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The guidance is to promote better understanding of the agricultural issues that affect the restoration of mineral and waste sites where the long-term agricultural potential of the land is to be preserved.

Website hosted by the European Commission. This European Soil Portal is an integral part of the European Soil Data Centre, which is one of the ten environmental data centres in Europe and is the focal point for soil data at European level. This European Soil Portal contributes to a thematic data infrastructure for soils in Europe. It presents data and information regarding soils at European

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The Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP) has been commissioned by the Welsh Government to assess the performance of Glastir. GMEP was launched at the same time as the Glastir scheme. This provides fast policy feedback allowing for the scheme to be modified to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Click the links below to find out more about the work GMEP is undertaking within the

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The aim of the guidance is to contribute to the ongoing improvement in restoration standards and the sustainability of minerals and waste development.

Land use planning policies for minerals development are set out in Chapter 14 of Planning Policy Wales. These policies cover the short and long term future use and safeguarding of mineral deposits.

Document offers advice on: • Providing mineral resources to meet society’s needs • Current Aggregates production • Future demand • Future supply • Protecting areas of importance • Reducing the impact of aggregates production • Restoration and aftercare • Efficiency of use/recycling • Annexes on Regional Aggregates Working Parties (RAWPs),

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This Minerals Technical Advice Note (Wales) sets out detailed advice on the mechanisms for delivering the policy for coal extraction, through surface and underground working, by mineral planning authorities and the coal mining industry.

Application developed by the British Geological Survey (BGS), mySoil gives you access to a comprehensive European soil properties map within a single app. Discover what lies beneath your feet and help us to build a community dataset by submitting your own soil information.

This is our land use planning policy for Wales and should be taken into account when preparing development plans.

Agricultural Land Classification Surveys:

Surveys include those completed by the Welsh Government, the Welsh Office Agricultural Department, ADAS Statutory and commercial organisations. Commercial surveys have only been included when validated by the Welsh Government.

All surveys have been completed in accordance with the Revised Guidelines & Criteria for Grading the Quality of Agricultural

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Post 1988 Agricultural Land Classification (Wales) Surveys - Boundary

The Predictive ALC map for Wales is based on the principles of the Agricultural Land Classification System of England & Wales, the Revised Guidelines & Criteria for Grading the Quality of Agricultural Land (MAFF 1988).

Further information on Agricultural Land Classification can be found here.

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This guidance provides advice on: • Sustainable rural communities • Sustainable rural economies • Rural affordable housing • Rural enterprise dwellings • One planet developments • Sustainable rural services • Sustainable agriculture.

Website hosted by the British Geological Survey. The UK Soil Observatory (UKSO) provides a unified starting point for accessing UK soils data and underpinning research, with the specific objective of providing these data for free where possible. Such access to fully described datasets will allow users to access information for novel research, for public and private decision making and for general

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