Local Plan - Local Waste Needs Assessment
Appendix 1: Compliance checklist – National Planning Policy for Waste
The schedule below sets out how the Council complies with the National Planning Policy for Waste.
Does the Local Plan ... |
Yes / No |
Evidence |
Consider the extent to which the capacity of existing operational facilities would satisfy any identified need. |
Yes |
Local waste management needs assessment Local Plan waste planning matters section |
Undertake early and meaningful engagement with local communities so that plans, as far as possible, reflect a collective vision and set of agreed priorities when planning for sustainable waste management, recognising that proposals for waste management facilities such as incinerators can be controversial. |
Yes |
Local waste management needs assessment |
Drive waste management up the waste hierarchy, recognising the need for a mix of types and scale of facilities, and that adequate provision must be made for waste disposal |
Yes |
Local Plan vision, objectives and policies |
Identify the tonnages and percentages of municipal, and commercial and industrial, waste requiring different types of management in their area over the period of the plan |
Yes |
Local waste management needs assessment Local Plan waste planning matters section |
Consider the need for additional waste management capacity of more than local significance and reflect any requirement for waste management facilities identified nationally |
Yes |
Local waste management needs assessment |
Take into account any need for waste management, including for disposal of the residues from treated wastes, arising in more than one waste planning authority area but where only a limited number of facilities would be required |
Yes |
Local waste management needs assessment |
Work collaboratively in groups with other waste planning authorities, and in two tier areas with district authorities, through the statutory duty to cooperate, to provide a suitable network of facilities to deliver sustainable waste management. |
Yes |
Local waste management needs assessment |
As evidenced in the compliance checklist above, the Local Plan is compliant with the requirements set out through the National Planning Policy for Waste.