minerals and waste local development framework adopted...

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Adopted November 2012

Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework

Buckinghamshire Minerals and WasteCore Strategy Development Plan Document

Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework

Minerals and Waste Core Strategy

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Contents

Foreword 4

1 What is the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy? 5

2 Vision and Strategic Objectives 21

3 Achieving Sustainable Development 27

4 Minerals 28

5 Waste 43

6 Protection and Enhancement of Buckinghamshire’s Environment 72

7 Implementation and Monitoring 86

Appendix A: MWCS Evidence Base 107

Appendix B: Glossary 111

Figure 1: The Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework 8

Figure 2: Waste Arisings in Buckinghamshire 2009/10 44

Figure 3: The Waste Hierarchy 45

Figure 4: The Waste Planning Strategy 64

Map 1: Key Diagram 16-17

Map 2: Buckinghamshire’s Neighbouring Areas 18

Map 3: Minerals Safeguarding Area 31

Map 4: Minerals Proposals Map 33

Map 5: Waste Proposals Map 58



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Foreword

Welcome to the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Core Strategy. As the Cabinet Member for Planning and Transportation I am proud to present this local plan which sets out the overall vision and strategic planning policy framework for minerals and waste development in Buckinghamshire to 2026, and marks the culmination of an extensive process of plan preparation. The strategy has evolved from a consultation process which began in 2007 and which involved input from a wide range of partners and stakeholders including local residents, local authorities, Parish Councils, site operators, industry representatives, and environmental and amenity bodies. As Cabinet Member, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has taken part in this process and contributed to the development of the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy.

Buckinghamshire is known for its attractive and high quality landscape and environment, including the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, its reserve of historic assets including listed buildings, scheduled ancient monuments and sites of archaeological importance, and its biodiversity and habitat assets, many of which are subject to national and European designations. A key challenge in producing the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy has been to plan for the future minerals and waste needs of Buckinghamshire whilst protecting amenity and the natural and historic environment. I believe that the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy has met this challenge by presenting a strategy that safeguards the provision of minerals, encourages the use of alternative materials, and reduces the County’s dependence on landfill. Its policies set clear criteria for identifying future minerals and waste sites and requirements relating to climate change, sustainability, natural resource conservation, and mitigation.

The Minerals and Waste Core Strategy provides the strategic vision for minerals and waste development within Buckinghamshire. The next step is to develop specific Local Plans for Minerals and Waste that will provide detailed planning policies and preferred areas for mineral extraction and certain waste management facilities. These will build on the Council’s excellent track record by actively engaging with local residents, stakeholders and authorities and ensuring all views are properly considered and reflected.

Councillor Peter Hardy Cabinet Member for Planning and Transportation

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1 What is the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy?

1.1 This Minerals and Waste Core Strategy (MWCS) provides the strategic policy framework and provisions to 2026 for minerals and waste planning within Buckinghamshire. It is intended to give greater certainty to minerals and waste operators, stakeholders and residents on where mineral extraction and strategic waste facilities should be located and, conversely, where this would not be acceptable. For the purposes of The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, this Minerals and Waste Core Strategy, adopted 22nd November 2012, is a Local Plan.

1.2 Over the period to 2026 Buckinghamshire faces two main challenges – providing sufficient sand and gravel to allow for house building and construction needs, and to move quickly from the current over-reliance upon landfill in managing our wastes. Both of these challenges will need to be undertaken in more environmentally-friendly ways than in the past. These are problematic matters, and planning for them is a task for the County Council as the statutory Minerals Planning Authority (MPA) and Waste Planning Authority (WPA) for Buckinghamshire1.

1.3 Preparing the new Minerals and Waste Core Strategy has required close liaison with others who have an interest in the production of these planning documents; such interested parties include local residents, those who work in the County, the minerals and waste industries, government agencies such as Natural England and the Environment Agency, and specialist interest groups and departments2 .

The Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework

1.4 To take the “big decisions” for minerals and waste planning in the county, and to give the necessary guidance to operators, stakeholders, and residents, Buckinghamshire County Council (“the County Council”) has prepared this Minerals and Waste Core Strategy (the “MWCS”). The MWCS is the strategic part of the new Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework (MWLDF) for Buckinghamshire for the period to 2026. The MWCS, together with the more detailed ‘daughter’ plans for minerals and waste contained within the MWLDF to be prepared later, will replace the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan (the “BM&WLP”) that was adopted in 2006. These plans are currently identified in the MWLDF as the Minerals Development Plan Document (Minerals DPD) and Waste Development Plan Document (Waste DPD). However the Government has now

1 These paragraphs were formerly paragraphs 1.3 and 1.4 of this document when it was the proposed “Submission” document pre-Examination Stage. They are no longer relevant but are reproduced here for completeness:

This Core Strategy document is the proposed ‘Submission’ document, which sets out the Council’s preferred strategy. The document forms the ‘submission draft’, presented to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on whose behalf the document is examined by a Planning Inspector at a Public Examination. The Inspector will decide whether the document is ‘sound’, or capable of being so following minor changes, based upon the tests of soundness set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) at paragraph 182. Everyone has an opportunity to make representations on the soundness of this submission document.

The Inspector’s findings will be binding upon the Council. If the document is found to be ‘sound’, or capable of being so following minor changes, the MWCS can be adopted by the Council following receipt of the Inspector’s report. However if the Inspector considers the document to be ‘unsound’, the Council will have to revise the document to produce a new submission version to address the issues raised, consult on the changes and hold a further Public Examination, before the Core Strategy can finally be adopted.

2 Further details on consultation methods and consultees can be found in the ‘Buckinghamshire Statement of Community Involvement’, September 2007



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published the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and this indicates that ‘Local Plans’ will be ‘the key to developing sustainable development that reflects the vision and aspirations of local communities’ (NPPF, paragraph 150). Therefore, in the interests of clarity the Minerals Development Plan Document is hereafter called the ‘Minerals Local Plan (MLP)’ and the Waste Development Plan Document as the ‘Waste Local Plan (WLP)’. The Council will so amend the MWLDF at the earliest opportunity. The structure and the DPDs which together make up the current MWLDF is provided in Figure 1. In the meantime, the majority of the policies contained in the BM&WLP have been ‘saved’ and will continue to provide guidance until replaced by new policies in this MWCS, the Minerals Local Plan (MLP) and the Waste Local Plan (WLP).

Table 1: “Saved” Policies of the BM&WLP to be replaced by the Policies in the MWCS

“Saved” BM&WLP Policy Replacement MWCS Policy(ies)

1: Overarching Minerals Extraction Principles

CS1: Minerals Safeguarding

2: Aggregates Landbank CS4: Maintaining the Level of Sand and Gravel Provision

3: Preferred Areas for Sand and Gravel Extraction

CS5: Preferred Areas

4: Area of Search CS2: Area of Search

6: Alternative Aggregates Production CS6: Sites for Recycled and Secondary Aggregates

8: Other Minerals CS3: Non-Aggregate Minerals Working

10: Overarching Waste Management Principles

CS8: Waste AuditCS9: Additional Waste Management Capacity and Net Self-sufficiencyCS10: Recycling and Composting Capacity to be provided for MSW and C&I waste by 2026CS15: LandfillCS16: Management of Imported Waste

11: imported Wastes and Landfill Sites

CS16: Management of Imported Waste

12: Integrated Waste Management CS11: Strategic Waste Complex at Calvert Landfill Site

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Relationship to District Council LDFs

1.5 The County Council’s MWLDF and the component DPDs/Local Plans are complementary to those prepared by the District Councils. In this regard the proposals and policies prepared by the County Council in this MWCS (and in the subsequent Minerals Local Plan and Waste Local Plan) should be seen as “slotting in” to the existing core strategies and forthcoming Local Plans as and when they are prepared by the District Councils for their areas.

13: Recycling / Composting Facilities CS10: Recycling and Composting Capacity to be provided for MSW and C&I waste by 2026

15: Waste Transfer Facilities CS10: Recycling and Composting Capacity to be provided for MSW and C&I waste by 2026CS12: Essential Infrastructure to support the Strategic Waste Complex (SWC) at Calvert Landfill Site

17: Energy from Waste Plant CS11: Strategic Waste Complex at Calvert Landfill SitePolicy CS13: Contingency

18: Landfill and Landraising CS15: Landfill

19: Calvert Landfill Site CS11: Strategic Waste Complex at Calvert Landfill SiteCS12: Essential Infrastructure to support the Strategic Waste Complex (SWC) at Calvert Landfill Site

22: Inert Wastes and Inert Waste Recycling

CS6: Sites for Recycled and Secondary Aggregates

23: Sewage Treatment Works & Management of Sewage Sludge

CS17: Sewage Treatment Works

24: Protection of Key Environmental Assets

CS18: Protection of Environmental Assets of National ImportanceCS21: The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)

25: Protection of Other Environmentally Important Sites and Features

CS19: Protection of Environmental Assets of Local Importance

27: Protection of Green Belt CS20: Green Belt

30: Proximity Principle and Sustainable Transport

CS7: Rail Aggregate Depots and Wharf FacilitiesCS22: Design and Climate Change

33: Groundwater and Floodplain Protection

CS22: Design and Climate Change

40: Plan Monitoring CS24: Strategy for Policy Implementation, Monitoring, Review and Enforcement



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Figure 1: The Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework

Relationship to Regional Strategy

1.6 Although Regional Strategies (RSs) are currently “part of the development plan”, the coalition Government has announced its intention to abolish Regional Strategies and a clause to that effect has been included in the Localism Act. The Government’s programme is to revoke the current Regional Strategy (the South East Plan - SEP) at the earliest opportunity. What this means is that the MWCS cannot rely upon regional policies prevailing at the time of drafting to provide a continuing framework once the plan becomes operational through to 2026. Therefore, although the provisions and policies in this MWCS are generally consistent with the SEP, in the interests of continuity the County Council has sought to justify its proposals in terms of the application of prevailing national planning policy to the Buckinghamshire minerals and waste context. In this regard the Council was aware of emerging Government policy such as the National Policy Statements (NPS) and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) that has now replaced PPSs and MPSs. The NPPF has now been published (March 2012) and the Council has considered its implications for the policies and proposals contained in this MWCS. Where it remains of relevance, the Council has made use of some of the technical work that underpinned the RS.

1.7 This Minerals and Waste Core Strategy (MWCS) sets out the overall vision and strategic planning policy framework for minerals and waste development in Buckinghamshire to 2026 and the protection of the amenity of Buckinghamshire’s residents and its natural and historic environment from such development. It also makes the “strategic” waste site allocations and sites to be safeguarded for their existing or future use.

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1.8 An “allocation” is where a site is actively proposed in a plan for a given purpose. There is a presumption that planning permission will be granted for that purpose, subject to a satisfactory scheme being brought forward by a developer.

1.9 A “safeguarding” is a holding provision where a site or sites may have a future value but the plan does not make detailed proposals (an allocation). In effect the planning authority reserves its position against the possibility of a developer bringing forward proposals that could prevent a site being used for the safeguarded purpose.

1.10 Specifically this MWCS sets out:

For minerals:

• How much minerals extraction will be required over the Plan period to 2026;

• When the minerals will be needed;

• The strategy for the safeguarding and provision of minerals;

• How the use of alternative materials is to be encouraged;

• The criteria for identifying new mineral extraction sites to meet this need;

• Requirements relating to climate change, sustainability, natural resource conservation, and mitigation.

For waste:

• How much additional waste management capacity will be required by 2026;

• When this additional waste management capacity will be needed;

• The strategy to identify where this waste management capacity will be provided;

• Allocation of the sites most critical to the delivery of this capacity;

• The criteria for identifying additional future local recycling and composting capacity;

• Requirements relating to climate change, sustainability, design, natural resource conservation, and mitigation.

1.11 The Core Strategy will be supplemented by two subsidiary Local Plans3 to be prepared after this Core Strategy has been adopted:

• The Minerals Local Plan will include more details regarding the areas where the extraction of minerals, and the processing of materials to produce ‘alternative minerals’, may be permitted, and the issues that will have to be addressed at these locations. It will also include some more detailed policies for use in considering planning applications.

• The Waste Local Plan will include details of where new local recycling and composting waste management facilities may be located, together with further detailed policies for use in considering planning applications.

1.12 A Proposals Map will also be produced to show the proposals of the above documents on an Ordnance Survey map base. It is prepared in parallel with the MWCS and subsequent Local Plans and is updated as each Plan is prepared and adopted.

3 The scope of these Plans may change as these documents go through the processes leading to their adoption



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1.13 Further information about the Local Development Framework process can be found on the Council’s website at www.buckscc.gov.uk following the path Environment > Minerals and Waste Plans > Development Plan Documents.

Key Drivers for the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy

Policy and Legislation

1.14 Relevant international, national and local policy and legislation, covering environmental, social and economic issues, together with that relating specifically to minerals and waste provide the policy framework against which this MWCS has been prepared.

1.15 This MWCS does not re-state international and national policy. Such documents are referred to in the relevant chapters4 in order to cover all planning policy of relevance to minerals and waste planning in the county. For waste, the Government sets national strategy and objectives (eg National Waste Management Plan, National Infrastructure Plan, Waste Review). The National Planning Policy Framework (March 2012) does not contain specific waste policies, since national waste policy will be published as part of the National Waste Management Plan for England (NPPF, paragraph 5). The NPPF confirms that the Waste Policy Statement (PPS10) will remain in place until then. The Government’s vision remains “to move beyond our current throwaway society to a ‘zero waste economy’ in which material resources are re-used, recycled or recovered wherever possible, and only disposed of as the option of very last resort”5 . Key national planning objectives include driving waste management up the waste hierarchy and to provide a framework within which communities take more responsibility for their own waste. Notably, the Government has (June 2011) announced its intention to6 :

• Prioritise efforts to manage waste in line with the waste hierarchy and reduce the carbon impact of waste;

• Develop a range of measures to encourage waste prevention and reuse, supporting greater resource efficiency;

• Develop voluntary approaches to cutting waste, increase recycling, and improve the overall quality of recyclate material, working closely with the business sectors and the waste and material resources industry;

• Support energy recovery where appropriate, and for waste which cannot be recycled.

Of particular relevance to waste planning, it has emphasised the importance of putting in place the right waste management infrastructure at the right time and in the right location.

For minerals, national objectives are set out in the NPPF where the Government indicates that it is important that there is a sufficient supply of material to provide the infrastructure, buildings, energy and goods that the country needs. However since minerals are a finite natural resource, and can only be worked where they are found, it is important to make the best use of them to secure their long-

4 See ‘Topic Paper 3: Review of relevant Plans, Policies, Programmes and Initiatives’ for complete list of all policy documents used to prepare the MWCS

5 ‘Government Review of Waste Policy in England 2011’ Defra, June 2011 (paragraph 28)

6 ‘Government Review of Waste Policy in England 2011’ Defra, June 2011

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term conservation (NPPF, paragraph 142). This MWCS may however, provide a local interpretation of national policies for waste and minerals, or explain how they will be applied in Buckinghamshire.

Deliverability and Flexibility

1.16 Sufficient sites need to be identified to meet the county’s minerals and waste needs through the plan period to 2026. The strategy and policy framework for minerals and waste planning in Buckinghamshire needs to ensure the right sites are identified in environmental, planning and sustainability terms but the sites should also be deliverable, i.e. the sites must be realistic and workable.

Fiscal and Other Drivers

1.17 The National objective to increasingly divert waste from landfill is most significantly driven by the level of the Landfill Tax. This is an important consideration for the MWCS because it offers an assurance that the management of both public and commercial waste will change significantly during the plan period in accordance with the waste hierarchy and the policies in this plan. The Government announced in April 2007 and confirmed in April 2010 that landfill Tax will be increased by £8 a tonne each year to 2014. The 2012 Budget confirmed that the rate from 1 April 2013 will be £72/tonne. The tax will therefore reach £80/tonne in 2014/15 and combined with the base cost of landfill (sometimes called the “Gate Fee”) is likely to mean a disposal cost of some £100/tonne by 2014/15. The Council has had meetings with the waste industry7 that suggest that a “tipping point” is imminent at which the market will drive change itself with landfilling becoming uneconomic as viable alternatives become available. This is consistent with the general “frontloading” of the provisions in this plan.

1.18 In addition to the landfill tax, a permitting system for household waste called the “Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme” (LATS) introduced in 2005 requires Waste Disposal Authorities to meet annual targets for the diversion of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) from landfill into greater recycling and recovery of energy. However the Government intends to end the LATS at the end of the 2012/13 scheme year7 . It will therefore have little effect upon diverting future waste from landfill in Buckinghamshire.

Climate Change

1.19 The climate is changing, and this is being accelerated by man-made emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Key drivers to reduce these emissions and build resistance and resilience to the effects of climate change are the Kyoto Protocol, the Climate Change Act (2008), the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan, the EU Waste Framework Directive, the National Planning Policy Framework, the Civil Contingencies Act (2004) and the Flood and Water Management Act (2010).

7 ‘Soft Market Testing of Contractors for the Management and Apportionment of Commercial and Industrial Waste Arisings within Buckinghamshire during 2021’ Jacobs, July 2007

8 ‘Government Review of Waste Policy in England 2011’ Defra, June 2011



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1.20 Waste and minerals activities make a relatively minor contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. However, for waste management in particular, changes in management could make a significant contribution to GHG emission reductions. Emissions from landfill represent the most significant source of greenhouse gases from the waste and minerals sector. Therefore continued efforts to reduce and minimise these, through diversion and recovery of waste, particularly biodegradable waste, should continue to be the focus of efforts. Recovery of waste (as materials and energy) will also generally have a positive impact through reducing emissions in other sectors of the economy.

1.21 The evidence base9 supporting this MWCS indicates that the Waste Planning Strategy will result in significant reductions in greenhouse gases from waste management compared to the current baseline. This is largely due to the significant increase in recycling/composting and diverting waste from landfill. If the full avoided carbon benefits are to be gained, achievement of the proposed targets are critical. Energy recovery technologies can enhance those gains by diverting waste from landfill.

1.22 The likely effect of the minerals policies in reducing GHGs is lower, but will generally help to reduce the potential for carbon emissions. This is through providing for an adequate and steady supply to help ensure that the needs of the county are largely met from indigenous supplies, identifying the potential for supply in the north of the county (Area of Search for primary aggregates and location of recycling facilities), and safeguarding of rail depot and bulk transport sites.

The Water Environment

1.23 National policy is to protect, enhance and restore water resources10 and to ensure water efficiency and protection from flooding11 . These considerations have a strong relationship to proposals contained in this MWCS for both future minerals and waste development.

Sustainability

1.24 National policy on delivering sustainable development12 is the key driver for the change to more sustainable minerals extraction and waste management development delivered through the planning system. The key spatial impacts of the plan have been assessed as part of the Sustainability Appraisal (SA), which also incorporates a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), as required under European law. Minerals and waste related developments can have both positive and negative impacts on the existing spatial context. The strategies and sites for minerals and waste provision have been informed by the SA/SEA process, to maximise wider social, environmental and economic benefits, to minimise any negative impacts, whilst seeking positive benefits wherever possible. The SA/SEA has explored and tested reasonable strategy and policy alternatives.

9 ‘Climate Change Overview Paper’ and ‘Topic Paper 1: Climate Change’ Cissbury Consulting and Beyond Waste, March 2011

10 Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC), Groundwater Directive (80/68/EEC), the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003, and Groundwater (England and Wales) Regulations 2009.

11 Technical Guidance to the National Planning Policy Framework, CLG, March 2012

12 National Planning Policy Framework, CLG, March 2012

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Sustainable Community Strategies for Buckinghamshire

1.25 The MWCS should support the achievement of the aspirations of the Sustainable Community Strategies, including their economic, social and environmental goals. The plan therefore seeks to address relevant key objectives and challenges identified in the SCSs. These are set out in greater detail in the ‘Other Plans and Policies’ Topic Paper (TP3) - however, of particular significance are to:

• Support strategic infrastructure requirements;

• Protect and enhance our environment;

• Improve the connectivity and efficiency of our transport network, whilst also reducing the need to travel;

• Ensure access to local facilities;

• Tackle climate change, reduce waste, re-use resources, increase recycling and energy recovery;

• Recycle 60% of Buckinghamshire’s waste by 2026.

Buckinghamshire County Council Sustainability Strategy (2009)

1.26 The Council’s Sustainability Strategy sets out the Council’s policies on a wide range of sustainability topics, including planning for waste management. The Strategy notes that “by 2026, to meet the demands made by European, national and regional policies, waste management will have undergone a radical change from its current pattern. A network of facilities for the collection, transfer, recycling, sustainable treatment and disposal of waste will be in place across the county, linked geographically to the main sources of waste. Landfilling will be restricted to wastes which cannot be re-used or recycled, or from which value cannot be recovered. The number of active landfill sites in the county will have reduced to the necessary minimum.”

The Buckinghamshire District Councils’ Sustainable Community Strategies

1.27 In addition the MWCS should have regard to the SCSs prepared by the Buckinghamshire District Councils; these are:

• Aylesbury Vale District Council Sustainable Community Strategy Consultation Document (2006);

• Chiltern District Council Sustainable Community Strategy (2009);

• South Buckinghamshire District Council Draft Sustainable Community Strategy (2009);

• Wycombe District Council Sustainable Community Plan (2005).



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1.28 The Strategies set out the respective visions for the District Councils. These are broadly consistent with that for the County Council. Details can be found in Topic Paper 313 . The content of the MWCS reflects the aspirations of the Community Strategies and includes provisions / considerations that reflect a wide variety of themes across the sustainability agenda.

The Buckinghamshire Context

1.29 Several factors specific to Buckinghamshire have notable impacts on minerals and waste planning in the county. Maps 1 and 2 below illustrate the administrative county boundary of Buckinghamshire showing its relationship with adjacent authorities, larger urban areas and key environmental designations and constraints.

1.30 Buckinghamshire covers an area of around 156,000 hectares (ha), and has an estimated population of 496,700 at 2010 increasing to 547,000 at 2026 (using the 2008-based Office for National Statistics projection). The ONS projection is trend-based, and so additional population growth will result from “planned growth” (for example, within Aylesbury Vale District where the County Council estimates that a further population growth of up to 30,000 persons could result from South East Plan provisions). Aylesbury Vale District Council is currently examining a range of growth options for inclusion in its forthcoming Vale of Aylesbury Plan. Although close to London, over 75% of the county is rural in nature, with only 6% of the County classified as urban. Out of the four district authorities, Aylesbury Vale District makes up the northern 60% of the County by area, but only contains just over 33% of the population, concentrated in the main towns of Aylesbury and Buckingham. The remaining 66% of the population lives in the remaining southern 40% of the County, in the districts of Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe, concentrated in the main settlements of High Wycombe, Amersham, Chesham, Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross. For convenience, this area is called “southern Buckinghamshire” in this MWCS. Similarly, the remainder of the county (corresponding to Aylesbury Vale District) is called “north Buckinghamshire”.

