ABSTRACT

MPG1: General considerations and development plan system; MPG2: Applications, permissions and conditions; MPG3: Coal mining and colliery spoil disposal; MPG4: Revocation, modification, discontinuance, prohibition and

suspension orders. MPG5 Instability in surface mineral workings; MPG6: Guidance for aggregates provision in England; MPG7: The reclamation of minerals workings; MPG8: Planning and Compensation Act 1991: interim development

permissions (IDOs) – statutory provisions and procedures; MPG9: Planning and Compensation Act 1991: IDOs – conditions; MPG10: Provision of raw materials for the cement industry; MPG11: The control of noise at surface mineral workings; MPG12: Treatment of disused mine openings and availability of

information on mined ground; MPG13: Guidelines for peat provision in England, including the place of

alternative materials; MPG14: Environment Act 1995: review of mineral planning permissions; MPG15: Provision of silica sand in England.