Mineral Planning for Mineral Planners Reviews

Very good

Great course. Would definitely recommend.

I have found the course invaluable. As well as learning more about the details of minerals operations and the more technical areas around soils, waste and permitting which were newer topics for me, I feel my background knowledge on the minerals planning system has increased too, for example around the old mining permissions and how the ROMP process came about. On a personal level this course has directly enabled me to do my job better, looking at minerals safeguarding and Minerals Resource Assessments, and also working on Call for SItes for minerals which I am currently undertaking now as part of our new Local Plan.

The online learning needs significant work to ensure it makes sense AND to ensure it's engaging and interesting - it is dull dull dull. The in person day of learning and site visit were really interesting and I learned so much. The venue was good, the refreshments were lovely. I had no phone signal on the approach to the site so it might be worth issuing the 'what 3 words' code to attendees going forward. It would have been helpful to have asked all attendees of the course if they were happy to share their contact details. I would recommend it to colleagues but as it stands, I would caveat it.

An enjoyable and useful course. It was pitched at a level where someone with experience in the minerals sector could engage to go over their experience and then build on it. The site visit was an excellent way to bring together the online material and to expand my professional network of both private and public sector professionals in the sector. I also thought the venue and subsequent presentation by the quarry manager was a great choice.