13 ‘Topic Paper 3: Review of Relevant Plans, Policies, Programmes and Initiatives’

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1.31 Buckinghamshire is distinguished by its rich and diverse natural environment14 which in itself brings its own challenges for minerals and waste planning. Some 32% of Buckinghamshire (50,000 ha) is included in the Metropolitan Green Belt which covers much of southern Buckinghamshire. About 18% of the County is locally designated landscape. Over a quarter of the county lies in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), which runs across the centre of the County; 4% of Buckinghamshire is protected by national or international habitat designations as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) (notably the Chiltern Beechwoods and Burnham Beeches), National Nature Reserve (NNR), and biological and geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The Colne Valley Regional Park (CVRP)15 passes along the county’s south-eastern boundary

1.32 Buckinghamshire also has an important historic environment, with 141 Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAMs), 34 registered historic parks and gardens, 177 conservation areas and over 6,000 listed buildings. There are over 16,000 archaeological sites or features recorded in the County.

1.33 Generally, Buckinghamshire has very good transport links by road, such as the M1, M40, A41, A40 and A413 and by rail, such as the West Coast Mainline and the Chiltern Lines. However, because of the county’s historic geographical relationship with London, strategic road and rail corridors running north-south, radiating from London, are generally better than those running east-west across the county. Navigable waterways are the River Thames and the Grand Union Canal.

1.34 It is recognised that Buckinghamshire will experience development growth during the plan period to reflect an increase in population, particularly in Aylesbury Vale. It is currently uncertain as to how much future development there will be, on top of existing housing and employment commitments. An increase in population and development growth will result in an increase in the amount of household and commercial waste produced. New construction work is likely to increase the amount of construction and demolition waste which could be reused and the demand for minerals for construction.

1.35 The key challenge for the MWCS is how to plan for the future minerals and waste development needs of the county’s residents and businesses whilst protecting their amenity and its natural and historic environment.

Neighbouring Areas

1.36 The MWCS should consider the question of cross-boundary movement within the county’s “larger than local” context and relationship to adjacent areas (as shown in Map 2) in terms of minerals and waste. Buckinghamshire has historically provided for more than its own needs for minerals and waste.

14 Further detail and environmental designations and constraints maps provided in ‘Topic Paper 7: Buckinghamshire Spatial Context’

15 ‘Colne Valley Regional Park Action Plan 2009-2012’, March 2009



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Map 1: Key Diagram



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Map 2: Buckinghamshire’s Neighbouring Areas

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1.37 The MWCS can only make provision for the extraction of minerals sourced within its boundary. Buckinghamshire is self-sufficient in supply for sand and gravel, important construction aggregates and materials used to produce bricks for a local market. As minerals can only be dug where they are found, it is inevitable that resources extracted within Buckinghamshire will meet demand beyond the county boundary, being the nearest proximate market for such materials. However, some construction materials such as crushed rock cannot be sourced in Buckinghamshire and have to be imported from neighbouring areas such as Oxfordshire, reflecting a natural cross-boundary movement demand for resources.

1.38 There are existing “cross boundary” movements of waste between Buckinghamshire and adjacent areas and the MWCS allows that these will continue. In particular, commercial waste will have less regard for local authority areas than does the management of municipal waste. Historically there has been a fairly high degree of self-containment for landfill and recycling capacity within the neighbouring area. In 200916 (latest available data) there were major longer distance inward flows of waste from London and Somerset, and significant imports from the neighbouring areas (Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes, and Bedfordshire). There were also important imports from Surrey and Hampshire. Most of the waste imported into the county was landfilled. At the same time Buckinghamshire exported more modest amounts of waste (mostly for recycling or reprocessing) to areas as diverse as West London, Hertfordshire, Cardiff, Bristol, Northamptonshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Southampton, and Northumberland.

1.39 The major flows into the county are from London comprising municipal and construction wastes landfilled at Calvert, and commercial and construction wastes landfilled at sites within southern Buckinghamshire. The main exporting areas in London are overwhelmingly West London and North London respectively.

1.40 Turning to the future, a key challenge for the MWCS will be to achieve energy recovery from waste from households and businesses that is “left over” after recyclable materials have been removed. The County Council has examined the prospects for available energy recovery capacity in the adjacent areas of Berkshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. It has concluded that there will be a greater demand for future energy recovery capacity within this “catchment” than will become available during the plan period. This conclusion17 supports the need for the MWCS to provide in full for Buckinghamshire’s energy recovery requirement to 2026.

The Evidence Base Supporting the MWCS

1.41 The text of this core strategy has been confined to the minimum necessary to support the policies. However the County Council understands that many users of the core strategy will wish to know more about how and why it takes the form that it does. The best way to “find out more” for most users will be to read the Topic Papers and Glossary which give the background to the key parts of the plan.

16 Source: Waste data Interrogator 2009, Environment Agency

17 Appendix 3 to BCC Cabinet Item 7 Waste Procurement Project 28 February 2011



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The MWCS Topic Papers

1.42 Beneath the Topic Papers are a number of technical studies supporting the plan – including the Sustainability Appraisal – these are collectively known as the “Evidence Base”. These reports are listed in Appendix A.

• Topic Paper No.1 (TP1) Climate Change

• Topic Paper No.2 (TP2) Executive Summary of the Sustainability Appraisal

• Topic Paper No.3 (TP3) Review of Relevant Plans, Policies, Programmes and Initiatives

• Topic Paper No.4 (TP4) Design

• Topic Paper No.5 (TP5) Waste

• Topic Paper No.6 (TP6) Minerals

• Topic Paper No.7 (TP7) Buckinghamshire Spatial Context

• Topic Paper No.8 (TP8) Saved Policies of the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan

2004-2016

• Topic Paper No.9 (TP9) Area Statements for Allocated Waste Sites in the MWCS

• Topic Paper No.10 (TP10) Health

• Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Glossary

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2 Vision and Strategic Objectives

2.1 Having regard to the content of and the contribution the MWCS can make to Buckinghamshire’s other Strategies and wider area policies affecting the county , the County Council18 has identified the following as its ‘Vision’ of the county in 2026, in terms of minerals and waste matters:

Vision for the Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework

By 2026:

Mineral sites and a network of waste management facilities are available to support the economic, social and environmental benefits of sustainable development. They are meeting existing needs and the various levels of planned growth in different parts of Buckinghamshire in ways that contribute to the efficiency of the county’s transport infrastructure.

Buckinghamshire is making more efficient use of primary minerals by conserving minerals assets, which are primarily located in the Thames Valley, for future use and minimising demand through the increasing use of recycled and alternative materials. The minerals industry is extracting sufficient mineral in more sustainable ways, and has an adequate planned provision to meet future needs. The quality of site restoration is continuing to improve.

The amount of waste produced in Buckinghamshire by residents and businesses has been reduced to a minimum. Waste that does arise is fully provided for in more sustainable ways through greater recycling, composting, and energy recovery from waste that would otherwise be landfilled, so as to manage as many of our waste needs within Buckinghamshire as possible. This is achieved by the waste industry maximising the use of existing waste facilities, and providing new ones in the right places to meet local needs. New strategic capacity needed for energy recovery has been developed on a countywide basis, using as few sites as possible. Where specialised wastes have to be sent elsewhere for processing, we are compensating by helping other areas meet their waste management needs.

Buckinghamshire’s environment, environmental assets and habitats, and the quality of life of its residents have been conserved and enhanced, as much as possible, whilst account has been taken of climate change through good planning and design of minerals and waste development.




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Strategic Objectives

2.2 The Strategic Objectives that have been developed for this MWCS (and for the subsequent Minerals Local Plan and Waste Local Plan) have been designed to secure the delivery of the Vision. They draw on and reflect the objectives of national guidance and other Council strategies, notably the Sustainable Communities Strategies, the Municipal Waste Management Strategy, the Local Transport Plan, the Landscape Plan, Chilterns AONB Management Plan and Green Infrastructure Strategy. The objectives are intended to apply continuously throughout the period to 2026, and beyond.

SO1: Improving the Sustainability of Minerals Development

• To identify sufficient land to enable Buckinghamshire’s currently agreed apportionment for sand and gravel to be maintained in a steady supply over the plan period, whilst reducing the quantity of primary minerals needed by increasing levels of aggregates recycling and the use of alternatives to primary materials.

SO2: Improving the Sustainability of Waste Management

• To support waste prevention and reuse, and identify sufficient land to manage an equivalent amount of waste to that generated within Buckinghamshire so as to deliver a countywide network of improved existing and new facilities to maximise local recycling and composting, and ensure value by energy recovery for the remaining waste whilst moving away from Buckinghamshire’s current over-reliance on landfill disposal.

SO3: Safeguarding of Existing Minerals Resources

• To protect the county’s mineral resources within the Thames Valley, where the richest deposits of sand and gravel are to be found, and potentially viable resources in north Buckinghamshire from development which would prevent their future use.

SO4: Spatial distribution of Minerals Development

• To give priority to the improved use or extension of existing sites in Buckinghamshire, before considering new locations to minimise the use of land for minerals extraction activities in the county and to help protect natural resources.

SO5: Transportation of Minerals

• To protect existing and potential future locations for minerals transportation infrastructure from alternative uses to improve connection between minerals sites and growth areas.

SO6: Spatial Distribution of Waste Development

• To enable strategic waste capacity to be provided in the county to co-locate facilities, minimise waste movements and make the best use of a limited number of site opportunities.

SO7: Safeguarding of existing Waste Sites

• To protect Buckinghamshire’s existing waste management sites and sites suitable for future waste management infrastructure from alternative uses.

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SO8: Transportation of Waste

• To utilise planned improvements in transport infrastructure and enable the development of new strategic waste transfer facilities which will improve connectivity between the north and south of the county and enable the more efficient movement of waste.

SO9: Protection of the Green Belt and AONB

• To protect the Green Belt from inappropriate minerals and waste development and the Chilterns AONB within Buckinghamshire from unnecessary minerals and waste development.

SO10: Protecting and Enhancing the Environment

• To conserve and enhance the human, historic and natural environment, by minimising and mitigating potential negative impacts and by seeking positive benefits from minerals and waste development in the county.



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Vis

ion

Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tives

Polic

ies

Min

eral

site

s an

d a

netw

ork

of w

aste

man

agem

ent

faci

litie

s ar

e av

aila

ble

to s

uppo

rt t

he e

cono

mic

, soc

ial a

nd

envi

ronm

enta

l ben

efits

of s

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ent. T

hey

are

mee

ting

exist

ing

need

s an

d th

e va

rious

leve

ls of

pla

nned

gr

owth

in d

iffer

ent

part

s of

Buc

king

ham

shire

in w

ays

that

co

ntrib

ute

to t

he e

ffici

ency

of t

he c

ount

y’s t

rans

port

in

fras

truc

ture

.

SO1:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of M

iner

als

Dev

elop

men

t

SO4:

Spa

tial d

istrib

utio

n of

Min

eral

s D

evel

opm

ent

SO5:

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

of M

iner

als

Polic

y C

S3 -

Non

– A

ggre

gate

Min

eral

s Wor

king

Polic

y C

S4 -

Mai

ntai

ning

the

Lev

el o

f San

d an

d G

rave

l Pr

ovisi

on

Polic

y C

S5 -

Pre

ferr

ed A

reas

Polic

y C

S6 -

Site

s fo

r R

ecyc

led

and

Seco

ndar

y A

ggre

gate

s

Polic

y C

S7 -

Rai

l Agg

rega

te D

epot

s an

d W

harf

Fac

ilitie

s

SO2:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of W

aste

Man

agem

ent

SO6:

Spa

tial D

istrib

utio

n of

Was

te D

evel

opm

ent

SO7:

Saf

egua

rdin

g of

exi

stin

g W

aste

Site

s

SO8:

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

of W

aste

Polic

y C

S9 -

Add

ition

al W

aste

Man

agem

ent

Cap

acity

and

N

et S

elf-s

uffic

ienc

y

Polic

y C

S10

- R

ecyc

ling

and

Com

post

ing

Cap

acity

to

be

prov

ided

for

MSW

and

C&

I was

te b

y 20

26

Polic

y C

S11

- St

rate

gic

Was

te C

ompl

ex a

t C

alve

rt L

andfi

ll Si

te

Polic

y C

S12

- Es

sent

ial I

nfra

stru

ctur

e to

sup

port

the

SW

C

at C

alve

rt L

andfi

ll Si

te

Polic

y C

S13

- C

ontin

genc

y

Polic

y C

S14

- Sa

fegu

ardi

ng E

xist

ing

and

Pote

ntia

l Was

te

Site

s

Polic

y C

S17

- Se

wag

e Tr

eatm

ent W

orks

Tabl

e 2:

Lin

ks b

etw

een

the

Vis

ion,

Str

ateg

ic O

bjec

tives

and

pro

pose

d Po

licie

s

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Vis

ion

Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tives

Polic

ies

Buck

ingh

amsh

ire is

mak

ing

mor

e ef

ficie

nt u

se o

f prim

ary

min

eral

s by

con

serv

ing

min

eral

s as

sets

, whi

ch a

re p

rimar

ily

loca

ted

in t

he T

ham

es V

alle

y, fo

r fu

ture

use

and

min

imisi

ng

dem

and

thro

ugh

the

incr

easin

g us

e of

rec

ycle

d an

d al

tern

ativ

e m

ater

ials.

The

min

eral

s in

dust

ry is

ext

ract

ing

suffi

cien

t m

iner

al in

mor

e su

stai

nabl

e w

ays,

and

has

an

adeq

uate

pla

nned

pro

visio

n to

mee

t fu

ture

nee

ds. T

he

qual

ity o

f site

res

tora

tion

is co

ntin

uing

to

impr

ove.

SO1:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of M

iner

als

Dev

elop

men

t

SO3:

Saf

egua

rdin

g of

Exi

stin

g M

iner

als

Res

ourc

es

SO4:

Spa

tial d

istrib

utio

n of

Min

eral

s D

evel

opm

ent

SO5:

Tran

spor

tatio

n of

Min

eral

s

Polic

y C

S1 -

Min

eral

s Sa

fegu

ardi

ng

Polic

y C

S2 -

Are

a of

Sea

rch

Polic

y C

S3 -

Non

– A

ggre

gate

Min

eral

s Wor

king

Polic

y C

S4 -

Mai

ntai

ning

the

Lev

el o

f San

d an

d G

rave

l Pr

ovisi

on

Polic

y C

S5 -

Pre

ferr

ed A

reas

Polic

y C

S6 -

Site

s fo

r R

ecyc

led

and

Seco

ndar

y A

ggre

gate

s

The

am

ount

of w

aste

pro

duce

d in

Buc

king

ham

shire

by

resid

ents

and

bus

ines

ses

has

been

red

uced

to

a m

inim

um.

Was

te t

hat

does

aris

e is

fully

pro

vide

d fo

r in

mor

e su

stai

nabl

e w

ays

thro

ugh

grea

ter

recy

clin

g, co

mpo

stin

g, an

d en

ergy

rec

over

y fr

om w

aste

tha

t w

ould

oth

erw

ise b

e la

ndfil

led,

so

as t

o m

anag

e as

man

y of

our

was

te n

eeds

w

ithin

Buc

king

ham

shire

as

poss

ible

. Thi

s is

achi

eved

by

the

was

te in

dust

ry m

axim

ising

the

use

of e

xist

ing

was

te fa

cilit

ies,

and

prov

idin

g ne

w o

nes

in t

he r

ight

pla

ces

to m

eet

loca

l ne

eds.

New

str

ateg

ic c

apac

ity n

eede

d fo

r en

ergy

rec

over

y ha

s be

en d

evel

oped

on

a co

unty

wid

e ba

sis, u

sing

as fe

w

sites

as

poss

ible

. Whe

re s

peci

alise

d w

aste

s ha

ve t

o be

sen

t el

sew

here

for

proc

essin

g, w

e ar

e co

mpe

nsat

ing

by h

elpi

ng

othe

r ar

eas

mee

t th

eir

was

te m

anag

emen

t ne

eds.

SO2:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of W

aste

Man

agem

ent

SO6:

Spa

tial D

istrib

utio

n of

Was

te D

evel

opm

ent

SO7:

Saf

egua

rdin

g of

exi

stin

g W

aste

Site

s

Polic

y C

S8 -

Was

te A

udit

Polic

y C

S9 -

Add

ition

al W

aste

Man

agem

ent

Cap

acity

and

N

et S

elf-S

uffic

ienc

y

Polic

y C

S10

- R

ecyc

ling

and

Com

post

ing

Cap

acity

to

be

prov

ided

for

MSW

and

C&

I was

te b

y 20

26

Polic

y C

S11

- St

rate

gic

Was

te C

ompl

ex a

t C

alve

rt L

andfi

ll Si

te

Polic

y C

S12

- Es

sent

ial I

nfra

stru

ctur

e to

sup

port

the

SW

C

at C

alve

rt L

andfi

ll Si

te

Polic

y C

S13

- C

ontin

genc

y

Polic

y C

S14

- Sa

fegu

ardi

ng E

xist

ing

and

Pote

ntia

l Was

te

Site

s

Polic

y C

S15

- La

ndfil

l

Polic

y C

S16

- M

anag

emen

t of

Impo

rted

Was

te



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Vis

ion

Stra

tegi

c O

bjec

tives

Polic

ies

Buck

ingh

amsh

ire’s

envi

ronm

ent,

envi

ronm

enta

l ass

ets

and

habi

tats

, and

the

qua

lity

of li

fe o

f its

res

iden

ts h

ave

been

co

nser

ved

and

enha

nced

, as

muc

h as

pos

sible

, whi

lst t

akin

g ac

coun

t of

clim

ate

chan

ge a

nd a

pply

ing

prin

cipl

es o

f goo

d de

sign

to m

iner

als

and

was

te d

evel

opm

ent

SO9:

Pro

tect

ion

of t

he G

reen

Bel

t an

d A

ON

B

SO10

: Pro

tect

ing

and

Enha

ncin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

t

Polic

y C

S18

- Pr

otec

tion

of E

nviro

nmen

tal A

sset

s of

N

atio

nal i

mpo

rtan

ce

Polic

y C

S19

- Pr

otec

tion

of E

nviro

nmen

tal A

sset

s of

Loc

al

Impo

rtan

ce

Polic

y C

S20

- G

reen

Bel

t

Polic

y C

S21

- T

he C

hilte

rns

Are

a of

Out

stan

ding

Nat

ural

Be

auty

(A

ON

B)

Polic

y C

S22

- D

esig

n an

d C

limat

e C

hang

e

Polic

y C

S23

- En

hanc

emen

t of

the

Env

ironm

ent

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3 Achieving Sustainable Development

3.1 The Government has now (March 2012) published its National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) which sets out its planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied. The NPPF confirms that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development along the three dimensions of economic, social, and environmental sustainability. The Framework makes it clear that these roles are mutually dependent and that ‘Local Plans’ (including this MWCS) are the key to delivering sustainable development. Local Planning Authorities, when plan-making, are advised to positively seek opportunities to meet the development needs of their area and meet objectively assessed needs, with sufficient flexibility to adapt to rapid change.

3.2 The NPPF is based upon a presumption in favour of sustainable development, and the MWCS and the forthcoming ‘daughter’ Local Plans (the Minerals Local Plan and the Waste Local Plan as discussed in paragraph 1.6 above) are therefore each underpinned by this presumption and will share the following overarching policy CS/LP1.

3.3 The NPPF indicates that proposed development in accordance with an up-to-date Local Plan (including this MWCS) should be approved without delay, and proposed development that conflicts should be refused unless other material considerations indicate otherwise. Policy CS/LP1 below is consistent with the NPPF requirements on decision-taking. For these reasons the Council will proceed to deliver the Minerals Local Plan and the Waste Local Plan as soon as possible. It agrees with the Government that it is highly desirable that local planning authorities should have an up-to-date plan in place.

Policy CS/LP1: The Overarching Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development

When considering development proposals the Council will take a positive approach that reflects the presumption in favour of sustainable development contained in the National Planning Policy Framework. It will always work proactively with applicants jointly to find solutions which mean that proposals can be approved wherever possible, and to secure development that improves the economic, social and environmental conditions in the area.

Planning applications that accord with the policies in this Minerals and Waste Core Strategy and subsequent Local Plans (and, where relevant, with polices in neighbourhood plans) will be approved without delay, unless material considerations indicate otherwise.

Where there are no policies relevant to the application or relevant policies are out of date at the time of making the decision then the Council will grant permission unless material considerations indicate otherwise – taking into account whether:

a) any adverse impacts of granting permission would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, when assessed against the policies in the National Planning Policy Framework taken as a whole; or

b) specific policies in that Framework indicate that development should be restricted.



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4 Minerals

4.1 The Council’s Strategic Objectives for achieving more sustainable Minerals Development are:

SO1: Improving the Sustainability of Minerals Development

SO3: Safeguarding of Existing Minerals Resources

SO4: Spatial distribution of Minerals Development

SO5: Transportation of Minerals



The Minerals Planning Strategy

To achieve a more sustainable supply of minerals the County Council will support and seek to identify sites for the recycling and processing of alternative aggregates and encourage the use of alternative modes of transport to road haulage.

A Minerals Safeguarding Area will be established in southern Buckinghamshire (Map 3) within which Preferred Areas will be identified to meet the latest annual apportionment of sand and gravel and maintain at least a 7-year landbank. In addition, an Area of Search will be established in north Buckinghamshire within which further investigation will be required to determine the extent of the potential sand and gravel resources.

The County Council will continue to support the Chiltern brick industry in maintaining a supply of material to meet the demand for traditional Chiltern Bricks.

4.2 Taking the Strategic Objectives into account, this Minerals Planning Strategy will ensure that future minerals development within Buckinghamshire is more sustainable. The Council will promote the maximum use of secondary and recycled aggregates and the use of the most sustainable means of minerals transportation will be actively encouraged. Through inclusive consultation and joint working with local planning authorities, minerals and waste industries, landowners, other agencies and local communities within and in proximity to the Mineral Safeguarding Area (MSA), Area of Search and Preferred Areas (PAs), the County Council will ensure that Buckinghamshire continues to maintain its contribution to required levels of aggregate provision in the most efficient and timely manner.

4.3 The Council will identify the most suitable areas for the extraction of sand and gravel and seek to ensure that issues associated with the development of such areas are identified and addressed at the earliest opportunity. Delivery of appropriate restoration schemes19 which contribute to improvement

19 ‘Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Development Plan Document Evidence Base paper: Mineral and Waste Proposals & On-site Green Infrastructure Enhancements, BCC Natural Environment Team, May 2011

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20 The Aggregates Carbon Reduction Portal (www.aggregatescarbonreduction.com) is one tool which can be used to reduce carbon and energy consumption from mineral extraction sites/plants

21 Use of recycled materials can deliver reductions in carbon emissions compared to use of virgin materials, through reduced embodied carbon (from extraction and processing) and often reduced transportation distances including from in-situ use of recycled materials. Source: ‘Topic Paper 1: Climate Change’

of the amenity and quality of life of Buckinghamshire’s residents and the environment will play an essential part in future minerals development. Options for enhancing recreation, biodiversity, contributing to the rural economy and alleviating issues such as flood risk through restoration solutions will be sought. Where appropriate, the County Council will encourage and support the establishment of Community Groups and Liaison Groups to help to monitor, appraise and resolve any restoration or operational matters associated with minerals sites throughout the life of the development.

