Minerals and Waste Local Plan
Milton Keynes City Council is the Minerals and Waste Planning Authority (MWPA) for the city. By law we must prepare and adopt a new Minerals and Waste Local Plan (MWLP) which sets out how minerals and waste development will be managed in the future.
The MWLP will set out where minerals are sourced and how waste is managed in Milton Keynes. It will play an important role in supporting growth, infrastructure and sustainability across the city. It will establish priorities for the extraction and supply of sufficient mineral aggregates and for the management of waste.
View the Notice of Intention to Commence Plan-making.
Once adopted, the MWLP will replace both the Minerals Local Plan 2017 (MLP) and the Waste Development Plan Document (2008) (Waste DPD).
Read the political decision to start plan-making.
Consultations
We are carrying out a Scoping Consultation for the new Minerals and Waste Local Plan between 21 October and 5:30pm on 4 December 2026. We are seeking stakeholder feedback on what the plan should contain and how we should engage with people when preparing the plan. We are also consulting on a Strategic Environmental Assessment Scoping Report, which sets out how we plan to assess the environmental effects of the Plan.
You can view the consultation documents and take part, by visiting: Have Your Say Today - Milton Keynes Mineral And Waste Local Plan - Commonplace
Alongside the Scoping Consultation, we are carrying out a Call for Sites, for developers, minerals and waste operators, and landowners to submit sites that could be allocated for minerals or waste development. The Call for Sites is hosted on our interactive mapping system on Statmap and instructions on how to use this webpage are available here.
Our Scoping Consultation Notice is available to view here.
Timeline
The MWLP is being prepared under the 30-month plan-making process and will involve a series of public consultations and gateway tests, where advice is sought as the plan progresses. More information on the stages of the MWLP can be found in the MWLP Timetable, which is shown above.