Issues and Options - consultation on waste sites

In 2007 we published an initial long list of some 200 possible sites for waste management facilities for consultation in the Waste Site Proposals and Policies: Issues and Options paper. We sought information about these sites to help in assessing their suitability for waste development. We also wanted to hear about any other site options there may be.

• Issues and Options Main Report and Annex A (Core Strategy Preferred Options for Waste) (.pdf format, 144Kb)
• Annex B (Site Selection Methodology) (.pdf format, 66Kb)
• Annex C (Sites Index) (.pdf format, 79Kb)
• Summary of Responses to Issues and Options Consultation (.pdf format, 444Kb)

Site assessment work

Following the Issues and Options consultation, we engaged consultants ERM to carry out further technical assessments of the sites that had been identified. This work focussed on sites that might be suitable for strategic (large) facilities to deal with household and/or commercial and industrial wastes.

The interim reports on site selection for Strategic Waste Management Facilities are available below:

Stage 1 report: shortlist of sites (July 2007)

• Covering report (.pdf format, 5Mb)
• Annex A - List of sites assessed (.pdf format, 80Kb)
• Annex B - Development of selection criteria (.pdf format, 60Kb)
• Annex C - Site assessments (.pdf format, 81Kb)
   

Annex D - Shortlisted site location maps:

• Maps 1-4 (.pdf format, 2Mb)
• Maps 5-9 (.pdf format, 1.7Mb)
• Maps 10-14 (.pdf format, 1.7Mb)
• Maps 15-19 (.pdf format, 2Mb)
• Maps 20-24 (.pdf format, 2.5Mb

Stage 2 report: detailed assessment (September 2007)

• Stage 2 Report - Introduction (.pdf format, 5Mb)
• Stage 2 Report - Sites 2, 3a, 9, 10 (.pdf format, 3Mb)
• Stage 2 Report - Sites 11, 12, 19, 22 (.pdf format, 3Mb)
• Stage 2 Report - Sites 23, 25, 30, 33 (.pdf format, 3Mb)
• Stage 2 Report - Sites 53a, 53b, 85, 89, 103 (.pdf format, 4Mb)
• Stage 2 Report - Sites 104a, 122, 144b, 146 (.pdf format, 4Mb)
• Stage 2 Report - Sites 208, 211, 215, 216 (.pdf format, 3Mb)
• Stage 2 Report - Sites 217, 218, 219 (.pdf format, 2Mb)
• Stage 2 Report - Conclusion; Annexes A, B, C (.pdf format, 211Kb)

Additional sites report (December 2007)

• Additional Sites Report (.pdf format, 2MB)

Site options

Work undertaken since the Issues and Options consultation has led to the identification of further possible sites for waste development. These additional sites are the result of research undertaken by County officers or from nominations made by a third party (e.g. waste site operators).

Sites that have been discounted since the Issues and Options consultation (where it has become clear that they do not present a viable option) are shown in faded print.

• Full list of possible site options (pdf format, 41Kb)

Sites put forward by operators and the type of waste development each envisages is set out in the following list.

• Nominated sites and type of development (.pdf format, 47Kb)

All sites and proposals will be the subject of further assessment and are only identified as possible options at this stage.

Site nomination forms

• Waste (and secondary and recycled aggregates) sites nomination form (.doc format, 68Kb)
• Waste (and secondary and recycled aggregates) sites nomination guidance note (.pdf format, 18Kb)

Next steps

We intend to prepare a Waste Sites Document, which will follow on from the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy. The comments we have received on possible sites, together with the work by ERM on their assessment of strategic site options, will be taken into account when we prepare a draft of this document for consultation. The timing of this consultation is not yet known, but a timetable will be published here as soon as it is available.