4.4 Addressing these issues can also contribute to minimising the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted from minerals development. Measures to reduce the amount of GHGs from mineral extraction and transport relate mostly to site and process management, including development and implementation of site and corporate Environmental Management Systems20 . These are matters of detail that are generally not appropriate for inclusion in a Core Strategy, and indeed some are beyond control through the development control and management system. Nevertheless, the Minerals Planning Strategy seeks to maintain a supply of indigenous materials and encourage the use of alternative materials to minimise the amount of GHGs resulting from primary extraction21 .

Minerals in Buckinghamshire

4.5 Minerals are a finite resource and can only be worked where they are found. This means that they must be utilised prudently and efficiently to ensure that they are not wasted. Map 4 illustrates Buckinghamshire’s mineral resources, discussed in more detail in Topic Paper 6: Minerals.

4.6 Within Buckinghamshire the most significant mineral resources are the sand and gravels of the Thames Valley located in the south of the county. The fluvial deposits of the Thames Valley area are where the thicker deposits of sand and gravel are found. The thickest materials lying closest to the surface and containing the lowest proportion of non-useable material are the most favoured and economically viable materials for extraction in the county. Since the early 1990’s the main type of mineral production in Buckinghamshire has been the working of sand and gravel.

4.7 Sand and gravels form part of a crucial group of raw materials for the construction industry used in built development, other construction and maintenance of infrastructure and are therefore essential to delivering growth and regeneration. The group of materials are known as “aggregates” which is a broad classification embracing both minerals extracted from the ground (primary materials) and alternative aggregates (recycled or secondary materials).

4.8 Other mineral deposits occur in Buckinghamshire notably brickclay and chalk. These materials vary in composition and are only suitable for a limited range of uses. Generally there is little demand for these resources and so they are only worked on a small-scale, if at all.



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Safeguarding Buckinghamshire’s Mineral Resources

4.9 There is a national22 requirement and guidance23 to ensure that proven mineral resources are not needlessly sterilised by other forms of development. To meet this requirement the County Council must consider the distribution of its mineral resources and identify appropriate MSAs. This will protect minerals from unnecessary sterilisation, but it must be stressed that there is no presumption that resources defined in MSAs will be worked.

4.10 The most significant primary resources in Buckinghamshire which warrant protection are the sand and gravel deposits situated in the southern half of the county, as these are the most economically viable and essential minerals.

4.11 The Minerals Topic Paper (TP6)24 which accompanies this strategy sets out the approach used in identifying the MSA for sand and gravel in Buckinghamshire. This broad designation (shown on Map 3) covers a proportion of the Thames Valley area, and beyond, and incorporates a Minerals Consultation Area (MCA). MCAs are based upon Mineral Safeguarding Areas and ensure that Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) consult with MPAs in order that the presence of important minerals and the impact of any development proposals on proven reserves are taken into account before a decision is made. Proposals for major development within the designated MSA will be assessed against Policy CS1.

22 ‘NPPF, section 13 and Technical Guidance to the NPPF, Minerals Policy, CLG, March 2012

23 ‘A Guide to Mineral Safeguarding in England’, BGS Oct 2007

24 ‘Topic Paper 6: Minerals’, Section 4

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Map 3: Minerals Safeguarding Area



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Policy CS1: Minerals Safeguarding

The area shown on Map 3 is defined as a Mineral Safeguarding Area and Mineral Consultation Area for sand and gravel in Buckinghamshire. Proposals for development in this area, other than those involving minerals extraction, or which constitutes exempt development25 , will need to demonstrate that:

a) they will not sterilise the resource; or,

b) consideration has been given in consultation with the Minerals Planning Authority, to prior extraction of the protected mineral; and,

c) the need for the proposed development outweighs the economic value of the mineral resource.

4.12 The Council considers that, in the light of research into aggregates supply and demand26 , it is prudent to identify an area of potential minerals supply in the north of the county, in the vicinity of Buckingham. Although there have been no expressions of interest from the minerals industry to extract mineral from this area, sand and gravel resources have been identified in the north of the county, but there is insufficient detailed information (e.g. from borehole data) to be certain of the viability of these deposits. Until such time that further investigation of the deposits has been undertaken, this area is therefore defined as an Area of Search (AoS), identified in Map 3.

4.13 Areas within the defined Area of Search may yield aggregate of variable quality, but could, subject to further exploration, contribute to the level of aggregate provision that the Minerals Planning Authority (MPA) must make. Consequently, it could make a contribution to potential areas of future growth, both in and adjacent to Buckinghamshire. The rationale which underpins this designation is discussed in detail in the supporting Minerals Topic Paper27 .

Policy CS2: Area of Search

Favourable consideration will be given to proposals for the extraction of sand and gravel within the defined Area of Search shown on Map 3. Proposals should demonstrate that a viable resource exists, and that they will contribute to the provision of minerals supply to future development areas within or adjacent to Buckinghamshire.

All proposals should comply with relevant saved Minerals and Waste Local Plan polices or subsequent replacement policies in the Minerals Local Plan.

4.14 Although the mineral resources within the Area of Search in the north of the county are considered to be of variable quality, this area will be added to the Mineral Consultation Area operated by District Planning Authorities in order to protect it from development that would result in the sterilisation of resources.

25 Exemption criteria defined in Supplementary Planning Guidance Note 5 under ‘excluded application types and excluded development types’ until superseded

26 ‘Aggregate Supply and Demand for sustainable Communities: a practical approach to problem solving’, British Geological Survey 2007

27 ‘Topic Paper 6: Minerals’ Section 3

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Map 4: Minerals Proposals Map



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Other Resources

4.15 There are reserves of other minerals, mainly moderate deposits of clay and chalk, within the county. However, whilst these are still a finite resource they are not subject to the same high levels of protection as aggregate minerals. As such the level of consideration for proposals for the working of these resources is assessed on a site-by-site basis.

Clay

4.16 Moderate deposits of Clay-with-Flints are located predominantly in Chiltern District. These are locally important materials used for the manufacture of high quality brick for the restoration or construction of new buildings that fit the distinctive architectural character of the area. However, the materials suitable for this local brick-making industry tend to be of variable quality and only occur in relatively small areas. As a consequence the majority of the extraction and processing of these materials takes place in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

4.17 Although the working of minerals within the AONB should only be permitted in exceptional circumstances, the Council has historically supported the Chiltern brick industry in maintaining a supply of material so as to continue the localised employment industry and meet the demand for vernacular building materials which cannot be sourced elsewhere. These principles are supported by national policy28 and objectives29 and local policy30 .

4.18 Further alternative clay deposits are located in the northern half of the county. Historically this material was an important resource used for the production of Fletton bricks at a brickworks located at Calvert Landfill Site. Production ceased in 1991 along with the closure and demolition of the brickworks, reflecting a drop in demand for this type of brickclay. There are however still large permitted reserves of this clay resource at Calvert Landfill Site which are being worked only slowly, primarily for landfill restoration purposes.

Chalk

4.19 The majority of chalk deposits are situated in central and southern Buckinghamshire. A small proportion of the resources at the foot of the Chiltern Hills were historically used in the production of cement, worked and processed at the cement works at Pitstone until 1991. Since that time there has been an international and national restructuring of the cement industry and there is no longer a demand for chalk from Buckinghamshire for the production of cement. The extraction of this resource is therefore not considered to be a strategic issue for this MWCS.

4.20 However, small amounts of chalk from Pitstone are still used to supply the agricultural lime market and the site is subject to an extant permission, partly located in the Chilterns AONB, for the extraction of the chalk and subsequent restoration.

4.21 There is no national requirement nor has there been evidence or suggestion put forward by the minerals industry in preparing the MWCS to maintain a specific level of provision for clay or chalk.



30 Policies D14 and D15 of Chilterns AONB Management Plan 2008-2013: A Framework for Action, Chilterns Conservation Board

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31 ‘National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregates provision in England’ DCLG, June 2009

Hence, whilst the County Council will continue to support the principle of maintaining a suitable supply of material to sustain the Chilterns brick industry, the identification of locations for the winning and working of these resources is not considered necessary. Where any such proposals for the winning and working of non–aggregate minerals are brought forward they will be assessed against Policy CS3 below. Witchert, a construction material of local importance primarily sourced from the south western part of Aylesbury Vale, is used for the restoration of historical vernacular buildings and structures. Proposals for the extraction of Witchert will also be subject to the requirements of Policy CS3.

4.22 Although some clay and chalk deposits are currently extracted for local purposes, it is prudent to ensure that these resources are not unnecessarily exploited, to encourage the efficient use of resources and to continue to support the supply of locally sourced materials. To this end the County Council will seek information relating to the volume, type of products being produced and the anticipated market. This information will be used to consider restricting, if necessary, the rate of clay extraction for brick making to the associated brickworks in order to reduce environmental impacts and overprovision of resources.

Policy CS3: Non – Aggregate Minerals Working

Favourable consideration will be given to proposals which will maintain a supply of material to meet the demand for traditional Chiltern bricks.

Proposals for all non - aggregate minerals development within Buckinghamshire should demonstrate need for the mineral. The County Council will take into consideration the viability of the proposal and market to be served when determining such proposals.

All proposals should comply with relevant saved Minerals and Waste Local Plan polices or subsequent replacement policies in the Minerals Local Plan.

Provision of Sand and Gravel

4.23 National guidance on the provision of aggregate minerals31 set a South East regional figure of 13 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) for the supply of land-won sand and gravel over the period 2005 to 2020. This figure was incorporated into the Regional Strategy (RS), the South East Plan (SEP) where the figure was apportioned between the Mineral Planning Authorities in the region. Based on this figure Buckinghamshire’s apportionment was set at 990,000 tonnes per annum (tpa). This figure was based largely on past regional shares of sand and gravel production.

4.24 The Government has now published its National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) which replaces all previous national mineral planning policy statements. The NPPF advises MPAs to plan for a steady and adequate supply of aggregates by preparing an annual Local Aggregate Assessment based on a rolling average of 10 years sales data and other relevant local information, and an assessment of all supply options. This is a different basis for the calculation of appropriate future mineral supply than the previous apportionment process.



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The County Council will undertake a Local Aggregate Assessment to inform the preparation of the Minerals Local Plan.

4.25 The total sales of aggregates within Buckinghamshire in the period 2001 to 2010 (last 10 years sales) amounted to some 10.93 million tonnes (mt). The average of this total corresponds to 1.09 mtpa. For the purposes of this Core Strategy it has been assumed that steady and adequate provision will continue to be made to 2026 applying the figure of 1.09mtpa. However the ‘rolling basis’ of the calculation methodology set out in the NPPF means that the appropriate annual supply for aggregates will be regularly revised by the County Council in its Local Aggregate Assessment (LAA). The LAA may be prepared in agreement with neighbouring mineral planning authorities consistent with the ‘duty to co-operate’ and on the advice of the South East England Aggregates Working Party (SEEAWP).

4.26 In order that the level of provision required is maintained, the NPPF advises MPAs to ensure that there is a stock of mineral planning permissions which will satisfy the annual supply requirement for a period of at least 7 years. This is usually referred to as a “landbank” and is calculated by assessing the latest total end of year figure for the remaining yield of each permitted mineral site divided by the annual supply requirement.

4.27 The minimum landbank required at the current supply requirement equates to 7.63mt (7 x 1.09 mtpa). At the end of 2010 Buckinghamshire had a total permitted landbank of 10.9 million tonnes, equivalent to just over 10 years worth of supply. In order to maintain at least 7 years worth of supply, further operational site(s) or extensions to existing sites with planning permission will not be required before 2014. However, the last 3 years have seen a continual decrease in sales, over 300,000 tonnes per annum below that of the supply requirement of 1.09 mtpa. A decrease in sales results in the permitted reserves lasting longer. Therefore, in seeking to maintain at least a 7-year landbank, the Council takes into account the existing landbank to reflect the “realistic” position as to when new Preferred Areas are likely to be needed through their phasing (release).

Current Landbank (December 2010): 10.9 mt

Total Landbank required 2011-2026: 1.09 mt x 16 years = 17.4

Additional provision required: 16.8 – 10.9 = 6.5 mt

Policy CS4: Maintaining the Level of Sand and Gravel Provision

Adequate and steady provision will be made to maintain a landbank of sand and gravel equivalent to at least 7-years worth of supply over the period to 2026, based on the prevalent agreed local annual supply requirement for Buckinghamshire.

4.28 Neighbouring Minerals Planning Authorities are equally required to make provision for aggregates by also meeting their local annual supply requirement. The type and quantity of minerals vary between each MPA as not all authorities are able to provide for certain minerals to meet all of their construction needs. As set out above, Buckinghamshire is self-sufficient in the supply of sand and gravel resources. However, crushed rock is imported from Oxfordshire and from areas further afield. Sand and gravel extracted in Buckinghamshire is exported to adjacent areas and beyond32 , reflecting a natural market catchment.

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4.29 Of the total 713,000 tonnes of sand and gravel sold in 2010, approximately 60% was supplied internally to Buckinghamshire and northwards to Milton Keynes, 25% to other areas in the south east and 15 % to Greater London.

Phasing

4.30 Whilst national guidance requires commitment to the provision of a landbank for the duration of the plan, it is not necessary to have the full landbank provision in place at the start of the plan period. Based on the calculation above, the Council considers that the south of the county, which has been designated as a MSA and where there is continued interest from the mineral industry, will be able to meet the required level of provision over the plan period and beyond.

4.31 In order to ensure that the county’s aggregate resources in the most appropriate locations are used and they contribute to an appropriate timing of supply, the Council will manage (phase) the release of necessary Preferred Areas (sites) for mineral extraction to meet Buckinghamshire’s growth needs. The County Council will seek most primary aggregates to be sourced from existing commitments and extensions to existing quarries, where there is potential for further development or areas adjoining existing sites. Areas within the designated MSA in the south where the Council would prefer to see mineral development taking place first, will be identified and allocated as Preferred Areas in the Minerals Local Plan (MLP). The MLP will need to identify new Preferred Areas to ensure that the landbank requirement will continue to be through the plan period. If the current supply requirement of 1.09 mtpa were to be met each year, it is estimated that the earliest the landbank could fall below 7-years worth of supply would be 2014.

4.32 Preferred Areas are defined areas or sites which have a presumption of planning permission for mineral extraction, subject to a suitable proposal being tested against a range of environmental, social and development control policies. Identifying Preferred Areas ensures there is certainty of supply of sand and gravel materials from the most environmentally acceptable sites. The use of sites can be phased subject to planning permission by the County Council in accordance with the requirements set out in Policy CS4.

4.33 As MPA, the Council is required under the NPPF and the associated Technical Guidance to take account of flood risk in processing mineral allocations. In recognition of the fact that mineral resources need to be worked where they are found, with sand and gravel deposits in particular often being located within the functional floodplain, the policy allows sufficient flexibility to allow such activities to proceed. Where achievable, the Sequential Approach, directing activities to areas at the least risk of flooding should be applied. The Minerals Local Plan (MLP) will provide specific advice for minerals proposals being progressed in areas at a high risk of flooding, including Flood Risk Assessment, design, operation and restoration requirements.

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basis, applying a range of assessment criteria including wider environmental considerations and sustainability objectives, considering all stages in the extraction process, including restoration. Restoration opportunities such as the potential for sites to contribute to county-wide Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) targets, and/or be of flood risk alleviation, agricultural and recreational value, will therefore be evaluated. The criteria in Policy CS5 below assist the County Council in undertaking a comparative assessment of all the sites and prioritising the selection of Preferred Areas, after these wider environmental and sustainability considerations have been tested through the individual appraisals.

4.35 It is possible planning applications for mineral extraction could come forward prior to adoption of the Minerals Local Plan. In this instance, proposals will be tested against the “saved” policies of the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan (BM&WLP) 2004-2016. However, proposals will also need to accord with the criteria for site selection set out in Policy CS5.

Policy CS5: Preferred Areas

Preferred Areas for sand and gravel extraction will be identified in the Minerals Local Plan to meet the requirements set out in Policy CS4 - Maintaining the Level of Sand and Gravel Provision, in accordance with the following considerations:

a) priority to be given to extensions of existing sites where environmentally acceptable;

b) the potential for more sustainable movements of materials from the site and the distance and suitability of access to the Primary Road Network and other Strategic Inter-Urban Corridors;

c) the avoidance of adverse impacts upon water quality, water resources and flood risk including designated water interests such as groundwater Source Protection Zones and water-dependant habitats and species together with ensuring that where possible, the Sequential Test under prevailing national policy is applied;

d) the avoidance of locations within or in conflict with the purposes of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Beauty in accordance with Policy CS21;

e) the avoidance of potential significant adverse impacts upon the amenity of all those who may be affected;

f) the avoidance of likely significant adverse effects on internationally and nationally designated environmental assets; and

g) the cumulative impacts of simultaneous and/or successive working of a number of sites or extensions to sites in proximity of one another.

Proposals on non-allocated sites and other Windfall Sites

4.36 On occasions, it may be necessary to consider applications to work minerals from land which is constrained by policies which only allow the extraction of minerals from specific areas (Preferred

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Areas discussed above). These might be for example, major infrastructure projects such as water recreation schemes, or housing schemes which would require prior extraction of the minerals resource to ensure such material is not sterilised. These are known as ‘windfall sites’. Windfall sites would also include large construction projects (such as motorways) which may use locally sourced aggregates specifically for the intended project.

4.37 Such sites are subject to only intermittent production and cannot be relied upon to provide a steady and continuous supply of aggregate, but they do represent a windfall in that they provide for development and make a contribution towards the total amount of permitted reserves (the Landbank).

4.38 Historically, the Council has considered such applications on their merits and will continue to do so subject to the saved policies or subsequent policies set out in the Minerals Local Plan.

Provision of Alternative Aggregates

4.39 National policy seeks to increase the use of secondary and recycled materials as substitutes for natural minerals. The Council is committed to reducing the amount of primary mineral used and enabling the recycling of mineral waste and other appropriate forms of waste such as Construction, Demolition and Excavation Wastes, also known as just Construction and Demolition Waste (C&D) and the use of secondary materials, such as waste glass and bottom ash from waste recovery processes (see paragraph 4.48). This will not only contribute to the level of alternative aggregates provision set out in national guidance, it will also contribute to a reduction in the amount of C&D waste disposed to landfill sites within the county when it could reasonably be used for construction purposes.

4.40 The 2005 national33 and regional figures for the provision of recycled aggregates were revised to take account of increased targets for the provision of alternative materials (i.e. C&D waste and secondary materials) supported by the Survey of Arisings and Use of Alternatives to Primary Aggregates in England (2005). Policy CS9 in Chapter 5 sets out how much capacity provision is likely to be needed by 2026 for the recycling of C&D wastes. Additional C&D recycling capacity of nearly 280,000 tonnes is estimated to be needed by 202634 (see policy CS9 and paragraph 5.32 in Chapter 5 below).

4.41 It should be noted that whilst the use of recycled materials as alternative aggregates is desirable and may result in a reduction of the amount of newly won primary minerals actually required, the requirement to make provision of primary aggregate as set out in Policy CS4 would remain unchanged. This is because the quality, type and quantity of alternative materials varies and cannot fully replace materials used for certain construction purposes.

4.42 Currently, most of the known aggregates recycling within Buckinghamshire takes place at temporary facilities, often located in existing sand and gravel pits and associated landfill operations. There are

33 National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregate Provision in England 2005-2020 set an apportionment of 130 mt for the South East Region

34 This updates the South East Plan apportionment for alternative aggregate provision for Buckinghamshire of 0.6 mtpa by 2016 to reflect the review of the Waste Framework Directive which will set a target of 70% of C&D recycling by 2020



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advantages in co-locating construction and demolition waste recycling and aggregate processing facilities at mineral sites. Both new and recycled aggregate materials are similar in nature and require the same type of processes such as screening and grading of material, crushing and stock piling. The type of impacts on the environment such as noise, dust and those associated with haulage traffic are broadly similar and co-location could ensure that appropriate forms of mitigation are in place. Co-location can also result in a reduction or more efficient use of vehicle movements in and around the site as the burden of transport into and out of the site is shared between the two uses.

4.43 There is a further benefit to co-location which must also be taken into consideration. The process of recycling C&D waste requires a large area of land as recycled materials must be stored separately according to their size and type. This particular use would therefore be considered to be an inefficient use of land where such facilities were to be located within an area designated as an employment site, which are often small industrial estates.

4.44 However, facilities for recycling materials and secondary processing facilities to produce alternative materials are ideally required across the whole of Buckinghamshire, both temporary and permanent in nature. In particular, it would be prudent to permit facilities in the north of the county, where there are currently no known commercial deposits of sand and gravel, and where future growth is more likely to take place at Aylesbury and Milton Keynes. This would contribute to reducing the reliance on primary materials and reducing the distance sand and gravel is transported by road from southern Buckinghamshire.

4.45 To facilitate this, the Council will seek to ensure that appropriately located sites for the handling and processing of materials are available to serve the County and in particular to serve potential growth areas in north Buckinghamshire.

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Policy CS6: Sites for Recycled and Secondary Aggregates

Subject to there being no overriding environmental concerns, favourable consideration will be given to proposals for development involving the temporary recycling, storage and transfer of construction, demolition and excavation waste at minerals and landfill sites, for a period not exceeding the permitted life of the site and where there is no conflict with approved restoration proposals.

Such consideration will also be given to proposals for new permanent or temporary facilities or extensions to existing permanent inert waste recycling facilities, for the production of secondary aggregates, where appropriately located, provided that:

a) they would form an essential part of an integrated and sustainable waste management strategy;

b) they would not result in adverse impacts upon existing or proposed sensitive uses; and,

c) they would contribute to the current needs of the county and potential future areas of growth.

Temporary facilities which are linked to major infrastructure projects within or adjacent to the county will be limited to the life of the demolition/construction programme.

Transport of Minerals

4.46 The County Council supports35 the use of more sustainable modes of transport to road haulage wherever possible such as by rail or inland waterway. The South East of England is a net importer of aggregates and the need to import is likely to increase as land won supplies become scarcer. It is therefore vital that facilities are in place and are safeguarded from other forms of development which could prevent future use for the movement of aggregates. Such facilities will need to be well sited close to the Primary Road Network and Strategic Inter-urban corridors if they are to make a valid contribution to achieving more sustainable transport.

