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Soil is a finite resource that faces many pressures and this paper has been developed to raise awareness of the importance of the need to protect Worcestershire's soil resource.
The Strategic Planning Team has worked in partnership with Natural England, The Environment Agency and The Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust to develop the accompanying paper.
Technical Research Paper
Planning for Soils in Worcestershire Technical Research Paper (658KB)
This research paper is intended to raise awareness and support the strategic consideration of soils by identifying emerging best practice and policy.
Safeguarding our Soils - A Strategy for England (509KB)
This Document outlines the Government’s approach to safeguarding our soils for the long term.
It provides a vision to guide future policy development across a range of areas and sets out the practical steps that we need to take to prevent further degradation of our soils, enhance, restore and ensure their resilience, and improve our understanding of the threats to soil and best practice in responding to them.
AnalysisA consultation on the "Planning for Soils in Worcestershire" Technical Research Paper took place in December 2010.
Details of consultation comments received, together with Worcestershire County Council's officer responses, can be viewed by following the link.
Technical Research Paper Consultation Responses (44KB)