Part 13: General Schedule 7: Plan making Section 15LG: Meaning of ‘minerals and waste planning authority’ etc Background
Former section 37 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 - subsections (4), (5), (5ZA), (5ZB), (5A) and (5B) - defined the meaning of a local planning authority for the purposes of Part 2 of that Act. Within this definition, some authorities listed (but not all) would be the planning authority for minerals and waste.
	Section 15LG introduces the new concept of a minerals and waste planning authority. Whilst this is a term used widely in practice, it is a new term in legislation.
	The provision states which authorities are responsible for minerals and waste planning and distinguishes them from the previous broader category of local planning authorities.