4.47 An existing rail aggregate depot is located at Thorney Mill in southern Buckinghamshire which currently imports asphalt, and a former aggregate rail siding is located in Aylesbury. Part of the Thorney Mill site and all of the Griffin Lane site were safeguarded under “saved” minerals and waste local plan policies. It is feasible that these sites could contribute to the intra-county movement of minerals, for example from southern Buckinghamshire to potential growth areas of north Buckinghamshire and neighbouring areas, although it is recognised such movements are not currently viable. Nevertheless, existing and potential sites should be safeguarded against other uses and new facilities to serve potential growth areas will be encouraged.

4.48 The Thorney Mill site is one of five significant industrial / commercial sites in the Iver area which all generate HGV movements. Accordingly the MWCS seeks to secure a reduction in the number

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of HGV movements generated by this site. In order to achieve this, a baseline of the number of movements entering and exiting the site at 2012 will be established prior to considering any new development proposals.

4.49 The Buckinghamshire Freight Strategy supports water-borne freight activities, although it is stated that neither the River Thames or the Grand Union Canal offer a significant prospect of taking freight off Buckinghamshire’s roads. The Strategy does however encourage the use of the Grand Union Canal for the transport of sand and gravel from southern Buckinghamshire in order to encourage future water borne movements.

4.50 Except for the sites named above, the availability of existing rail aggregate depots and wharves is rare within Buckinghamshire and neighbouring authorities. The Minerals Local Plan will seek to identify sites for such uses.

Policy CS7: Rail Aggregate Depots and Wharf Facilities

The Council will safeguard the existing rail aggregates depot site at Thorney Mill, Iver but will seek to ensure that applications for development or redevelopment will result in a reduction (from a baseline at 2012) in HGV movements entering and exiting the site. The County Council will also safeguard the former aggregate rail siding at Griffin Lane, Aylesbury. Where planning permission is granted for new rail aggregate depots, those sites will also be safeguarded so as not to prejudice the permitted use.

The County Council will support proposals for new rail aggregates depots and wharf facilities where they are located in proximity to the Primary Road Network and Strategic Inter-urban Corridors and demonstrate that they accord with the relevant saved Minerals and Waste Local Plan policies or subsequent replacement policies in the Minerals Local Plan.

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5 Waste

5.1 The Council’s Strategic Objectives for achieving more sustainable Waste Development are:

SO2: Improving the Sustainability of Waste Management

SO6: Spatial Distribution of Waste Development

SO7: Safeguarding of existing Waste Sites

SO8: Transportation of Waste



The Waste Planning Strategy

The County Council will plan for an equivalent amount of waste to that generated within the county (net self-sufficiency) in managing its wastes to 2026, and to meet prevailing targets for increased recycling and diversion from landfill.

The strategy for waste is to encourage waste prevention and to safeguard existing waste management capacity within Buckinghamshire, whilst increasing local provision for recycling and composting so as to increasingly divert waste from landfill.

For waste that cannot be recycled the strategy is to allocate land for a single Strategic Waste Complex (SWC), to include an energy recovery facility, at Calvert Landfill Site with linked waste transfer stations at High Heavens Waste Complex, High Wycombe; and London Road Depot, Amersham (see Figure 4 below).

The Council will plan for a reduction in the disposal of waste to landfill – including that imported from London – over the plan period.

5.2 The guiding principles of future waste management within the county reflect the Council’s Vision and Objectives. These, together with the key drivers behind the need for sustainable waste development are set out in Chapter 1. They are also considered in detail in the supporting Waste Topic Paper36 (TP5).

5.3 Sustainable waste management development will be achieved through the County Council working with the local planning authorities, minerals and waste industries, landowners, local communities and with other agencies. This will support new initiatives further up the waste hierarchy which prevent, reduce and manage waste more effectively. In turn, these initiatives will result in significant reductions37 in the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from waste management. This is largely

36 ‘Topic Paper 5: Waste’

37 ‘Topic Paper 1: Climate Change’



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due to the significant increase in recycling/composting. If the full avoided carbon benefits are to be gained, achievement of the proposed targets are critical. Use of Energy recovery technologies can enhance those gains by diverting waste from landfill whilst providing more sustainable energy.

5.4 The overall aim of the strategy is to move away from the historic reliance on landfill in Buckinghamshire through:

• Providing the planning policy framework and taking decisions on planning applications which help to facilitate appropriate new local waste facilities to maximise recycling and composting; and

• Ensuring value by energy recovery from residual waste.

Waste Management Context

5.5 In 2009/10, Buckinghamshire managed approximately 2.3 million tonnes of waste excluding imported waste from neighbouring counties and from London. Figure 2 below illustrates the percentage breakdown of total waste arisings at 2009/10.

Figure 2: Waste Arisings in Buckinghamshire 2009/10

Source: BCC Annual Monitoring Report 2009/10

5.6 The MWCS provides guidance and a framework for waste to be managed over the period to 2026. The waste management needs to 2026 have been based on the requirement to meet the equivalent of Buckinghamshire’s own waste arisings (net self-sufficiency) and to allow for more sustainable waste management options further up the waste hierarchy in the future.

5.7 The waste hierarchy is a fundamental concept for the MWCS. It ranks the methods of waste management in priority order, as illustrated in Figure 3 below.

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Figure 3: The Waste Hierarchy

Source: ‘Government Review of Waste Policy in England 2011’, DEFRA, June 2011

5.8 Based on supporting the sustainable waste management principles set out above, the County Council has calculated that over the period between 2010 and 2026 up to 37.5 million tonnes of waste should be planned for. This is an average of 2.2 million tonnes a year. Of the total maximum waste managed in 2026 it is estimated that 66% will be recycled and composted, 12% will have energy recovered from it, and the remaining 22% will be landfilled.

5.9 In common with other Waste Planning Authorities, Buckinghamshire needs to plan for four main categories of waste in its MWCS according to source. These are Municipal Solid Waste, Commercial and Industrial waste, Construction and Demolition waste and Hazardous waste. The arisings for key waste streams within Buckinghamshire are set out below.

Municipal Solid Waste

5.10 Buckinghamshire generated about 256,300 tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) in 2009/10. Of this, 41% (106,100 tonnes) was recycled, composted or reused, and 59% (150,200 tonnes) was disposed of to landfill.

5.11 The Buckinghamshire Waste Strategy sets out a target to recycle and compost 45% of MSW waste by 2010/11 and 60% by 2025. The MWCS supports this target and estimates that a maximum of 372,000 tonnes will need to be managed in 2026 comprising an estimated:

• 135,000 tonnes of this waste will need to be recycled;

• 89,000 tonnes will need to be composted;

• 112,000 tonnes sent for energy recovery; and

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Commercial and Industrial Waste (C&I)

5.12 The total amount of Commercial and Industrial waste generated within the county in 2009/10 was estimated38 to be 721,000 tonnes. It is not known how much of this waste was recycled or composted, but the target for the recycling and composting was 50%39 of C&I waste by 2010. A number of commercial waste transfer stations and recycling operations throughout the County currently contribute toward meeting this target. The remainder of the waste is sent to landfill for disposal, predominantly within Buckinghamshire.

5.13 In the absence of a national or local target relating to C&I waste, the MWCS adopts a target of 65% for the amount of C&I waste to be recycled and composted by 2026. This target is based upon assumptions underpinning the South East Plan, and will be updated when the anticipated national target(s) for C&I recycling becomes available. However on the above basis the Council estimates that a total of 933,000 tonnes of C&I waste will need to be managed in 2026 comprising:

• 546,000 tonnes of C&I waste will need to be recycled;

• 61,000 tonnes will need to be composted;

• 178,000 tonnes sent for energy recovery; and

• 148,000 tonnes disposed of to landfill.

Construction and Demolition Waste (C&D)

5.14 Approximately 1 million tonnes of construction and demolition (C&D) waste was produced40 within Buckinghamshire in 2009/10. This waste stream is largely made up of inert material. The target for the recycling of C&D waste was 50%41 by 2010.

The MWCS assumes a recycling target of 70%42 a total of 700,000 tonnes for C&D waste from 2020 (consistent with the target proposed for C&D waste in the review of the Waste Framework Directive).

Hazardous Waste

5.15 There are no national or local targets relating to the management of hazardous waste. Hazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities are highly specialized and generally operate at a regional and often national scale. There is currently no capacity to dispose of hazardous waste within the county and instead it is managed at appropriate facilities outside the county. Environment Agency data indicates that some 21,500 tonnes of hazardous waste was generated43 in Buckinghamshire in 2009. About 60% of this required specialist management, whilst some 40% (8,200 tonnes) went to landfill. This latter was almost all classified as “C&D & Asbestos”.

5.16 The Council has been informed by a study of hazardous waste undertaken at the regional level in 200844 . This estimated that, for Buckinghamshire, between 22,500 tonnes and 26,250 tonnes of

38 Estimate extracted from the ERM Waste Capacity Model for 2010, and from PS 4.113

39 As set out in the ERM Waste Capacity Model

40 ’Task B: Verification of the Plan Provision’ Jacobs, July 2009

41 As set out in the ERM Waste Capacity Model

42 ‘Government Review of Waste Policy in England’, Defra, June 2011 (paragraph 47), discussed further in ‘Topic Paper 5: Waste’

43 Hazardous Waste Interrogator 2009, Environment Agency

44 ‘Study into the Arisings and Management of Hazardous Waste and Low Level Radioactive Waste in the South East Region: Main Report – Hazardous Waste’, Scott Wilson, May 2008

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45 ‘Buckinghamshire County Council Annual Monitoring Report 2009/10’

46 ‘Government Review of Waste Strategy in England 2011’ Defra, June 2011 (paragraphs 69 & 70)

hazardous waste will require management at 2026. If the split at 2009 were to continue then the majority of hazardous waste arisings at 2026 (corresponding to some 14,600 to 16,850 tonnes) will be unsuitable for landfill and will be exported for specialist management at appropriate facilities beyond the county, as at present. However it is possible that that some 7,900 to 9,400 tonnes of hazardous waste arising within the county at 2026 could be managed by landfill. All of this could be managed within the county if an appropriate facility was available (for example at an on-site facility to manage waste arising from an energy recovery facility – see Policy CS11 d). Because of the small and specialist nature of the waste, the Council considers that proposals for the landfill or treatment of hazardous waste should be decided on the merits of an application.

Other Waste Streams

5.17 In addition to the four main waste types discussed above there are a number of other waste types that arise within Buckinghamshire. These include Agricultural, and Radioactive wastes. These waste streams are discussed in the Waste Topic Paper (TP5), however there are no specific national or local targets and the MWCS does not propose new provisions for them.

Conclusion

5.18 There is already an extensive range of facilities45 in the county which comprise of recycling, composting, waste transfer and landfill capacity, although much of the county’s existing waste management provision is landfill. Notwithstanding what will be achieved in reducing waste, the MWCS will need to provide for significant additional new and alternative capacity and supporting infrastructure to meet these needs over the plan period.

Waste Prevention

5.19 National policy is that the greatest environmental benefits and cost savings will be delivered by producing less waste in the first place46 and includes a wide range of considerations (for example, design, manufacture, use, maintenance, repair, and replacement). Waste prevention should be carried out in conjunction with increasing the proportion of waste that is reused, recycled, or composted. The MWCS can contribute positively to this through supporting the general promotion of waste prevention, and by specific proposals relating to new development. In particular a key focus of the MWCS is driving waste up the hierarchy by ensuring that developers are using more sustainable options for waste management.

5.20 Waste prevention will be achieved through a number of measures which go beyond traditional land-use planning but if delivered will have positive effects by reducing the growth of waste. As a ‘spatial development plan’ the MWCS seeks to look beyond what can be regulated through the planning process alone to see how we can work with partners to positively influence behaviour instead. This plan aims to tackle waste prevention for all development types, not just waste or minerals developments, so it will be important for the County Council to work with the district planning authorities, and others.



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Municipal waste prevention initiatives being undertaken either within Buckinghamshire or elsewhere in England include:

• home composting;

• food waste reduction campaigns;

• education and awareness raising campaigns;

• reducing the volume and weight of packaging;

• initiatives to influence markets for recycled materials; and

• initiatives to influence manufacturers and retailers on design for recycling.

5.21 These initiatives can help to inform consumer decisions and enable the link between economic and waste growth to be broken. In Buckinghamshire these initiatives are driven by the Buckinghamshire Waste Reduction Team. Others are promoted at the national level; for example, the Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP)47 which operates to reduce waste arisings across a number of sectors.

5.22 In addition to the existing waste prevention initiatives being carried out by the County Council, we will work with partners to:

• Promote action and encourage measures to assist in reducing the rate of growth in waste and minimising the overall amount of waste produced over the plan period;

• Raise awareness in Buckinghamshire by working with business, local communities and developers to provide information and advice and informing the public on appropriate action to minimise waste.

Preventing Construction Waste

5.23 A considerable amount of waste is produced by the construction industry. The Government has noted the need for greater focus on waste reduction at the earlier, design stages of construction projects as this is where the largest environmental and financial savings can be made48 . The planning system has a role to play preventing waste generated in construction and re-development projects through use of the Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) Regulations 200849 . Under these regulations, all projects over £300,000 in value are subject to a legal requirement to prepare a SWMP, which must:

• Describe each waste expected to be produced;

• Estimate the quantity of each type of waste;

• Identify the waste management action for each type of waste including re-use, recycling, recovery or disposal.

SWMP requirements do not take effect until the construction work commences and so the County Council and the District Councils will seek to minimise the amount of waste produced from the outset through encouraging the consideration of sustainable design practices and the efficient use of construction materials at the planning and design stages. The County Council will provide support to the district councils in delivering this objective. However the future of SWMPs is now in

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doubt, and this would support the need for initiatives by the Buckinghamshire local authorities if the Government’s sustainable development objectives are to be delivered.

5.24 PPS10 Key Planning Objectives state that planning authorities should deliver planning strategies that “ensure the design and layout of new development supports sustainable waste management”. The supporting companion guide states that “…all local planning authorities will be in a position to set policy on design and layout in new development to encourage the minimisation and recovery of waste during and after construction”. In addition, South East Plan Policy W2 Sustainable Design, Construction and Demolition seeks the re-use of construction and demolition materials and the promotion of designs that provide space for storage, reuse, recycling and composting. Although it is the Government’s intention to revoke Regional Spatial Strategies under the powers of the Localism Act, the purpose of this policy is continued in national policy, and relevant core strategy policies (for example, within the core strategies for Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe Districts). Waste prevention is also an important part of a wider drive in national policy towards more sustainable development and construction and more efficient use of resources.

5.25 To support these objectives, the County Council and the Buckinghamshire district councils will undertake appropriate training in order to work with developers through pre-application discussions to:

• Reduce waste from construction and to increase the proportion that is reused and recycled instead of being sent to landfill;

• Manage waste in a sustainable manner as part of the development process, with priority given to the reuse of materials on site;

• Minimise the use of raw materials and encourage the use of recycled and secondary materials wherever possible;

• Encourage developers and construction companies to think about how they are going to put their waste materials to good use from the beginning of the planning process in design, construction, use and demolition;

• Encourage developers and construction companies in identifying savings in construction costs through efficiencies in handling waste and materials.

5.26 In addition, the County Council will prepare, in consultation with the district councils, guidance to signpost planning officers and developers to resources and examples of best practice to assist with the prevention of waste in development proposals.

Sources of relevant information include the Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Guidance & Online Tool which can assist the process through:

• Identifying opportunities to design out waste in projects;

• Compare the performance of different projects/alternative designs;

• Record design decisions to reduce material consumption or wastage;

• Calculate the impact, including waste to landfill and embodied carbon;

• Provide an indicative waste forecast for a project SWMP.

5.27 The County Council will additionally advise the district councils on the appropriateness of waste prevention proposals submitted by developers in support of “major applications”. It will work with the district councils to agree a suitable development threshold for such consultations.



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5.28 The County Council will also provide relevant training events, site visits, workshops, publicity and practical help to encourage contractors and developers to meet best practice on sustainable construction and the prevention of site waste.

Policy CS8: Waste Prevention in New Development

Proposals for new development should seek to utilise the efficient use of resources in its design, construction and operation. The Buckinghamshire Local Authorities will encourage and raise awareness about:

• Design principles and construction methods that minimise the use of primary minerals and encourage the use of building materials made from alternative materials,

• Construction and demolition methods that minimise waste production and instead encourage re-use and recycling of materials (as far as practicable) on-site,

• Design and layout that allows the separation, recycling and storage of waste generated on-site.

The County Council will prepare, in consultation with the District Councils, further guidance about how these design principles will be implemented within Buckinghamshire.

5.29 A key task of this MWCS and the subsequent Waste Local Plan will be to provide for the necessary local recycling capacity and energy recovery capacity within Buckinghamshire to support these objectives.

Additional Waste Management Capacity

5.30 In order to determine the quantity and the type of facilities needed to manage waste and develop a sustainable waste management network, forecasts need to be made in respect of how much waste is likely to be generated within Buckinghamshire throughout the plan period. This MWCS sets out how much additional waste management capacity should be provided for to 2026 and provides guidance on where and how this can be delivered at the strategic level. It also provides guidance to local authorities and the Waste Local Plan as to how this should be met at the local level.

5.31 The Council considers that being net self-sufficient50 means there is enough waste management capacity in the plan area to manage Buckinghamshire’s waste arisings. This does not preclude the potential for cross boundary movement of waste, but it does require the demonstration that Buckinghamshire has sufficient capacity within the County to deal with it own arisings which is considered to be the most sustainable approach.

5.32 The Council estimates that nearly 1 million tonnes of additional waste management capacity will be needed in Buckinghamshire by 2026, as follows:

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• 386,000 tonnes in the form of new MSW and C&I recycling and composting capacity;

• 290,000 tonnes of energy recovery capacity;

• 280,000 tonnes of new C&D waste recycling capacity

• No additional landfill will be needed before 2026.

5.33 Section 6 of this MWCS sets out in the monitoring framework how the authority will monitor how much additional waste management capacity has been permitted/becomes operational each year and assess whether the Waste Planning Strategy is contributing to delivery of the county’s waste management capacity needs.

Table 3: Additional Waste Capacity Required at 2026 (rounded, tonnes)

MSW C&I C&D Total

Recycling

Total capacity to achieve target 135,000 546,000 700,000 1,381,000

Baseline capacity (2007/08) 75,000 332,000 422,000 829,000

Additional capacity needed by 2026 60,000 214,000 280,000 554,000

Composting

Total capacity to achieve target 89,000 61,000 N/A 150,000

Baseline capacity (2007/08) 38,000 0 N/A 38,000

Additional capacity needed by 2026 51,000 61,000 N/A 112,000

Energy Recovery

Total capacity to achieve target 112,000 178,000 N/A 290,000

Baseline capacity (2007/08) 0 0 N/A 0

Additional capacity needed by 2026 112,000 178,000 N/A 290,000

Total 223,000 453,000 280,000 956,000



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Policy CS9: Additional Waste Management Capacity and Net Self-Sufficiency

Provision will be made to meet the waste management capacity needs of Buckinghamshire, as set out below, to ensure net self-sufficiency by 2026.

Proposals for energy recovery which would result in capacity significantly exceeding such needs within Buckinghamshire will not be permitted.

Additional capacity (tonnes) required by 202651

Provision of Local Recycling and Composting Capacity

5.34 A number of recycling52 facilities are operational in Buckinghamshire to manage about 407,000 tonnes of MSW and C&I waste a year and composting facilities to manage 38,000 tonnes a year. These facilities are expected to continue to operate throughout the plan period. This existing recycling and composting capacity comprises a variety of local scale facilities located throughout Buckinghamshire. Further details on facility types and locations are contained in the Waste Topic Paper (TP5).

51 All projected data sourced from ‘Task B: Verification of the Plan Provision’ (Jacobs, November 2009) except the Energy Recovery figure for MSW sourced from BCC model HELIOS vs29 (2010) and from PS 4.113

52 Recycling facilities include a range of transfer, sorting and recycling facilities, discussed further in Topic paper 5: Waste

Capacity MSW C&I C&D Total

Recycling 24,000 86,000 163,300 273,300

Composting 28,000 47,000 N/A 75,000

Energy Recovery 109,000 168,000 N/A 277,000

Total 161,000 301,000 163,300 625,300


Recycling 42,000 156,000 280,000 478,000

Composting 40,000 55,000 N/A 95,000


Total 194,000 394,000 280,000 868,000


Recycling 60,000 214,000 280,000 554,000

Composting 51,000 61,000 N/A 112,000


Total 223,000 453,000 280,000 956,000

By 2016

By 2021

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5.35 The MWCS sets out the framework for the provision of nearly 1 million tonnes of additional waste management capacity necessary to achieve the various waste targets by 2026. Approximately 386,000 tonnes will need to take the form of new recycling and composting capacity for MSW and C&I waste. Provision is required to allow for the necessary diversion of MSW and C&I wastes arising in Buckinghamshire away from landfill and into recycling/composting by increasing the level of recycling and composting taking place in the county.

5.36 It is likely that a major part of this additional capacity will take place on non-strategic sites serving more local catchments and markets. Local recycling and composting facilities will generally handle waste sourced from a limited geographical catchment such as the District areas. Accessible and proximate provision will help communities achieve greater recycling, and aid the efficiency of local economies. However it is accepted that there will still be movement of waste across District Council boundaries and that there may be “shared” provision. This type of new local provision will generally include:

• Local recycling facilities including businesses collecting, storing, sorting and bulking particular waste materials prior to their transfer to waste processing companies;

• Local scale materials recycling facilities (MRFs) collecting, storing, sorting and bulking particular waste material prior to transfer ;

• Small-scale waste transfer stations where waste is deposited, bulked and then transferred in larger loads to waste recycling, recovery or disposal facility;

• Enclosed composting facilities located within suitable employment areas;

• Local scale community composting in rural areas; and

• Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs).

5.37 It will be a task for the forthcoming Waste Local Plan (WLP) to determine the appropriate apportionment for each District to achieve this overall county-wide provision, to identify suitable allocations and to set out a criteria policy for other non-allocated sites which will apply if waste management proposals come forward. However, the resulting provision should not be seen as a ceiling to additional recycling and composting.

Policy CS10: Recycling and Composting Capacity to be provided for MSW and C&I waste by 2026

The County Council will work with the District Councils in Buckinghamshire to plan for the provision for an additional 386,000 tonnes of local recycling and composting capacity by 2026. The Waste Local Plan will determine the appropriate provision for each District to achieve the required county-wide additional capacity.

Sites that could contribute to meeting this requirement will be identified and tested in the Waste Local Plan, in line with the following criteria:

a) extensions to existing waste management sites;

b) intensification or re-development of existing sites;

c) suitable sites (in terms of Use Class, site size, configuration, and access) within employment areas;

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SWC Site Selection Process

5.38 Turning to the recovery of energy from waste that cannot be recycled “residual waste” the Council proposes that this should be as part of a “Strategic Waste Complex” (SWC). Government advice53 is that in searching for sites suitable for new waste management facilities waste planning authorities should look for opportunities to co-locate complementary waste activities. This conclusion derives from an awareness that the economies of scale involved in providing ‘fewer, larger’ facilities make such a strategy far more likely to be successfully delivered than one involving ‘more, smaller’ facilities; and from the fact that concentrating activities at a smaller number of sites will also concentrate any environmental disadvantages, rather than spreading them across a larger number of locations. An SWC can, for example, provide major centralised recycling and composting facilities, as well as providing recovery capacity for materials which cannot be recycled. Where the location includes an existing landfill, residues of recovery processes requiring disposal can also be managed at the same site, while recyclable materials can be further processed on-site. Concentrating these facilities has the further advantage of offering an opportunity to reduce the distances that waste materials are carried, since the outputs of one management process can become the inputs of a complementary treatment or disposal process at the same site. Opportunities for the better direct use of heat (“heat offtake”) are maximised.

