Somerset Minerals Plan 2030 maps

View maps supporting the Somerset Minerals Plan 2030, including mineral safeguarding areas and areas of search across Somerset

About the maps

Use these maps alongside the Somerset Minerals Plan 2030.

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Map 6: 14th round Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (PEDL) area has been withdrawn because the licences shown on the map have expired.
Map showing the whole Somerset Minerals Plan designated areas

Map 1 – Somerset Minerals Plan Policies

PDF, 8.66MB

Map1a showing sand and and gravel areas of search

Map 1a – Inset map – Sand and Gravel preferred area and area of search

PDF, 1.75MB

Inset map Silurian Andesite areas of search

Map 1b – Inset map – Silurian Andesite area of search

PDF, 3.32MB

Map1c - building stone areas of search

Map 1c – Inset map – Building Stone area of search

PDF, 4.07MB

Map 2 – Carboniferous Limestone Resource

Map 2 – Carboniferous Limestone resource

PDF, 4.97MB

 

Map 3 - Sand and gravel pebble bed resource

Map 3 – Sand and gravel ‘pebble bed’ resource

PDF, 4.32MB

Map 4 - location of quarry sites in Somerset

Map 4 – Location of quarry sites in Somerset

PDF, 4.26MB

Map 5 - peat resource areas west of Glastonbury

Map 5 – Peat resources areas west of Glastonbury

PDF, 2.47MB

Map 7a - Broadleaved woodland and rivers and streams ecological networks

Map 7a – Broadleaved woodland and rivers and streams ecological networks

PDF, 143KB

Map 7b - Heathland and grassland ecological networks

Map 7b – Heathland and grassland ecological networks

PDF, 123KB

Map 8 - Mineral Safeguarding Areas

Map 8 – Mineral Safeguarding Areas

PDF, 8.51KB

Map 9 - Torr Works railhead

Map 9 – Torr Works railhead

PDF, 1.93KB

Map 10 - Whatley Quarry railhead

Map 10 – Whatley Quarry railhead

PDF, 2.24MB

Map 11 - Dunball Wharf

Map 11 – Dunball Wharf

PDF, 1.53MB

Last updated: November 10, 2026

Next review due: May 10, 2027

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