Local Plan - Local Waste Needs Assessment

Ended on the 8 January 2024

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
Local assessment of waste management needs

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.

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