5.39 A site selection process for the Core Strategy has identified the Calvert Landfill Site as the most appropriate site to accommodate an SWC compared with other potential sites in Buckinghamshire. Full details of the site selection process are included in TP5. However, briefly, an appraisal of a “long list”54 of nearly 200 sites yielded only a handful of possible strategic waste sites55 for inclusion in the MWCS Preferred Options56 consultation report in February 2008 – so confirming the need to maximise co-location opportunities offered by SWC provision and making the best use of suitable sites. The Preferred Options therefore proposed two SWCs located at Calvert Landfill Site and Wapseys Wood Landfill Site respectively. However, following public consultation the Council has taken the view that SWC provision in constrained areas (in particular, within the Green Belt) cannot be justified if sufficient capacity can be provided at suitable available site(s) that are not so constrained. In the context of the constraints assessments, one of the primary considerations with respect to the Calvert Landfill Site, flood risk, was satisfied through confirmation that following a sequential test there are no reasonably available alternative sites entirely within Flood Zones 1 or 2 and the majority of the Site (over 90% of the 213 ha area) was located within Flood Zone 1 (at a ‘low’ risk of flooding), providing more than adequate developable area for the allocation of the complex to proceed. After comprehensive testing of its Waste Planning Strategy the Council has concluded that this is practicable and deliverable, and consequently the MWCS does not now propose SWC development at Wapseys Wood.

53 ‘Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for Sustainable Waste Management’ CLG, 2011

54 ‘Site Selection Exercise for Waste Management Facilities’ Jacobs, April 2005

55 ‘Detailed Site Assessment for Potential Waste Management Facilities in Buckinghamshire (TPD08)’, RPS, September 2006

56 ‘Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Preferred Options consultation report’ February 2008

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57 ‘Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Development Plan Document Topic Paper: Mineral and Waste Proposals & on-site Green Infrastructure Enhancements’ BCC Natural Environment Team, May 2011

58 NPPF, Section 10 and Technical Guidance to the NPPF, CLG, March 2012 and the Flood and Water Management Act, 2010.

Strategic Waste Complex at Calvert Landfill Site

5.40 The Council, therefore, considers that identifying a site for a ‘Strategic Waste Complex’ (SWC) at Calvert Landfill Site links well with the aim of co-locating major waste treatment facilities. For the reasons discussed above – and the suitability of the site for such a strategic purpose - this MWCS allocates Calvert Landfill Site to accommodate an SWC. The site is currently in use as an active landfill site with conditions for long term restoration of landfill areas and lies beyond the AONB and Green Belt. The site’s existing role as a landfill site will continue through the plan period to 2026 but will diminish with measures to reduce reliance on landfilling and the need to ensure more sustainable means of waste treatment.

5.41 In considering the suitability of the site, the Council has taken into account a range of studies and assessments produced to provide the evidence base for the Plan including waste needs and capacity assessments, traffic assessments, climate change, ecology studies, landscape assessments, a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) and associated Sequential Test Options Appraisal Report, Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) and Sustainability Appraisal (SA). A list of studies and assessments undertaken for the Core Strategy is provided in Appendix A and can also be viewed on the Council’s website

5.42 A range of assessments and studies undertaken for the site suggest that there are opportunities57 for proposals to contribute towards the enhancement of biodiversity. In this respect parts of the Calvert Landfill site have been recognised as providing habitats suitable for wildlife or have opportunities for increased habitat, and the site is located close to woodlands including Sheephouse Wood, designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for its ancient woodland. Proposals will also need to comply with Policy CS23 – Enhancement of the Environment, which seeks contributions towards features such as wildlife corridors, attractive landscapes, open spaces and recreational routes for the benefit of local communities.

5.43 Areas within the boundary of the allocation have been identified as being classified as ‘high risk’ Flood Zone 3. As there is more than sufficient area available at a ‘low’ risk of flooding to allow the delivery of an SWC at Calvert, the allocation is considered permissible subject to specific conditions in this regard. The conditions have been developed and agreed by the Council in alignment with National flood risk policy58 and in consultation with the Environment Agency. All proposals pertaining to the site will be required to adhere to the conditions referred to in Policy CS11.



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5.44 Further detail to guide development at the Calvert Landfill Site associated with its role as an SWC is contained in Topic Paper 9: Area Statements for Allocated Waste Sites in the MWCS. The locations of the allocated SWC and linked WTS sites are illustrated on the Waste Proposals Map (Map 5).

Energy Recovery and Deliverability

5.45 Calvert Landfill Site has the potential to meet Buckinghamshire’s needs for energy recovery from both municipal and commercial residual waste that cannot be recycled or composted. The Government has indicated that significant opportunities for growth in energy recovery exist for commercial waste59. A strategic energy recovery facility here could provide sufficient capacity to generate electricity and heat from all of Buckinghamshire’s residual waste through the plan period. The Core Strategy (and consequently policy CS11 – Strategic Waste Complex at Calvert Landfill Site below) is “technology neutral” in that it does not advocate one type or combination of energy recovery technologies for residual waste. This is consistent with national policy that supports a range of recovery technologies60 . The evidence base underpinning this MWCS has considered the implications of alternative recovery technologies. However it is true to say that “deliverability” considerations (see paragraph 5.46 below) suggest that an SWC at Calvert is most likely to be developed around an Energy from Waste (EfW) plant to be operational by 2015. This also offers the greatest potential in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions61 .

5.46 Proposals involving an energy recovery facility at Calvert are likely to require an accompanying Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)62 . Such assessments should incorporate measures to avoid or mitigate adverse impacts. Where impacts are unavoidable, the EIA should demonstrate to the satisfaction of the County Council and statutory consultees how they are to be mitigated as part of the proposals.

5.47 The MWCS acknowledges the importance of the County Council’s “procurement process”63 to secure a long term contract to manage the residual waste in Buckinghamshire, which requires the early provision of an energy recovery facility. This is in line with the need for the Council to manage its waste in accordance with the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy which focuses on how to handle the municipal waste left over after recycling and composting. The procurement process has now reached the stage where the County Council has selected the Waste Recycling Group (WRG), the owners of the Calvert Landfill Site, as preferred bidder for its residual waste treatment contract over the next 30 years. The effect of the procurement process is likely to mean that an SWC at Calvert will be developed around an Energy from Waste (EfW) plant, subject to planning permission. The procurement process includes a series of key dates leading to anticipated service commencement of an energy recovery facility in early 2015.

5.48 The County Council’s independent Development Control Committee at its meeting of 20 April 2012 approved planning application number 11/20000/AWD submitted by WRG for:



61 Topic Paper 1 “Climate Change”, section 6 “WRATE results”, Cissbury Consulting and Beyond Waste, March 2011

62 The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999

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• an Energy from Waste (EfW) facility to manage around 300,000 tonnes a year of residual waste and to generate 22MW of electricity;

• an incinerator bottom ash processing facility;

• an air pollution control (APC) residue treatment facility;

• an access route from the A41 (this follows the Akeman Street railway route using the existing disused railway line running in a northerly direction from Woodham Industrial Area towards the site.)

• revision to Pit 6 restoration contours and restoration scheme;

• surface water management and habitat management.

Co-located Waste Activities

5.49 In addition to the essential “core” facility to recover energy from residual waste, the site is large enough to enable the co-location of a range of waste facilities, including recycling and sorting facilities, in addition to already consented composting and hazardous waste capacity. Together these related waste activities could comprise a Strategic Waste Complex that would develop through the plan period.

5.50 All proposals on the site will be expected to demonstrate how they can take advantage of the opportunities for co-location in terms of minimising transport movements between facilities, the sharing of ancillary areas such as car parking and office accommodation to minimise the impact on the local environment, and other measures to increase the sustainability of development on the site. There may be no need for an EIA to accompany proposals for other co-located facilities on the site such as local recycling facilities, however any such proposals will be subject to a screening process to determine if any additional assessments are required.



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Map 5: Waste Proposals Map

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Policy CS11: Strategic Waste Complex at Calvert Landfill Site

A Strategic Waste Complex (SWC) will be located at the Calvert Landfill Site and will include a facility for the recovery of energy from residual waste. The co-location of other waste facilities will be encouraged on the SWC, which may include recycling, composting and sorting facilities. Any proposals will be required to meet the following criteria:

a) development of an energy recovery facility, together with necessary supporting infrastructure to serve the site (as set out in Policy CS12 - Essential Infrastructure to support the Strategic Waste Complex (SWC) at Calvert Landfill Site), to be operational by 2015;

b) no single development proposal should conflict with the ability of the site to co-locate other waste facilities and inhibit moving waste up the Waste Hierarchy. Proposals should demonstrate that the development will complement the existing uses and the sustainability benefits of co-location;

c) development should seek to maximise opportunities for the on and off-site recovery of power and heat. Priority should be given to existing users for the heat;

d) in the event of a proposed energy recovery facility generating any hazardous waste then an on-site facility to treat and dispose of such waste will be required;

e) no development will be permitted which would prejudice the existing and future operation of the site for the transfer of waste by rail. Proposals should demonstrate how they have considered using the rail link to transport waste to and / or from the site in order to minimise HGV movements. Opportunities should be taken to maximise the rail transfer of waste from southern Buckinghamshire as part of the proposals;

f) there should be no significant risk of pollution from any development or activities which are proposed on the site;

g) opportunities should be incorporated where possible to integrate the development successfully into the site and surrounding landscape, including contributions to nature conservation enhancement, landscape character and improved recreational opportunities for the benefit of users of the site and adjoining communities (see Policy CS23 – Enhancement of the Environment);

h) the design and layout of the site should satisfy the criteria of Policy CS22 – Design and Climate Change including submission of a Sustainability Statement to support proposals;

i) proposals should be progressed in accordance with prevailing national guidance on protection from flooding and the policies pertaining to flood risk contained within this MWCS, supporting evidence base64 and the Calvert Area Statement. Specifically, proposals will demonstrate the safe and sustainable management of risk, ensuring that flood risk is not exacerbated elsewhere, and where possible, is reduced overall.

j) The operator should, at the earliest opportunity, establish a community liaison group to proactively address amenity and other concerns of the local community arising from construction and operation of the facility.

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Infrastructure to support an SWC at Calvert Landfill Site

5.51 The proposed SWC at the Calvert Landfill site requires key strategic infrastructure to ensure that the movement of waste is as sustainable as possible and does not result in adverse impacts on Buckinghamshire’s environment or the quality of life of its communities. The most important of these comprise provision for waste transfer station facilities to serve the SWC so as to minimise the distance that waste is carried and vehicle movements, and of a new road access to the site.

Waste Transfer Stations

5.52 In order for an SWC at Calvert to be able to recover energy from residual waste arising in all parts of Buckinghamshire, including the south of the county, it will be necessary to transfer waste via waste transfer stations. Transfer facilities will therefore need to be in place in time to serve the recovery facility. The main urban areas in southern Buckinghamshire produce approximately two thirds of the waste arising within the county. Once local provision is made for recycling and composting, there will still be a need to move residual waste from the south of the county to the Calvert Landfill Site in the north. While emissions from the transport of waste represent a small proportion of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) contribution from the sector, bulking at strategic waste transfer stations for transport on to treatment, recovery and disposal can help to reduce movements65 .

Rail transfer

5.53 The Calvert site benefits from having a rail siding, which allows for some of the existing waste treated at the site to be taken by rail. The Council has a long term aim to move as much waste as possible via rail to Calvert and potential sites or locations for rail transfer are included in Policy CS14 – Safeguarding Existing and Potential Waste Sites in this Core Strategy. The co-location of facilities on the site could lead to alternative modes of transport to road, such as rail, becoming more economically viable. Proposals should demonstrate that opportunities to maximise transfer of waste by rail are taken wherever possible. The County Council is exploring opportunities to increase the movement of more waste by rail from southern Buckinghamshire, which may become more deliverable in the longer term. It has commissioned a study that identified a number of potential sites66 and the Council has appraised these67. As a result, the MWCS safeguards sites at Richings Park and Thorney Mill for potential rail waste transfer stations (see policy CS14 – Safeguarding Existing and Potential Waste Sites below). Sites shown in the study as potentially suitable for rail waste transfer facilities but lying beyond the county boundary (and therefore beyond the scope of this MWCS) have been identified to the relevant authorities and may have a future role.

65 Paragraph 6.28, Climate Change Overview Paper, Cissbury Consulting & Beyond Waste, March 2011

66 ‘Waste by Rail Report (Rail Operations): Site Selection and Rail Operations Considerations’ Jacobs, June 2009

67 ‘Waste by Rail Planning Appraisal’, BCC, May 2010

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68 Distance from London Road, Amersham to Calvert Landfill Site - 29 miles and High Heavens Waste Complex to Calvert Landfill Site - 31 miles

69 ‘Buckinghamshire County Council Waste Preferred Sites Initial Transport Assessments’, Jacobs, March 2011 and individual sites assessments undertaken in April 2009

70 ‘Topic Paper 1: Climate Change’ Cissbury Consulting and Beyond Waste, March 2011

Road transfer

5.54 However, in the short to medium term (at least over the lifetime of the Core Strategy) in order to ensure the operation and running of the SWC at Calvert, the transfer of a significant proportion of waste by road will be necessary. Accordingly, two road served transfer stations will be required in the south of the county at which waste from a number of sources would be assembled for bulk transfer to the SWC. The Core Strategy allocates the London Road Depot, Amersham and the High Heavens Waste Complex, High Wycombe for this purpose (see Map 5). Both sites are favourably located for the county’s Primary Road Network and Strategic Inter-urban Routes. The two Waste Transfer Stations (WTSs), between them, will provide good geographic coverage of the constrained area of southern Buckinghamshire that they will serve whilst being proximate to Calvert68. In the north of the county, due to the shorter distances involved in transporting waste, it will be more appropriate to take residual municipal waste directly to the site rather than via transfer stations. Although some residual commercial wastes may also use the allocated WTS facilities, it is expected that the majority of these wastes will be bulked at existing commercial WTSs or direct delivered to the SWC at Calvert Landfill Site.

5.55 The successful and sustainable development of the Calvert site will be dependent on Policy CS12 being implemented in respect of the supporting infrastructure for the site, including these waste transfer stations and also a new local link road between Calvert Landfill Site and the A41. Together, these will provide a suitable means of accommodating the necessary traffic movements69 without adversely affecting the amenities of communities in the vicinity of the Calvert site.

5.56 The sites at London Road Depot, Amersham and High Heavens Waste Complex were safeguarded for possible waste transfer station development in the “saved” Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan Policy 15. These safeguardings were extensively tested at the Local Plan Inquiry in 2005, and both sites were accepted by the Inquiry Inspector as being suitable for waste transfer purposes. Since then the Council has undertaken a number of studies and assessments to provide evidence for this Core Strategy, including traffic, flood risk, climate change, ecology and landscape assessments of potential sites for waste transfer purposes. London Road Depot, Amersham and High Heavens Waste Complex are both still suitable sites for use as WTSs and the evidence confirms this. Therefore, they are both allocated under Policy CS12 - Essential Infrastructure to support the SWC at Calvert Landfill Site. Work undertaken for the evidence base70 supporting this MWCS has confirmed that increased road transport of waste will make a relatively minor contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions when compared to the major reductions in GHG emissions from landfill. Each WTS will typically consist of hard standing area, a building for collection and bulking of materials, and ancillary development (such as office space, weighbridge, car park and landscaping).



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5.57 In view of the sensitivity of the locations of London Road Depot, Amersham and High Heavens Waste Complex within the Chilterns AONB and Green Belt, the design and layout of each site must ensure that the aims of the AONB relating to protection and enhancement of its character and appearance are not compromised71. In this respect, the proposals will need to be consistent with Policy CS21 - Chilterns AONB and also take full account of the objectives of the Chilterns AONB Management Plan, including securing opportunities, where possible, to ensure better integration of each site within its landscape setting. Proposals will also need to comply with Policy CS23 – Enhancement of the Environment, which seeks contributions towards features such as wildlife corridors, attractive landscapes, open spaces and recreational routes for the benefit of local communities. Further detail to guide development of these sites is contained in ‘Topic Paper 9: Area Statements for Allocated Waste Sites’ in the MWCS. Supporting infrastructure for the SWC at Calvert Landfill Site forms part of the Waste Planning Strategy.

Access to the A41

5.58 The existing local access to the Calvert site from the A41 is via local C-class roads which are not suitable for the size of HGVs required to transport waste to the site associated with its role as a SWC72 . Accordingly, the Core Strategy proposes that an appropriate new access road link be provided by the developer of the Calvert Landfill Site. The standard of such a route (i.e. haul road or adoptable standard) will be a matter for the developer.

5.59 In order to inform the Core Strategy, the Council has undertaken some comparative assessments for five alternative route options to serve the site from the A41 (see Topic Paper 5 for more details). These assessments consider the potential comparative landscape and visual impacts and ecological considerations that the route corridors might generate, but in the absence of detailed plans for the route corridors these assessments can only be considered as preliminary investigations. Furthermore, no assessments have been undertaken by the Council for any other subject areas which would be relevant in considering route options, for example archaeology or traffic noise.

5.60 Detailed assessments of proposals for a new road on one of these routes (or any other alternative route that may be proposed) will be required at the planning application stage as part of an EIA in conjunction with any proposals involving the SWC at Calvert. The applicant will need to ensure that a full range of appropriate detailed studies and assessments are undertaken to demonstrate that proposals are acceptable.

On-site hazardous waste facility to treat and dispose of such waste generated by an energy recovery facility

5.61 The MWCS is based upon the more sustainable management of waste. One consideration is to reduce the unnecessary movement of waste, for example of the air pollution control (APC) residues arising from the reduction of stack emissions in an energy recovery facility using a thermal technology requiring the ‘scrubbing’ of gaseous emissions. This waste – sometimes called “fly ash” - is small in volume but classified as a hazardous waste. In the absence of an on-site facility to treat/dispose of this waste at the SWC, the alternative would be a longer distance movement to an appropriate facility beyond Buckinghamshire. This would not be compatible with greater sustainability, if on-site management is possible.

71 ‘Buckinghamshire County Council Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Landscape and Visual Assessment’, Jacobs, November 2010

72 ‘Calvert Transport Evaluation’ Jacobs, 2009

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5.62 Calvert has favourable geology (a significant thickness of the Oxford Clay) for the disposal by landfill of such hazardous waste. This geology has been a consideration in the existing planning consent at the site for the deposit of “controlled waste”. Nevertheless, the Landfill Directive requires that a hazardous waste landfill is constructed with a separate liner, and separate leachate and landfill gas monitoring system.

5.63 The MWCS therefore requires (Policy CS11 d) an on-site facility to treat and dispose of any hazardous waste generated by an energy recovery facility at Calvert Landfill Site.

Policy CS12: Essential Infrastructure to support the Strategic Waste Complex (SWC) at Calvert Landfill Site

The following essential infrastructure will be required in advance of an SWC at Calvert Landfill site becoming operational:

1) a new access road linking the site to the A41, on an appropriate route to be provided by the developer of the Calvert Landfill Site;

2) sites for linked waste transfer stations at London Road Depot, Amersham and High Heavens Waste Complex, High Wycombe. The design and layout of each site must respect the character and appearance of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, including complying with Policy CS21 - Chilterns AONB;

Development proposals in sub-paragraphs 1) and 2) above will be required to satisfy the following criteria:

a) proposals will be progressed in accordance with prevailing national and local flood risk policy, promoting the safe and sustainable management of risk;

b) opportunities should be taken to integrate new development successfully within each site and within the surrounding landscape in ways which contribute to nature conservation enhancement, the protection of landscape character and the improvement of recreational opportunities for the benefit of users of the site and adjoining communities; and,

c) the design and layout of each site should satisfy the criteria of Policy CS22 - Design and Climate Change including the submission of a Sustainability Statement to support proposals.



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Figure 4: The Waste Planning Strategy

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Contingency

5.64 The Core Strategy needs to include a contingency in case the Waste Planning Strategy cannot be achieved, for whatever reason. Accordingly, Policy CS13 - Contingency below sets out what approach the Council will take, which would include the need to consider an alternative site or sites.

5.65 If no planning application is submitted and approved for an energy recovery facility to be operational by 2015 as part of a SWC at Calvert Landfill Site, then the County Council’s contingency position is to grant planning permission for an alternative site or sites to meet Buckinghamshire’s strategic waste needs. The most appropriate site or sites will be granted planning permission, taking into account the potential suitability of the site in terms of Policy CS13 – Contingency below.

5.66 Should either of the WTS allocations fail to achieve the necessary consents or not become operational for any reason the contingency will be to serve Calvert from the other in the interim. The Waste Local Plan will then seek to identify a replacement site or sites. If both allocations were to fail then Calvert will be served from suitable existing transfer sites or existing B2-B8 capacity at an appropriate employment area until alternative permanent sites can be allocated in the Waste Local Plan, consented, and developed in accordance with the criteria set out in policy CS10 above.

Policy CS13: Contingency

If a facility for energy recovery from residual waste, consistent with Policy CS9, at the Calvert Landfill Site as part of a Strategic Waste Complex is not operational by 2015, then a planning application for appropriate strategic capacity at an alternative site or sites may be favourably considered to meet Buckinghamshire’s energy recovery from waste needs. Decisions will take account of the potential suitability of sites safeguarded for strategic waste uses in this Core Strategy (see Policy CS14 – Safeguarding Existing and Potential Waste Sites).

The applicant will need to demonstrate that the site has been subject to the following sequential assessment process:

Assessment Level 1

The site selection process has been progressed in accordance with prevailing national guidance directing development to areas at the lowest risk of flooding and considered the availability of suitable sites selected on the following basis:

a) a site suitable for a Strategic Waste Complex located beyond the Green Belt and the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; or where this is not possible;

b) a site suitable for a waste energy recovery facility only, beyond the Green Belt and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; or where this is not possible;

c) a site suitable for an energy recovery facility within the Green Belt providing very special circumstances are demonstrated;



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Assessment Level 2

The site is suitable in terms of the following considerations:

a) site area;

b) land use characteristics - existing waste site or brownfield site;

c) site and environmental factors which indicate suitability as a strategic site, in conformity with prevailing waste locational73 and flood risk criteria74 ;

d) evidence of deliverability.

Proposals must also comply with the relevant policies in Section 6of this MWCS.

