultation phase maps showing proposed Mineral Safeguard Areas (preliminary versions)	Fig. A2 Unconsolidated sand and gravel (PDF - 1.1 MB) Fig. A3 Crushed rock (PDF - 1.1 MB) Fig. A4 Coal (PDF - 1.2 MB) Fig. A5 Brick Clay (PDF - 603 KB) Fig. A6 Cement raw materials (PDF - 1.1 MB) Fig. A7 Building stone (PDF - 1.3 MB)
Revised maps, following consultation showing any additional units identified	Fig. A8 - Brick Clay - REVISED (PDF - 608 KB) Fig. A9 - Building stone - REVISED (PDF - 1.3 MB)
Maps showing Mineral Safeguard Areas for each mineral category (final maps)	Fig. A10 Warwickshire MSA - Unconsolidated sand and gravel (PDF - 1.1 MB) Fig. A11 Warwickshire MSA - Crushed rock (PDF - 854 KB) Fig. A12 Warwickshire MSA - Coal (PDF - 903 KB) Fig. A13 Warwickshire MSA - Brick clay (PDf - 866 KB) Fig. A14 Warwickshire MSA - Cement raw materials (PDF - 845 KB) Fig. A15 Warwickshire MSA - Building stone (PDF - 1.1 MB)
Final output map showing all Mineral Safeguard Areas defined in Warwickshire	Fig. A16 - All Warwickshire MSAs (PDF - 1.7 MB)

More information on Minerals Safeguarding Areas (PDF - 5.5 MB)

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