Welcome to the Greater Manchester Minerals Plan website. This website provides key information on the Minerals Plan, including access to documents.

The ten Greater Manchester Authorities; Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan are working together to prepare a joint Minerals Plan (click on any logo at the bottom of this page to visit the authority's website). The Minerals Plan will provide a sound, sub-regional, planning policy framework that provides a clear guide to minerals operators and the public about:

• The locations where mineral extraction may take place
• The safeguarding of sensitive environmental features and of mineral resources with potential for future extraction
• All aspects of environmental and resource protection including the sustainable transportation of minerals.