Safeguarding of Existing and New Waste Management Infrastructure

5.67 It is vital that Buckinghamshire retains its existing capacity of sites for treating and managing waste in order to meet its need to provide for net-self sufficiency. The loss of well located waste sites diminishes the potential of the county to meet its own needs, and also may mean that new greenfield sites may need to be found to replace those lost, which can have a detrimental effect on natural resources, environmental assets and the quality of life of communities. The reality is that once waste sites have been lost it is often difficult to replace them. These existing waste management sites will be safeguarded pending further consideration in the Waste Local Plan75 which will consider each site in relation to its contribution to the county network of sites and to local waste capacity needs. The boundaries of the sites which will continue to be safeguarded will be specified in the Waste Local Plan.

5.68 In addition to the need to safeguard existing sites, there will be the need to safeguard some sites which are not currently in waste use, but may be key sites due to their potential to help fulfil the Core Strategy for waste and the longer term objectives of the Plan. Accordingly, this policy seeks to safeguard sites for a number of reasons, pending further consideration in the forthcoming Waste Local Plan. Each category is considered below.

5.69 Sites in existing waste use will comprise a number of different waste uses, including sorting, transfer and recycling. The sites help to provide a network for the entire county and help to meet local needs within each district, but in some cases sites may not be well located in terms of their effect on environmental assets or impact on communities in relation to noise and disturbance, so there may be cases where particular sites will not be retained in the Waste Local Plan (WLP). The WLP will consider a policy for compensatory provision to deal with such eventualities.

73 As at July 2011 – Set out in PS10 including Annex E criteria

74 As at July 2011 – PPS25 and supporting guidance

75 ‘Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Development Scheme 2011-2014’

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76 ‘Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Preferred Options’, BCC, February 2008

77 Ref to Secretary of State’s direction of 18 March 2009 under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 in respect of the policies in the BM&WLP

78 ‘The Buckinghamshire Minerals & Waste Local Plan 2004-2016’ June 2006

5.70 Woodham Industrial Area76 in Aylesbury Vale District is safeguarded as a possible contingent location for smaller-scale waste management capacity and for further consideration for recycling processes in the Waste Local Plan. However the former landfill would not be suitable for an Energy from Waste facility due to uncertain site stability. It is not in existing waste use but the evidence from the extensive site selection process undertaken by the Council shows that it has potential as above. Accordingly, Policy CS14 safeguards the site for future waste management use.

5.71 Although the strategy for waste in the Plan does not rely on the movement of waste by rail, it is nevertheless an aim in Buckinghamshire, particularly in terms of making south-north movements more sustainable. Thorney Mill Aggregate Rail Depot and Richings Park were safeguarded under “saved”77 Policies 7 and 15 respectively of the BM&WLP78 as having potential for rail transfer.

5.72 Richings Park was identified as a safeguarded site for a multi-modal waste transfer facility in view of the site having access to the Grand Union Canal and the main line railway adjacent to its southern boundary. Thorney Mill was safeguarded for its existing use as an aggregate rail depot. However, both sites have been subject to further testing for use as rail waste transfer stations. It is concluded that it is appropriate to safeguard them against other uses which would prejudice their use as rail waste transfer stations and potential for water borne waste transfer at Richings Park. Whilst both sites are safeguarded, no more than one would be used for rail waste transfer purposes.

5.73 The Thorney Mill site is one of five significant industrial / commercial sites in the Iver area which all generate HGV movements. Accordingly the MWCS seeks to secure a reduction in the number of HGV movements generated by this site. In order to achieve this, a baseline of the number of movements entering and exiting the site at 2012 will established prior to considering any new development proposals.

5.74 A new access road will be required on an appropriate route to be provided by the developer of the Richings Park site, thereby avoiding the need for HGVs travelling to and from this and other industrial sites in the locality, from travelling through Iver Village High Street and Richings Park. A routing agreement will ensure that HGVs serving the site use the new access road rather than the existing access onto Thorney Lane. Maximum use should also be made of rail and canal access as part of any proposals for a rail / or water transfer facility.

5.75 The Waste Local Plan (WLP) will give further consideration to the potential for rail transfer of waste, including the appropriateness of a policy which will allow sites to come forward for such purposes in the future, subject to criteria.



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Policy CS14: Safeguarding Existing and Potential Waste Sites

The following sites are safeguarded for waste management purposes. Changes of use from waste to other uses on these sites, or for developments which would compromise the existing or potential use of sites for waste purposes, will be resisted:

a) Existing waste sites within Buckinghamshire;

b) Woodham Industrial Area, Aylesbury Vale District, safeguarded for its potential as a waste site which may contribute to appropriate strategic capacity under the terms of Policy CS13 - Contingency, or to recycling and composting capacity under Policy CS10 - Recycling and Composting Capacity to be provided for MSW and C&I waste by 2026;

c) Richings Park, Iver and Thorney Mill, Iver, identified as having potential for rail transfer facilities, including to serve the Strategic Waste Complex at Calvert Landfill Site. Whilst both sites are safeguarded, no more than one will be used for rail waste transfer purposes. The County Council will seek to ensure that applications for development or redevelopment at Thorney Mill will result in a reduction (from a baseline at 2012) in HGV movements entering and exiting the site. A new access road will be required on an appropriate route (together with a routing agreement to ensure its use) to be provided by the developer of the Richings Park site as part of any proposals for a rail and / or water transfer facility. Maximum use should also be made of rail and canal access as part of any proposals for a rail / or water transfer facility.

Landfill

5.76 Consistent with the requirements of the waste hierarchy, landfill will only be used in Buckinghamshire as a last resort for the disposal of waste that cannot be recycled or from which energy cannot be recovered. The total additional waste management provision set out in Policy CS9 above is calculated by assuming that all recycling, composting and recovery targets have been achieved. However, it is recognised that landfill provision still needs to be planned for and there will be a requirement for a declining amount of landfill over the Plan period.

5.77 As at the end of 2010 it was estimated79 that there was a total of 18.2 million cubic metres of non-hazardous and inert landfill capacity in Buckinghamshire (equating to some 13 million cubic metres [13 million tonnes (mt)] of non-hazardous and 5.2 million cubic metres [7.8 mt] of inert capacity)80. The Council has calculated that if all diversion targets are achieved, available capacity for both waste streams is estimated by 2021 to be 8.2 million cubic metres [9.1 mt] and by 2026 4.4 million cubic metres [4.8 mt]. Additional inert landfill capacity will result from new mineral consents that will be granted in future to comply with the requirements of policy CS4 (whilst higher recycling rates from C&D wastes will also be achieved).

79 All capacity figures extrapolated from the ERM Waste Capacity Model for the South East Region as set out in ‘Task B Verification of the Plan Provision’ Jacobs November 2009

80 Assumes 1m3 equates to 1 tonne of non-hazardous waste and 1.5 tonnes of inert waste

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81 Source: Waste Data Interrogator 2009, Environment Agency.

82 ‘Buckinghamshire Minerals & Waste Local Plan’ June 2006 – “saved” Policy 11 (Imported Wastes & Landfill Sites)

83 ‘The London Plan: Spatial Development Strategy for Greater London’ Mayor of London, 2009

84 ‘Draft Replacement London Plan – Report of Panel: Volume 1 Report’ March 2011

85 The former South East of England Regional Technical Advisory Body on Waste

5.78 The MWCS recognises that different energy recovery processes (such as Energy from Waste and Mechanical Biological Treatment) produce varying levels of materials from the process (residues) which, if cannot be recycled, will need to be disposed to landfill. However these differences are relatively marginal in terms of the overall adequacy of landfill provision to 2026.

5.79 In conclusion, the Council has identified that there will be sufficient landfill capacity available at 2026 and beyond to handle both Buckinghamshire’s own non-hazardous and inert materials (including planned imports from London, see below) throughout the Plan period. Notwithstanding this conclusion the Council will monitor landfill use closely on an annual basis through the indicators set out in section 7 and the Annual Monitoring Report.

Policy CS15: Landfill

No additional landfill capacity for non-hazardous and inert waste will be provided within Buckinghamshire in the period to 2026. Where additional capacity results from planning consents for new mineral extraction sites with restoration, the presumption is that voidspace will be filled with inert material.

The Management of Imported Waste

5.80 In 2009, some 962,500 tonnes81of waste was exported from London for management within Buckinghamshire – almost all by landfill. Waste exports from London typically take the form of household waste from parts of West, East and North London taken by rail to Calvert landfill site, construction wastes from major engineering projects also taken to Calvert, and commercial wastes managed at landfills in southern Buckinghamshire.

5.81 The County Council’s current policy is to plan for a declining amount of imported waste to be landfilled in Buckinghamshire (especially that arising within London and the South West)82. It is expected that London’s exports to landfill in Buckinghamshire will gradually decline at a rate comparable to the county’s own reduction in reliance on landfill. This reflects the achievement of greater self-sufficiency in London, consistent, for example, with the objective of The Draft Replacement London Plan83 (DRLP) to become self-sufficient in managing its own waste. The Report of Panel into the DRLP has now been published84 and the EiP Panel have broadly endorsed the Mayor’s aims to achieve waste self-sufficiency and zero waste to landfill 2031 (2025 for municipal waste). The Panel have taken the view that declining landfill capacity both inside and outside London and the progressive increases in landfill tax “amount to very strong imperatives for the Mayor’s proposed Policy … approach”. The Council (together with the former SERTAB85) made representation to the EiP regarding London’s progress towards achieving net self-sufficiency in managing its waste arisings and the need to work with neighbouring counties to agree the implementation of reducing London’s exports to landfill in adjacent areas.



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5.82 The Government’s intention is to revoke the current Regional Strategy (the South East Plan - SEP) as soon as possible now that the Localism Act has been passed. That will mean that the relevant SEP policy (W3) that apportions waste from London for landfill between the WPAs within the south east region will also be revoked. However the MWCS should identify a sustainable provision for the plan period whilst London adjusts to greater self-sufficiency and reduces its landfill demands upon Buckinghamshire. This MWCS therefore sets out what the Council considers the appropriate provision to be for the period 2010 to 2026.

5.83 Between 2010 and the end of 2011 the appropriate provision is drawn from the regional policy (SEP W3) which equates to some 424,000 tonnes capacity. From 2012 it will be matter for the Council to determine the provision to be made. A study of alternative apportionment options was prepared for SERTAB in 2006. This tested five modelled options86 for sharing out London’s expected waste exports for landfill at sites within the south east to 2025. For Buckinghamshire these options ranged from some 12.5% to 17.7% of the regional total. The option proposing an apportionment of 12.5% (or some 126,000 tonnes a year) placed greatest emphasis upon proximity to London, and was consistent with reducing the carbon footprint of waste exports from London. The consideration of alternative apportionment options has not been updated or repeated since. The Council therefore intends to provide for up to 1.90 Mt of voidspace for the years 2012-2026 to help meet London’s declining needs for landfill – consistent with this option.

5.84 The MWCS therefore provides for up to 2.30 Mt for the future landfill of waste imported from London and for the purposes of assessing future landfill needs in Buckinghamshire between 2010 and 2026.

Policy CS16: Management of Imported Waste

Provision of up to 2.30 Mt capacity will be made within Buckinghamshire for the landfill of a declining amount of waste imported from London in the period to 2026.

The County Council will resist proposals that seek to extend the life of existing consented landfill sites or to create new landfill sites where a significant proportion of the waste handled would originate outside Buckinghamshire.

Proposals for facilities in Buckinghamshire primarily intended for management of imported wastes by any means other than landfill will also be resisted.

Provision for energy recovery from imported waste will only exceptionally be made where there are demonstrable benefits to Buckinghamshire, including improving the viability of recovery activity within the county, consistent with Policy CS9.

86 Alternative Apportionment Options, SERTAB, October 2006

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Sewage Treatment Works

5.85 National guidance87 is that Local Planning Authorities should ensure that delivery of housing and other strategic requirements is not compromised by unrealistic expectations about the future availability of infrastructure, including those for waste treatment. There is an established network of sewage treatment works within Buckinghamshire and improvements are likely to be required, potentially involving extensions to sewage treatment works (STWs) and new STWs, to cater for growth and to treat sewage to higher treatment standards as required by the Government. STWs can also be suitable locations for new facilities to manage other wastes.

Policy CS17: Sewage Treatment Works

Planning permission will be granted for new waste water and sewage treatment plants, extensions to existing works, or facilities for the co-treatment of sewage with other wastes, where development is needed for Buckinghamshire arisings and the proposal complies with relevant saved Minerals and Waste Local Plan polices or subsequent replacement policies in the Waste Local Plan.




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6 Protection and Enhancement of Buckinghamshire’s Environment

6.1 To ensure the delivery of more sustainable minerals extraction and waste management development, all proposals should seek to minimise the impacts on and from climate change through good design, the protection of Buckinghamshire’s extensive environmental assets and, where possible, by enhancing quality of life and the environment. This can be achieved by means such as the provision of landscaping, habitat provision and improved recreational opportunities flood alleviation and ‘climate proofing’ through the integration of adaptation (resistance and resilience) design aspects as integral components of development and restoration proposals.

6.2 The following objectives for minerals and waste developments accordingly reflect the above considerations.



Protection of Buckinghamshire’s Environmental Assets

Sites of International and National Importance

6.3 In line with the principles of legislation and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), Policy CS18 affirms that a high level of protection will be given to heritage and biodiversity assets and sites that are designated at the national level.

6.4 Buckinghamshire contains many sites of nature conservation importance and interest. Chiltern Beechwoods and Burnham Beeches are designated as Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) which are internationally recognised for their importance to biodiversity and have been given special protection under the European Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC). Burnham Beeches is also the County’s only National Nature Reserve (NNR). These sites are also SSSIs, protected under UK law for their wildlife or geological interest. Furthermore, there are three Natura 2000 sites close to Buckinghamshire’s boundary: Aston Rowant SAC, Windsor Park SAC and South and West London Waterbodies Special Area of Protection (SPA). A Habitats Regulation Assessment88 must be undertaken for any minerals and waste management developments located within an appropriate distance of SAC or SPA sites, including those located out of the county. Many individual wildlife species receive statutory protection under a range of legislative provisions89. Due to the level of protection afforded at the national level, policies relating to the protection of Natura 2000 sites and protected species should not be included within the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy, in accordance with the NPPF.

6.5 There are currently 63 nationally designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Buckinghamshire. These SSSIs are designated for either their biological or geological interest and are legally protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way (CROW) Act 2000 and the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006.

88 Under ‘The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010’.

89 Such as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Conservation (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1994

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6.6 There will be a presumption in favour of the conservation of heritage assets in Buckinghamshire and their settings. The county contains a variety of designated heritage assets including:

• 141 Scheduled Monuments;

• 34 Historic Parks and Gardens;

• 6,623 Listed Buildings; and

• 177 Conservation Areas.

In addition, there will be a presumption in favour of the conservation of undesignated heritage assets of archaeological interest which are of equivalent importance to scheduled monuments.

6.7 When assessing planning applications, due regard will be paid to prevailing European and national law and national policy and guidance appropriate both to the areas and features of acknowledged importance and to the proposed minerals and/or waste development. The assessment will also need to take into account whether any significant adverse impact identified could be limited to acceptable levels.

Policy CS18: Protection of Environmental Assets of National Importance

Planning permission will not be granted for new minerals or waste developments that would lead to a significant adverse effect on the character, appearance, intrinsic environmental value or where appropriate, setting of the following:

a) Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI);

b) Scheduled Monuments (SMs), or sites of equivalent archaeological interest;

c) Registered Historic Parks and Gardens; or

d) Listed Buildings; or

e) Conservation Areas

Exceptions to this will only be made where the environmental, economic and social benefits of the development clearly outweigh the harm to the asset or site in question.



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Locally designated biodiversity features

6.8 Buckinghamshire supports a diversity of wildlife habitats and species90, ranging from wood-pasture and parkland to floodplain grazing marsh and chalk rivers. In addition, chalk grasslands and beech woods associated with the Chilterns and pockets of rare fen and heath land. The county has over 100 legally protected species records and around 200 species recognised as being a priority for conservation. Some sites and species in Buckinghamshire are protected by legislation, others by planning policy. In addition national planning policy identifies the need to protect existing biodiversity and deliver enhancements to achieve a net gain in biodiversity. The following locally designated biodiversity features91 are protected at the local level as required through national planning policy92 :

• Local Wildlife Sites (LWS)

• Biological Notification Sites (BNS)

• Regionally Important Geological Sites (RIGS)

• Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) Priority Habitats and Species

• Local Nature Reserves (LNRs)

• Ancient Woodland and Veteran Trees

6.9 Local Wildlife Sites (LWSs) and Regionally Important Geological Sites (RIGSs) are sites of substantive nature conservation value or geological interest. There are over 400 Local Wildlife Sites and 26 Regionally Important Geological Sites (RIGSs) in Buckinghamshire. In addition to LWSs, there is a category of sites that are in the process of being reviewed and assessed against the LWS criteria. These sites are known as Biological Notification Sites (BNSs) and until the programme of review has been completed, it is important they are treated in the same way as LWSs.

6.10 The Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Biodiversity Action Plan (BMKBAP) identifies the habitats and species of principal importance and priority for the conservation of biodiversity in Buckinghamshire. Numerous protected species and UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UKBAP) priority species can be found within the county, including rare and declining species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, plants, mosses, lichens and liverworts. Buckinghamshire has 20 BAP priority habitats – four grassland, four woodland, eight wetland and four other habitats.

6.11 Local Nature Reserves (LNRs) are important for people and wildlife which have features of local biodiversity or geological interest and offer opportunities for learning. There are currently 17 LNRs in Buckinghamshire.

6.12 Ancient woods are those that are known to have had continuous tree cover since at least 1600 AD. They are found throughout Buckinghamshire, although there are particular concentrations in the Chilterns and southern Buckinghamshire and the Bernwood area in the west of Buckinghamshire.

90 As defined in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan

91 As identified in the ‘Biodiversity and Planning in Buckinghamshire’ publication produced by the Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Biodiversity Partnership


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93 AVDC has retained landscape designations as a saved policy in its local plan, WDC are under review, CDC and SBDC have removed their landscape designations


95 Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC), Groundwater Directive (80/68/EEC), the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003, and Groundwater (England and Wales) Regulations 2009.

96 For surface water ‘good’ ecological and chemical status by 2015, for groundwaters, ‘’good’ qualitative and chemical status by 2015.’

Locally Important landscape areas

6.13 Buckinghamshire contains a number of local landscape designations known as Areas of Attractive Landscape (AALs) and Local Landscape Areas (LLAs). These local designations aim to protect high quality landscapes from inappropriate development. However the status of these landscape designations varies from district to district93. Locally designated landscapes currently cover for around 18% of the county. In addition to landscape designations, national planning policy94 has promoted the use of a landscape character assessment. Any minerals and waste proposals should give proper consideration to impacts on landscape character. Full coverage of District-level Landscape Character Assessments is now available.

Locally identified heritage assets and archaeological sites or features recorded in the County

6.14 There are over 26,000 buildings, sites and finds of archaeological, architectural, or historic interest recorded on the Buckinghamshire Historic Environment Record. Whilst the majority of these sites are not legally-protected ‘designated heritage assets’ (see above), many will have sufficient significance to merit consideration in planning decisions. Prospective developers will be expected to assess the significance of heritage assets which may be affected by development, including undertaking field evaluations to locate and characterise archaeological interests. There will be a presumption that wherever feasible, substantial harm to locally significant heritage assets will be avoided or minimised and, where harm is unavoidable, appropriate mitigation or off-setting will be required – for example through archaeological investigation and publication. Measures to improve public access to and enjoyment of the historic environment will be encouraged.

Water Resources

6.15 A total of 1,600km of watercourses exist in Buckinghamshire, including four distinct river catchments: the River Colne, River Thame, River Wye and Upper River Great Ouse. Within these catchments there are numerous tributaries, water bodies and features of note, including lakes, ponds and man-made surface waters such as reservoirs and the Grand Union Canal. Below ground, groundwaters provide an important resource, supporting surface watercourses and water bodies.

6.16 Buckinghamshire’s water environment supports biodiversity, amenity and recreation, transport, business and community life. The physical and chemical quality of these resources is therefore of high importance. Under international and national legislation95, water resources are required to be protected, enhanced and restored, with the aim of achieving ‘good’96 status by 2015, establishing a baseline of no deterioration, and encouraging the sustainable use of water resources and the water environment. Surface and ground water quality and flow can be put at risk by minerals extraction and waste management facilities, potentially affecting dependent habitats, species, existing abstractors and compromising chemical, physical and ecological targets under the Water Framework Directive (WFD). It is therefore important to ensure that development proposals do not have a detrimental impact upon water quality or availability, including avoiding disruption to water flows



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and over abstraction. All relevant policy requirements pertaining to the water environment should be adhered to, with an awareness of sensitivities and targets identified for the River Basin District and ground or surface water feature concerned. Policy and good practice guidance such as the Environment Agency’s Pollution Prevention Guidance (PPG): Groundwater Protection Policy and Practice Document (GP3) and the Thames Region Land Drainage Byelaws should be followed, and opportunities for positive enhancement should be maximised.

Locally important recreation and open spaces

6.17 There are over 3,300km of public rights of way, including footpaths, bridleways and two National Trails within Buckinghamshire. In addition, chalk downland, heathland and common land open access areas are available in the county. These are all utilised by walkers, cyclists and horse riders and this network enables access to the countryside and historic landscapes for both local people and tourists.

6.18 Minerals and waste facilities can be sizable and may sever or impact existing rights of way or other recreation and open spaces. Diversions can be sought for rights of way and these can often be returned to their original or a similar line, depending on the nature of the minerals or waste use. It may also be possible to improve the quality across restored sites. Recreational benefits might be sought from minerals and waste development, as part of new schemes for permanent facilities or as part of restoration projects. Benefits could include the provision of new recreation facilities for a range of users (which may improve links for and between local communities) and potentially facilities for informal recreation such as open access areas or water sports. These can contribute to achieving recreational, health and sustainable transport objectives by promoting walking and cycling opportunities.

Policy CS19: Protection of Environmental Assets of Local Importance

Planning permission will not be granted for minerals or waste development that would lead to a significant adverse effect on the character, appearance, or intrinsic environmental value of the following:

a) Local Nature Reserves and other areas of locally designated biodiversity features including Ancient semi-natural woodlands, Local Wildlife Sites and priority UK Biodiversity Action Plan habitats;

b) Locally important landscapes;

c) Locally identified heritage assets of archaeological, architectural or historic interest recorded in the county;

d) Locally important recreation and open spaces;

e) Water resources including rivers, streams, canals, reservoirs, lakes, ponds and aquifers; or

f) The Colne Valley Regional Park.

Exceptions to this will only be made where the following criteria can be satisfied:

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1. before planning permission is granted, evidence is forthcoming to demonstrate that the impact will be minimised and adequate mitigation measures will be in place; or if this cannot be achieved,

2. appropriate compensation measures will be provided.

Protection of the Green Belt

6.19 About one third of Buckinghamshire lies within the Metropolitan Green Belt. The most important attribute of Green Belts is their openness and the key purposes of the Green Belt are to prevent urban sprawl and encourage urban regeneration. National guidance in the NPPF, section 9 establishes a general presumption against inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

Minerals Development in the Green Belt

6.20 The NPPF confirms that minerals extraction need not conflict with the purposes of including land in Green Belts, provided that high environmental standards are maintained and that sites are well restored. Therefore, mineral extraction need not be classed as inappropriate development in the Green Belt, taking into account its temporary nature and the acceptance that minerals can only be worked where they are found. Mineral extraction can extend for many years and it is the responsibility of Minerals Planning Authorities to ensure their temporary use is completed as soon as is practicable. This includes the restoration of the land to an approved standard. The County Council will apply these principles from national Green Belt guidance to proposals for mineral extraction in Buckinghamshire.

Waste Development in the Green Belt

6.21 Although the disposal of waste will play a part in the restoration of minerals working, the development of permanent waste facilities is not generally supported in the Green Belt. Whilst some forms of low impact waste development (for example, windrow composting) may be considered appropriate if they are consistent with maintaining “openness”, waste facilities which include new buildings are considered to be “inappropriate” development in the Green Belt. If the proposed development does constitute ‘inappropriate’ development, proposals will have to demonstrate ‘very special circumstances’ before they can be permitted. In this respect, very special circumstances will exist only where the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm is clearly outweighed by the benefits of the proposed development.

6.22 Notwithstanding the above, any waste management facility proposed within the Green Belt must also demonstrate that it is designed in such a manner as to minimise its impact on the openness of the Green Belt by reason of its design and scale, nature and location, including measures to mitigate impact. In addition, the visual amenities of the Green Belt should not be injured by proposals for development within, or conspicuous from, the Green Belt which although may not prejudice the purposes of including land in Green Belts, might be visually detrimental by reason of their siting, materials or design. Proposals will also need to comply with Policy CS23 – Enhancement of the Environment, which seeks contributions towards features such as wildlife corridors, attractive landscapes, open spaces and recreational routes for the benefit of local communities.



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6.23 This Core Strategy allocates sites at London Road Depot, Amersham and High Heavens Waste Complex, High Wycombe. Although both of these sites are located within the Green Belt, they are in existing waste management use and are required for use as waste transfer stations to serve the Strategic Waste Complex (SWC) at Calvert in the north of the county (See Policy CS12 - Essential Infrastructure to support the SWC at Calvert Landfill Site), critical for delivery of the Waste Planning Strategy. In addition they have the precedent of being already safeguarded in “saved” Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan policy 15. Therefore, their use as waste transfer stations located in the Green Belt has been accepted in principle.

Policy CS20: Green Belt

Minerals

Proposals for mineral extraction within the Green Belt will be permitted subject to the development complying with the other policies set out in this Core Strategy and relevant saved Minerals and Waste Local Plan policies or Minerals Local Plan policies.

Waste

Waste Management facilities in the Green Belt that would conflict with the purposes of designation will only be permitted where it can be demonstrated there are no suitable alternative sites in Buckinghamshire beyond the Green Belt and that very special circumstances exist to necessitate their siting within the Green Belt.

Exceptionally, Waste Transfer Stations will be permitted within the Green Belt at High Heavens Waste Complex and London Road Depot, Amersham in order to deliver the county’s waste strategy as set out in Policy CS12 - Essential Infrastructure to support the Strategic Waste Complex (SWC) at Calvert Landfill Site.

The following considerations may contribute to very special circumstances justifying the siting of waste management facilities within the Green Belt:

a) requirements in connection with the restoration of a mineral working; and,

b) the redevelopment of a waste site to improve and enhance Green Belt objectives.

Conservation and Enhancement of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

6.24 Over a quarter of Buckinghamshire lies within the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) which extends across the centre of the county. The Chilterns Conservation Board has published the ‘Chilterns AONB Management Plan 2008 – 2013’, which is recognised in Topic Paper 397 as one of the key plans produced for the local area which is of relevance to this Core Strategy.


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AONB Management Plans are reviewed every five years and in addition to this, Natural England and the Chilterns Conservation Board may produce guidance and advice notes relating to development when required. These sources include advice relating to the use of locally produced building materials. Therefore, minerals and waste plans and decision making by the County Council needs to consider the prevailing Management Plan and other local guidance for the Chilterns AONB.

6.25 The current AONB Management Plan contains a number of broad aims relating to minerals and waste development. These state that the policies in minerals and waste development frameworks should complement the objectives of AONB designation, the primary purpose being to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the area, and the secondary purpose being to foster social and economic well-being (where consistent with conservation of natural beauty). This is supported by national policy98 , which describes AONBs as having the highest status of protection in relation to landscape and scenic beauty.

6.26 In respect of minerals, there are no active sand and gravel workings within the AONB in Buckinghamshire, and the production of cement at Pitstone has long-ceased although a site at Pitstone is subject to an extant permission. The working of clay within the AONB is confined to the small-scale working of brick clay for the manufacture of high quality bricks, as discussed in Chapter 4 above. The Management Plan seeks to minimise the environmental impacts on the Chilterns from quarrying, and includes policies relating to the continuation of the local brick making industry and the restoration of redundant quarries.

6.27 A small part of the AONB is located within the Minerals Safeguarding Area (MSA) subject to Policy CS1, where sand and gravel deposits are located. Although it is not anticipated that development will take place in this part of the AONB and there is no presumption that planning permission for winning or working of mineral resources will be granted, the area will be safeguarded to ensure that commercial sand and gravel resources will not be sterilised by any development proposals.

6.28 In respect of waste, the Management Plan recognises the need to focus on sustainable waste management with a move away from the landfilling of waste, and the importance of ensuring that “any waste facilities are sensitively sited and located to avoid a detrimental impact on the landscape or settlement character and to avoid disturbance to local amenity.”

6.29 The two sites allocated for use as WTSs, London Road Depot, Amersham and High Heavens Waste Complex, High Wycombe referred to above are located in the Chilterns AONB, in addition to the Green Belt. As previously set out, they are both required to serve the Strategic Waste Complex (SWC) at Calvert in the north of the county (See Policy CS12 - Essential Infrastructure to support the SWC at Calvert), critical for delivery of the Waste Planning Strategy. In addition, they also have a precedent of being safeguarded in the BM&WLP. Therefore, their use as waste transfer stations located in the AONB has been accepted in principle. In order to minimise impacts on the AONB, Policy CS21 makes it clear that the design and layout of each site must respect the character and appearance of the Chilterns AONB, including securing opportunities, where possible, for better

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integration of each within its landscape setting. Proposals will also need to comply with Policy CS23 – Enhancement of the Environment, which seeks contributions towards features such as wildlife corridors, attractive landscapes, open spaces and recreational routes for the benefit of local communities.

6.30 Small-scale waste management proposals which support the economies and social well being of communities within the AONB are likely to be consistent with the secondary objective of AONB designation, mentioned above. In particular, well located and designed local composting and recycling facilities that do not conflict with the primary aim of conserving and enhancing natural beauty will be acceptable in principle. The need for such facilities is highlighted in Policy CS10 - Recycling and Composting Capacity to be provided for MSW and C&I waste by 2026. It will be the task of the forthcoming Waste Local Plan to test these indicative provisions, including the identification of suitable sites in the county, potentially including locations within the AONB.

Policy CS21: The Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)

Minerals

Proposals for mineral extraction that would conflict with the purposes of the designation will not be permitted within the Chilterns AONB.

Small-scale proposals to extract brickclay that will be used at the existing small local brickworks of the Chiltern Hills will be permitted within the Chilterns AONB provided that they are consistent with Policy CS3 - Non-Aggregate Minerals Working.

Waste

Proposals for waste development that would conflict with the purposes of the designation will not be permitted within the Chilterns AONB.

Exceptionally, Waste Transfer Stations will be permitted within the Chilterns AONB at High Heavens Waste Complex and London Road Depot, Amersham in order to deliver the county’s waste strategy as set out in Policy CS12 - Essential Infrastructure to support the Strategic Waste Complex (SWC) at Calvert Landfill Site.

Other proposals for waste management facilities will only be permitted within or adjoining the Chilterns AONB if they address local recycling/composting needs and do not compromise the conservation and enhancement of natural beauty: and,

a) support the economies and social well being of local communities in the area;

b) include opportunities, where appropriate, to enhance the character, assets and appearance of the AONB, including ensuring a high standard of design for development and integration of the site within its landscape setting; and,

c) comply with relevant saved Minerals and Waste Local Plan polices or subsequent replacement policies in the Minerals Local Plan and the Waste Local Plan.

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Design and Climate Change

6.31 Good design is a key factor in the consideration of all planning applications for minerals and waste developments. Accordingly, Policy CS22 – Design and Climate Change will apply to all proposals, including those relating to allocations made in this Core Strategy (MWCS Policies CS11, 12 and 13), and other proposals which may come forward over the lifetime of the Plan. This approach accords with national planning policy for minerals and waste development, currently including PPS10: Planning for Sustainable Waste Management which states that planning authorities should ensure that new development promotes designs and layouts that secure the integration of waste management facilities without adverse impact on the street scene, or in less developed areas, the local landscape.

6.32 Design is far more than the look of buildings and the internal layout of activities within a site, it is an integrated approach which can help to achieve a wide range of different social, economic and environmental objectives which can come to together in the process of achieving high quality living and working environments. For example, good design in the restoration of minerals sites can help to facilitate ecological and water quality enhancements, flood alleviation, recreational opportunities for local people through improvements to the landscape and opportunities for leisure facilities as well as new or enhanced footpaths, cycleways, and bridleways. In addition, new waste developments can help to improve the environmental quality of derelict or underused brownfield sites by measures such as new landscape and tree planting schemes within or adjoining the site, which can also provide linkages with adjoining wildlife and recreation corridors. In this respect, proposals will also need to comply with Policy CS23 – Enhancement of the Environment.

6.33 Good design of buildings and open spaces within sites can also be of great benefit to localities in terms of respecting and potentially improving the character of the area, as well as helping to contribute to other objectives including tackling climate change and helping to secure more sustainable development. In this respect, proposals will need to take account of prevailing national and local guidance and best practice for the design of minerals and waste developments99.

6.34 Policy CS22 - Design and Climate Change incorporates a number of key criteria which proposals will need to address in terms of reducing the causes of climate change and adapting successfully to it, where relevant.

6.35 Energy efficiency and the need to reduce levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) are key components of the measures required to tackle climate change100 . A key theme of the Buckinghamshire SCS is the need to tackle climate change, an objective which runs through national planning policy. In particular, current policy in the NPPF, paragraphs 93 & 94 sets out how spatial planning should contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to help stabilise climate change and take into account the unavoidable consequences.

6.36 Proposals will no doubt need to incorporate increasingly higher levels of energy efficiency over the Plan period in response to changes in standards at the national and local levels, including in local development plans. Currently, it is possible to apply the BREEAM Industrial classification101 to small-

99 Further examples set out in ‘Topic Paper 4: Design’

100 ‘Topic Paper 1: Climate Change’

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scale waste management facilities in respect of the principles of sustainable design and construction which include measures to reduce the carbon footprint of developments.

6.37 Water efficiency and flood risk management are also key components in managing the effects of climate change, in terms of potential water scarcity and predicted increases in precipitation, fluvial flows and sea level. Under the Flood and Water Management Act (2010) all new development is required to incorporate Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS), to be approved by County Council SUDS Approval Bodies (SABs). The appropriate use of SUDS and the application of the SUDS Hierarchy , encouraging the prioritisation of more sustainable systems, has potential benefits ranging from reductions in water demand (for example through water reuse) to flood alleviation, water quality and ecological enhancement. Drainage systems should always be designed in accordance with current policy and good practice. SUDS design should be progressed in consultation with the Council, Environment Agency, Internal Drainage Board (if relevant) and water provider and in accordance with any forthcoming national standards.

6.38 The Council has produced Topic Papers on Design (TP4) and Climate Change (TP1) setting out the various ways in which the LDF and Core Strategy are seeking to incorporate the principles of good design and to take account of climate change in minerals and waste development. The Topic Papers explain how the Council has commissioned and drawn on a range of studies and assessments which help to provide a better baseline for assessing the contribution that can be made to improving design, tackling climate change and contributing towards sustainable development.

6.39 This has led to decisions on an appropriate choice of policies and proposals in this Core Strategy, taking into account different alternatives. Examples of these include Policy CS6 - Sites for Recycled and Secondary Aggregates, which seeks to minimise the need for primary aggregate extraction through increasing the proportion of secondary and recycled aggregates and taking opportunities for appropriately sited depots to minimise greenhouse gas emissions. Also, Policy CS8 - Waste Prevention in New Development, seeks to minimise the amount of construction waste produced and the re-use of such materials in line with the waste hierarchy.

Policy CS22: Design and Climate Change

Applicants for minerals and waste developments will be required to demonstrate how their proposals will comply with the following criteria in supporting statements in order to ensure a high standard of design and minimise any adverse effects on and from climate change, where relevant, through:

a) minimising greenhouse gas emissions and pollution (for example, noise, air and odour pollution);

b) ‘Climate proofing’ development through the incorporation of resistance and resilience measures to allow future adaptation and sustainable, safe, uninterrupted operation;

c) minimising the distance materials are transported by road by transporting materials in more sustainable ways so as to minimise greenhouse gas emissions and other emissions taking into account factors such as residential amenity, proximity to demand, routeing agreements, choice of vehicles and bulking arrangements;

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d) seeking to reduce flood risk from all known sources, including river flooding within the flood plain, surface water flooding and groundwater flooding;

e) avoiding, or minimising, adverse impacts on the water environment and water infrastructure including direct impacts on surface water and groundwater flows and quality, demand on water resources, and the possibility of pollution. The Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS) Hierarchy should be applied in integrating suitable water efficiency, treatment and storage options, recognising the benefits of such systems for flood risk management, water quality and ecological enhancement;

f) ensuring that landscape and planting schemes comprise appropriate native species able to successfully adapt to climate change and sequester carbon;

g) maximising available opportunities, where appropriate, to increase the potential for biodiversity, improve or provide new landscape and tree planting areas and corridors, and provide recreational opportunities and improved links between communities in accordance with Policy CS23 – Enhancement of the Environment.

Additionally, where built waste developments are proposed the following criteria will be relevant:

h) sensitivity in the massing and scale of buildings and structures to the surrounding environment, particularly in respect of locations within or adjoining settlements or designated areas including the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Green Belt (proposals will also need to be consistent with Policy CS21 – Chilterns AONB and Policy CS20 – Green Belt);

i) integration into the adjoining landscape or townscape, taking into account visual considerations;

j) compliance with the principles of sustainable design and construction, including increasingly higher levels of energy efficiency, lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions, and maximising the deployment and use of renewable energy in accordance with prevailing standards and best practice;

k) resilience and adaptation to the likely effects of climate change over the lifetime of the plan and beyond, including seasonal variations associated with intense precipitation, increased risks of flooding, excessive wind speeds, and prolonged hotter and drier weather conditions.

The potential of restoration of minerals and waste sites to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation should be considered including:

l) the ability of minerals sites to deliver biodiversity, water and flood management, and wider ecosystem services;

m) the ability of waste sites to accommodate renewable energy installations and/or biomass cultivation.



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102 ‘Minerals and Waste Core Strategy: Mineral & Waste Proposals & on – site Green Infrastructure Enhancements’, BCC Natural Environment Team, May 2011

Enhancing the value of Buckinghamshire’s Environment

6.40 Many minerals and waste sites in the county are relatively large and are located in rural or urban fringe locations. There are opportunities for both minerals and waste development proposals to contribute towards the enhancement of existing or the creation of new environmental assets within the county. Through delivery, understanding and promoting the importance and role of ecosystem services within such developments, wider benefits can be gained. This can help provide better integration with the surrounding countryside and also to increase the potential for biodiversity, for example to provide suitable habitats for animals or plant species and through improvement of land or water quality. Also, there may be opportunities for enhancing public access, such as new footpaths, bridleways and cycleways. These could benefit public users, nearby local communities and the local economy, for example helping to encourage recreation and tourism. Environmental or amenity gain can also have a dual purpose of contributing to the mitigation of potential adverse impacts from the development.

6.41 Although it is recognised that individual proposals may not necessarily be able to contribute towards enhancement of all the listed assets, developers and applicants will need to demonstrate fully how they have considered the opportunity for enhancement of each of these as part of the design process to support their applications.

6.42 Policy CS23 – Enhancement of the Environment seeks to achieve multiple benefits where appropriate, in terms of the enhancement of a number of different environmental assets. This accords well with the Buckinghamshire Green Infrastructure Strategy, produced by the Buckinghamshire Green Infrastructure consortium, which seeks to ensure that new development within the county is accompanied by appropriate ‘green growth’. Restoration from mineral extraction and proposals for new waste management facilities can help contribute to the demands for Green Infrastructure, particularly in areas where there is a recognised deficit in accessible green space provision, prevalent in Aylesbury Vale102 . The Strategy defines Green Infrastructure as a:

“planned network of multi-functional and inter-connecting links of green space that will contribute to the high quality natural and built environment for both current and future residents, as well as visitors to Buckinghamshire.”

6.43 Development proposals and proposals will need to take into account the contents of the Strategy, in addition to other related policies and plans which may be prevailing at the time, such as the Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Biodiversity Action Plan in respect of opportunities for increasing wildlife habitats, or the Buckinghamshire Rights of Way Improvement Plan which encourages improvements to access and Sustainable Community Strategies for Buckinghamshire, supporting the preservation and strengthening of environmental quality.

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6.44 This policy and other related policies in this Core Strategy, including Policy CS22 - Design and Climate Change, are in accordance with National policies for the preparation of Development Plans which seek the enhancement of local assets. For example, those set out in the NPPF, Section 11.

Policy CS23: Enhancement of the Environment

Proposals for minerals and waste development submitted in conformity with Policy CS22 - Design and Climate Change must incorporate measures to demonstrate, as appropriate:

a) How any existing biodiversity habitats will be enhanced and opportunities will be taken to increase biodiversity and contribute to wildlife corridors (both on-site and/or off-site), consistent with Biodiversity Action Plan targets and taking into account the priorities of the nearest Biodiversity Opportunity Areas;

b) How the design and layout of the development, including restoration and planting schemes, will ensure the positive integration of the site with the wider landscape or townscape, taking into account the Landscape Character Assessments and areas, and conservation areas and appraisals, as appropriate;

c) The retention of existing public or permissive footpaths, cycleways or bridleways on the site, or where this is not possible, their diversion or replacement to an equivalent or enhanced standard in terms of recreational, social and economic value to site users and local communities, including linking with wider transport and strategic rights of way networks. In addition, consideration should be given to the opportunity for providing new routes, taking into account the potential value to site users and to local communities. Proposals will be required to be consistent with the Buckinghamshire Rights of Way Improvement Plan; and

d) Consistency with the Buckinghamshire Green Infrastructure Strategy, including the objective of creating green spaces and links which have multi-functional benefits.



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7 Implementation and Monitoring

Introduction

Strategic Monitoring

7.1 The Minerals and Waste Core Strategy (MWCS) is intended to provide an ambitious, long-term approach to more sustainable minerals and waste development in Buckinghamshire. To ensure that this progress is met in a clear and effective way the County Council has proposed a set of indicators and targets to monitor the performance of the policies of this MWCS. The indicators have been derived from national policy advice (previously Core Output Indicators), the outcomes of Sustainability Appraisal (significant effects) and the County Council’s evidence base (locally derived output indicators / targets). The results of monitoring will be published each year in the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Development Framework Annual Monitoring Report (AMR). The AMR will monitor the effectiveness of the documents (and thereby policies) that comprise the Minerals and Waste Development Framework, and will identify if, for instance, a review of the Core Strategy is required where a policy is not working or targets are not being met.

Strategic Enforcement of Planning Control

7.2 The County Council is the Local Planning Authority for minerals and waste development within Buckinghamshire. This includes breaches of conditions relating to existing planning permissions, as well as unauthorised minerals or waste development. The main objectives of the planning enforcement process are:

• To effectively and efficiently remedy the undesirable effects of unauthorised development by working with landowners, operators and the general public; and,

• To bring unauthorised activity under control, in a timely manner, to ensure that the credibility of the planning system is not undermined.

7.3 The Council has, over the years, had to deal with an increasing number of complaints. There are a number of reasons for this increasing level of activity including:

• An increasing public awareness of environmental issues;

• Increased public participation in the development control process;

• Increased public expectation of the Planning System to protect the quality of people’s lives and an increasing expectation that local government will solve problems between neighbours;

• Lack of communication between neighbouring land users.

7.4 This increased public awareness gives rise to an increased level of complaint. There is therefore the need to periodically review the tasks and performance of the Council’s enforcement function to ensure that its resources are properly directed and managed in the interests of the county as a whole. To this end, it will publish and update, when necessary, a Planning Enforcement Protocol.

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7.5 Policy CS24 - Strategy for Policy Implementation, Monitoring and Review in conjunction with the framework in Table 4, sets out the Council’s strategic plan, monitor and manage approach for implementation, monitoring and enforcement. This approach will ensure that the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy is able to respond effectively to change.

Policy CS24: Strategy for Policy Implementation, Monitoring, Review and Enforcement

The County Council will work with local authorities in and around Buckinghamshire; the minerals and waste industries; regulatory authorities; landowners; local communities and neighbourhoods; local environmental groups; the South East England Aggregates Working Party and Government to:

a) Implement the policies contained in this MWCS and subsequent Local Plans;

b) Plan monitor and manage minerals and waste development in Buckinghamshire; and to report on progress in an Annual Monitoring Report.; and,

c) Review the County Council’s Planning Enforcement Protocol, as necessary, to ensure continuing protection of amenity and environment within Buckinghamshire in accordance with the Minerals & Waste Local Development Framework (MWLDF).



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tinue

th

e pr

oduc

tion

of

vern

acul

ar b

uild

ing

mat

eria

ls.

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng

Aut

horit

y•

Mon

itor

exist

ing

site

prod

uctio

n an

d pe

rmiss

ions

.•

Mon

itor

exist

ing

impo

rts

and

expo

rts

of n

on-a

ggre

gate

m

iner

al o

r pr

opos

ed e

nd

dest

inat

ions

with

in a

pplic

atio

ns.

Am

ount

in t

onne

s of

non

-ag

greg

ate

min

eral

ext

ract

ion

gran

ted

plan

ning

per

miss

ion

- 0

Num

ber

of p

ropo

sals

for

non-

aggr

egat

e m

iner

al

extr

actio

n gr

ante

d pl

anni

ng

perm

issio

n ag

ains

t M

PA

appr

oval

.

Rat

e of

pro

duct

ion

Rev

iew

the

gro

unds

with

w

hich

pla

nnin

g pe

rmiss

ion

has

been

gra

nted

con

trar

y to

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng

Aut

horit

y po

licy

obje

ctio

n.

Rev

iew

the

gro

unds

with

w

hich

pla

nnin

g pe

rmiss

ion

has

been

gra

nted

con

trar

y to

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Con

sult

with

MPA

.

Min

eral

s In

dust

ry•

Supp

ly A

nnua

l Min

eral

ret

urns

in

form

atio

n to

MPA

.

Chi

ltern

s AO

NB

Con

serv

atio

n•

Con

sult

with

MPA

and

op

erat

or.



90

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

Boar

dco

mpa

red

to p

revi

ous

year

sC

hilte

rns A

ON

B co

nser

vatio

n bo

ard

polic

y ob

ject

ion.

Briti

sh G

eolo

gica

l Su

rvey

• Pr

ovisi

on o

f new

min

eral

bo

reho

le d

ata

to M

PA.

Polic

y C

S4:

Mai

ntai

ning

the

Le

vel o

f San

d an

d G

rave

l Pro

visio

n

SO1:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of M

iner

als

Dev

elop

men

t

SO4:

Spa

tial

Dist

ribut

ion

of M

iner

als

Dev

elop

men

t

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng

Aut

horit

y to

m

aint

ain

at le

ast

a 7

year

land

bank

th

roug

hout

pla

n pe

riod.

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng

Aut

horit

y to

al

loca

ted

appr

opria

te

num

ber

of P

refe

rred

A

reas

in M

iner

als

Loca

l Pla

n.

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng

Aut

horit

y•

Plan

ning

Aut

horit

y re

ques

ts

Ann

ual M

iner

al r

etur

ns fr

om

oper

ator

s.

Prod

uctio

n of

Prim

ary

Land

W

on A

ggre

gate

s by

MPA

in

tonn

es p

er a

nnum

Rem

aini

ng L

andb

ank

at t

he

end

of e

ach

year

Perm

itted

res

erve

s (in

ye

ars)

not

to

fall

belo

w 7

ye

ars

wor

th o

f sup

ply

at t

he

late

st a

ppor

tionm

ent

N/A

Min

eral

s In

dust

ry•

Supp

ly A

nnua

l Min

eral

ret

urns

in

form

atio

n to

MPA

.•

Subm

issio

n of

site

nom

inat

ions

an

d/or

pla

nnin

g ap

plic

atio

ns t

o m

aint

ain

prod

uctio

n.

91

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng

Aut

horit

y to

te

st a

nd m

onito

r th

e im

plic

atio

ns

of m

eetin

g th

e ap

port

ionm

ent.

Sout

h Ea

st o

f En

glan

d A

ggre

gate

s W

orki

ng P

arty

(S

EEA

WP)

• C

o-or

dina

te A

nnua

l Min

eral

re

turn

s in

form

atio

n pr

ovid

ed

to M

iner

als

Plan

ning

Aut

horit

y an

d m

onito

r at

a la

rger

tha

n lo

cal s

cale

.•

Prov

ision

of d

ata

shar

ing

betw

een

Min

eral

Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s

Rem

aini

ng p

rovi

sion

requ

ired

over

the

Pla

n pe

riod

Dep

artm

ent

of

Com

mun

ities

and

Lo

cal G

over

nmen

t (D

CLG

)

• C

olla

te a

nd d

isagg

rega

te t

he

AM

RI m

iner

al s

urve

y re

turn

s to

M

iner

als

Plan

ning

Aut

horit

y.•

Rev

iew

and

con

sult

with

M

iner

als

Plan

ning

Aut

horit

ies

on u

pdat

es t

o th

e na

tiona

l ag

greg

ate

guid

elin

es

and

min

eral

s ag

greg

ate

appo

rtio

nmen

t.



92

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

Polic

y C

S5:

Pref

erre

d A

reas

SO1:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of M

iner

als

Dev

elop

men

t

SO4:

Spa

tial

dist

ribut

ion

of M

iner

als

Dev

elop

men

t

SO9:

Pro

tect

ion

of

the

Met

ropo

litan

G

reen

Bel

t an

d A

reas

of

Out

stan

ding

N

atur

al B

eaut

y

SO10

: Pro

tect

ing

and

Enha

ncin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

t

min

eral

wor

king

, se

ekin

g al

loca

tion

as

Pref

erre

d A

reas

.

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng

Aut

horit

y to

allo

cate

ap

prop

riate

num

ber

of P

refe

rred

Are

as

in c

onfo

rmity

w

ith P

olic

y cr

iteria

M

iner

als

Loca

l Pla

n.

Pref

erre

d A

reas

to

be id

entifi

ed o

n M

iner

als

Plan

ning

A

utho

rity

and

Loca

l Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

Prop

osal

s M

aps.

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng

Aut

horit

y•

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

requ

ests

Ann

ual M

iner

al

retu

rns

from

ope

rato

rs.

• A

ppra

ise m

iner

al s

ite

nom

inat

ions

and

allo

cate

Pr

efer

red

Are

as w

ithin

Min

eral

s Lo

cal P

lan.

Am

ount

of e

stim

ated

yie

ld

with

in t

he P

refe

rred

Are

as

allo

cate

d to

mee

t th

e pl

an

prov

ision

Pe

rmitt

ed r

eser

ves

(in

year

s) n

ot t

o fa

ll be

low

7

year

s w

orth

of s

uppl

y at

the

la

test

app

ortio

nmen

t.

Plan

ning

con

sent

s gr

ante

d fo

r sa

nd &

gra

vel e

xtra

ctio

n m

ade

outs

ide

pref

erre

d ar

eas

iden

tified

with

in

Min

eral

s Lo

cal P

lan.

Plan

ning

con

sent

s gr

ante

d fo

r sa

nd &

gra

vel e

xtra

ctio

n m

ade

with

in p

refe

rred

are

as

iden

tified

with

in M

iner

als

Loca

l Pla

n.

INo

mor

e su

itabl

e Pr

efer

red

Are

as h

ave

been

iden

tified

in

acc

orda

nce

with

Pol

icy

crite

ria.

In a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

resh

old

for

Polic

y C

S4: M

aint

aini

ng

the

Leve

l of S

and

and

Gra

vel

Prov

ision

.Lo

cal P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

ies

• C

onsu

lt w

ith M

iner

als

Plan

ning

Aut

horit

y on

hou

sing

appl

icat

ions

with

in p

refe

rred

ar

eas.

Min

eral

s In

dust

ry•

Subm

it m

iner

als

site

nom

inat

ions

to

be c

onsid

ered

fo

r al

loca

tion

as P

refe

rred

A

reas

with

in M

iner

als

Loca

l Pl

an.

Land

ow

ners

• Su

bmit

sites

to

be c

onsid

ered

as

Pre

ferr

ed A

reas

with

in

Min

eral

s Lo

cal P

lan.

Polic

y C

S6: S

ites

for

Rec

ycle

d an

d Se

cond

ary

Agg

rega

tes

SO1:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of M

iner

als

Dev

elop

men

t.

SO9:

Pro

tect

ion

of

the

Met

ropo

litan

G

reen

Bel

t an

d A

reas

of

Out

stan

ding

N

atur

al B

eaut

y.

Prom

ote

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

e ag

greg

ates

whe

reve

r pr

actic

able

.

Seek

to

ensu

re t

hat

adeq

uate

faci

litie

s ar

e av

aila

ble

to

mee

t th

e ca

paci

ty

requ

irem

ents

set

ou

t in

Pol

icy

CS4

: A

dditi

onal

was

te

man

agem

ent

capa

city

and

sel

f-co

ntai

nmen

t.

Min

eral

s an

d W

aste

Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

• M

iner

als

Plan

ning

Aut

horit

y re

ques

ts A

nnua

l Min

eral

re

turn

s fo

r Se

cond

ary

and

Rec

ycle

d ag

greg

ate

oper

ator

s.

Am

ount

of (

i) se

cond

ary

and

(ii)

recy

cled

agg

rega

te

prod

uced

in t

he M

PA a

rea

in t

onne

s pe

r an

num

.

Am

ount

of a

dditi

onal

C&

D

recy

clin

g or

sec

onda

ry

proc

essin

g ca

paci

ty (

i) pe

rmitt

ed p

er

No

appl

icat

ions

sub

mitt

ed

for

the

rece

ptio

n,

proc

essin

g an

d di

strib

utio

n of

sec

onda

ry /

recy

cled

ag

greg

ates

.M

iner

als

Indu

stry

• Su

bmiss

ion

of s

ite n

omin

atio

ns

and

prop

osal

s fo

r ne

w

93

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

and

Enha

ncin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

tW

aste

man

agem

ent

oper

ator

s•

Subm

issio

n of

site

nom

inat

ions

an

d pr

opos

als

for

new

se

cond

ary

and

recy

cled

site

s.•

Subm

it w

aste

man

agem

ent

capa

city

dat

a to

MW

PA.

Faci

litie

s gr

ante

d pl

anni

ng

perm

issio

n on

site

s no

t in

con

form

ity w

ith P

olic

y cr

iteria

.

Con

stru

ctio

n In

dust

ry•

Subm

issio

n of

Site

Was

te

Man

agem

ent

Plan

s.•

Incr

ease

the

use

and

the

refo

re

dem

and

of a

ltern

ativ

e m

ater

ials.

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Invo

lve

Min

eral

s an

d W

aste

Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

with

in

pre-

appl

icat

ion

disc

ussio

ns

and

Plan

ning

App

licat

ion

cons

ulta

tion

for

maj

or

deve

lopm

ent.

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

Polic

y C

S5:

Pref

erre

d A

reas

SO1:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of M

iner

als

Dev

elop

men

t

SO4:

Spa

tial

dist

ribut

ion

of M

iner

als

Dev

elop

men

t

SO9:

Pro

tect

ion

of

the

Met

ropo

litan

G

reen

Bel

t an

d A

reas

of

Out

stan

ding

N

atur

al B

eaut

y

SO10

: Pro

tect

ing

and

Enha

ncin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

t

min

eral

wor

king

, se

ekin

g al

loca

tion

as

Pref

erre

d A

reas

.

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng

Aut

horit

y to

allo

cate

ap

prop

riate

num

ber

of P

refe

rred

Are

as

in c

onfo

rmity

w

ith P

olic

y cr

iteria

M

iner

als

Loca

l Pla

n.

Pref

erre

d A

reas

to

be id

entifi

ed o

n M

iner

als

Plan

ning

A

utho

rity

and

Loca

l Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

Prop

osal

s M

aps.

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng

Aut

horit

y•

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

requ

ests

Ann

ual M

iner

al

retu

rns

from

ope

rato

rs.

• A

ppra

ise m

iner

al s

ite

nom

inat

ions

and

allo

cate

Pr

efer

red

Are

as w

ithin

Min

eral

s Lo

cal P

lan.

Am

ount

of e

stim

ated

yie

ld

with

in t

he P

refe

rred

Are

as

allo

cate

d to

mee

t th

e pl

an

prov

ision

Pe

rmitt

ed r

eser

ves

(in

year

s) n

ot t

o fa

ll be

low

7

year

s w

orth

of s

uppl

y at

the

la

test

app

ortio

nmen

t.

Plan

ning

con

sent

s gr

ante

d fo

r sa

nd &

gra

vel e

xtra

ctio

n m

ade

outs

ide

pref

erre

d ar

eas

iden

tified

with

in

Min

eral

s Lo

cal P

lan.

Plan

ning

con

sent

s gr

ante

d fo

r sa

nd &

gra

vel e

xtra

ctio

n m

ade

with

in p

refe

rred

are

as

iden

tified

with

in M

iner

als

Loca

l Pla

n.

INo

mor

e su

itabl

e Pr

efer

red

Are

as h

ave

been

iden

tified

in

acc

orda

nce

with

Pol

icy

crite

ria.

In a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

resh

old

for

Polic

y C

S4: M

aint

aini

ng

the

Leve

l of S

and

and

Gra

vel

Prov

ision

.Lo

cal P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

ies

• C

onsu

lt w

ith M

iner

als

Plan

ning

Aut

horit

y on

hou

sing

appl

icat

ions

with

in p

refe

rred

ar

eas.

Min

eral

s In

dust

ry•

Subm

it m

iner

als

site

nom

inat

ions

to

be c

onsid

ered

fo

r al

loca

tion

as P

refe

rred

A

reas

with

in M

iner

als

Loca

l Pl

an.

Land

ow

ners

• Su

bmit

sites

to

be c

onsid

ered

as

Pre

ferr

ed A

reas

with

in

Min

eral

s Lo

cal P

lan.

Polic

y C

S6: S

ites

for

Rec

ycle

d an

d Se

cond

ary

Agg

rega

tes

SO1:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of M

iner

als

Dev

elop

men

t.

SO9:

Pro

tect

ion

of

the

Met

ropo

litan

G

reen

Bel

t an

d A

reas

of

Out

stan

ding

N

atur

al B

eaut

y.

Prom

ote

the

use

of a

ltern

ativ

e ag

greg

ates

whe

reve

r pr

actic

able

.

Seek

to

ensu

re t

hat

adeq

uate

faci

litie

s ar

e av

aila

ble

to

mee

t th

e ca

paci

ty

requ

irem

ents

set

ou

t in

Pol

icy

CS4

: A

dditi

onal

was

te

man

agem

ent

capa

city

and

sel

f-co

ntai

nmen

t.

Min

eral

s an

d W

aste

Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

• M

iner

als

Plan

ning

Aut

horit

y re

ques

ts A

nnua

l Min

eral

re

turn

s fo

r Se

cond

ary

and

Rec

ycle

d ag

greg

ate

oper

ator

s.

Am

ount

of (

i) se

cond

ary

and

(ii)

recy

cled

agg

rega

te

prod

uced

in t

he M

PA a

rea

in t

onne

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r an

num

.

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ount

of a

dditi

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g or

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ry

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paci

ty (

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ed p

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appl

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ions

sub

mitt

ed

for

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rece

ptio

n,

proc

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strib

utio

n of

sec

onda

ry /

recy

cled

ag

greg

ates

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iner

als

Indu

stry

• Su

bmiss

ion

of s

ite n

omin

atio

ns

and

prop

osal

s fo

r ne

w



94

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

Polic

y C

S7: R

ail

Agg

rega

te D

epot

s an

d W

harf

Fac

ilitie

s

SO5:

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

of M

iner

als

SO9:

Pro

tect

ion

of

the

Met

ropo

litan

G

reen

Bel

t an

d C

hilte

rns A

reas

of

Out

stan

ding

N

atur

al B

eaut

y

SO10

: Pro

tect

ing

and

Enha

ncin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

t

Safe

guar

d ex

istin

g ag

greg

ate

rail

depo

ts

from

oth

er fo

rms

of

deve

lopm

ent.

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k w

ith t

he

Dist

rict

Cou

ncils

to

saf

egua

rd

suita

ble

sites

for

the

tran

spor

t of

ag

greg

ates

by

rail

or

wat

er fo

r in

clus

ion

in t

he M

iner

als

Loca

l Pl

an.

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng

Aut

horit

y•

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

requ

ests

Ann

ual M

iner

al

retu

rns

for

tonn

age

of m

iner

als

tran

spor

ted

to /

from

rai

l ag

greg

ate

depo

ts /

wha

rves

. •

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erta

ke s

ite s

earc

h fo

r ne

w

rail

aggr

egat

e de

pot

/ wha

rves

an

d al

loca

te in

Min

eral

s Lo

cal

Plan

.

Plan

ning

con

sent

gra

nted

on

RA

D s

ite n

ot fo

r th

e tr

ansp

orta

tion

of m

iner

als.

Iden

tifica

tion

of n

ew r

ail

aggr

egat

e de

pots

/ w

harv

es.

Tonn

age

of m

iner

al

tran

spor

ted

by r

ail.

One

or

mor

e ra

il ag

greg

ate

depo

t / w

harf

lost

to

non-

min

eral

rel

ated

dev

elop

men

t co

ntra

ry t

o po

licy

obje

ctio

n by

the

MPA

.

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Ass

ist in

iden

tifyi

ng s

ites

for

use

as r

ail a

ggre

gate

dep

ots

/ w

harv

es

Min

eral

s In

dust

ry•

Supp

ly A

nnua

l Min

eral

ret

urns

in

form

atio

n re

gard

ing

tonn

age

of m

iner

als

tran

spor

ted

via

rail

aggr

egat

e de

pots

/ w

harv

es.

Rai

l hau

lage

op

erat

ors

• Su

pply

Ann

ual M

iner

al r

etur

ns

info

rmat

ion

rega

rdin

g to

nnag

e of

min

eral

s tr

ansp

orte

d vi

a ra

il ag

greg

ate

depo

ts /

wha

rves

to

MPA

.•

Iden

tify

and

nom

inat

e ne

w r

ail

aggr

egat

e de

pot

/ wha

rf s

ites

for

incl

usio

n in

the

Min

eral

s Lo

cal P

lan.

Cha

pter

5: W

aste

Polic

y C

S8:

Was

te P

reve

ntio

n in

N

ew D

evel

opm

ent

SO2:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of

Was

te M

anag

emen

t

Rai

se a

war

enes

s of

su

stai

nabl

e de

sign

and

cons

truc

tion

tech

niqu

es.

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y•

Adv

ise t

he D

istric

t C

ounc

ils o

n m

ajor

pla

nnin

g ap

plic

atio

ns t

o en

sure

tha

t w

aste

is p

reve

nted

on

new

dev

elop

men

ts.

Num

ber

of p

lann

ing

appl

icat

ions

for

maj

or n

ew

deve

lopm

ent

(thr

esho

ld fo

r ‘m

ajor

new

dev

elop

men

t’ to

be

dete

rmin

ed in

ag

reem

ent

with

the

Dist

rict

Cou

ncils

)

The

num

ber

of p

lann

ing

appl

icat

ions

for

maj

or n

ew

deve

lopm

ent

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Cou

nty

Cou

ncil

has

advi

sed

upon

in

term

s of

was

te p

reve

ntio

n is

less

tha

n th

e nu

mbe

r of

suc

h

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Con

sult

with

WPA

on

maj

or

plan

ning

app

licat

ions

.

95

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

Con

stru

ctio

n In

dust

ry•

Enga

gem

ent

with

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

if Lo

cal

Plan

ning

Aut

horit

y is

min

ded

to

refu

se t

he p

lann

ing

appl

icat

ion

to d

iscus

s op

tions

for

alte

rnat

ive

prop

osal

s.

that

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Cou

nty

Cou

ncil

has

advi

sed

the

Dist

rict

Cou

ncils

upo

n in

ter

ms

of

was

te p

reve

ntio

n.

Num

ber

of p

lann

ing

appl

icat

ions

for

maj

or n

ew

deve

lopm

ent

perm

itted

by

the

Dist

rict

Cou

ncils

co

ntra

ry t

o th

e ad

vice

of

the

Cou

nty

Cou

ncil

in

term

s of

was

te p

reve

ntio

n –

0.

appl

icat

ions

det

erm

ined

by

the

Dist

rict

Cou

ncils

.

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iew

the

gro

unds

with

w

hich

pla

nnin

g pe

rmiss

ion

has

been

gra

nted

con

trar

y to

WPA

pol

icy

obje

ctio

n.

Polic

y C

S9:

Add

ition

al W

aste

M

anag

emen

t C

apac

ity a

nd N

et

Self-

suffi

cien

cy

SO2:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of

Was

te M

anag

emen

t

SO6:

Spa

tial

Dist

ribut

ion

of W

aste

D

evel

opm

ent

Ensu

re e

noug

h w

aste

man

agem

ent

capa

city

is p

rovi

ded

to m

eet

the

coun

ty’s

need

s th

roug

hout

th

e pl

an p

erio

d.

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y•

Iden

tify

suffi

cien

t ca

paci

ty

prov

ision

and

allo

cate

in

MW

CS

/ Was

te L

ocal

Pla

n•

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y re

ques

ts W

aste

Man

agem

ent

oper

ator

ret

urns

.•

Mon

itor

all w

aste

man

agem

ent

capa

city

thr

ough

pla

nnin

g ap

plic

atio

n co

nsen

ts a

nd

envi

ronm

enta

l per

mit.

Cap

acity

of n

ew w

aste

m

anag

emen

t fa

cilit

ies

– (i)

ne

w p

erm

itted

cap

acity

; (ii)

ne

w o

pera

tiona

l cap

acity

; (ii

i) w

aste

lice

nce

tonn

age

rest

rictio

n an

d (iv

) le

ngth

of

cons

ent.

Expo

rts

of h

azar

dous

&

radi

oact

ive

was

te fr

om

Buck

ingh

amsh

ire.

Loca

tion

of r

epro

cess

ing

faci

litie

s fo

r Bu

ckin

gham

shire

re

cycl

able

mat

eria

ls.

Diff

eren

ce b

etw

een

addi

tiona

l rec

yclin

g, co

mpo

stin

g an

d en

ergy

Cha

nge

in n

atio

nal a

nd lo

cal

land

fill d

iver

sion

targ

ets

Not

eno

ugh

prov

ision

is

mad

e w

ithin

the

Was

te

Loca

l Pla

n

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Ref

er a

ny w

aste

man

agem

ent

use

plan

ning

app

licat

ions

to

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y. •

Enha

nce

recy

clin

g ra

tes

to

incr

ease

effi

cien

cy o

f cur

rent

w

aste

man

agem

ent

proc

esse

s.

Was

te M

anag

emen

t O

pera

tors

• N

omin

ate

sites

for

incl

usio

n in

W

aste

Loc

al P

lan

• Su

bmit

prop

osal

s to

del

iver

ca

paci

ty r

equi

rem

ents

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

Polic

y C

S7: R

ail

Agg

rega

te D

epot

s an

d W

harf

Fac

ilitie

s

SO5:

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

of M

iner

als

SO9:

Pro

tect

ion

of

the

Met

ropo

litan

G

reen

Bel

t an

d C

hilte

rns A

reas

of

Out

stan

ding

N

atur

al B

eaut

y

SO10

: Pro

tect

ing

and

Enha

ncin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

t

Safe

guar

d ex

istin

g ag

greg

ate

rail

depo

ts

from

oth

er fo

rms

of

deve

lopm

ent.

Wor

k w

ith t

he

Dist

rict

Cou

ncils

to

saf

egua

rd

suita

ble

sites

for

the

tran

spor

t of

ag

greg

ates

by

rail

or

wat

er fo

r in

clus

ion

in t

he M

iner

als

Loca

l Pl

an.

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng

Aut

horit

y•

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

requ

ests

Ann

ual M

iner

al

retu

rns

for

tonn

age

of m

iner

als

tran

spor

ted

to /

from

rai

l ag

greg

ate

depo

ts /

wha

rves

. •

Und

erta

ke s

ite s

earc

h fo

r ne

w

rail

aggr

egat

e de

pot

/ wha

rves

an

d al

loca

te in

Min

eral

s Lo

cal

Plan

.

Plan

ning

con

sent

gra

nted

on

RA

D s

ite n

ot fo

r th

e tr

ansp

orta

tion

of m

iner

als.

Iden

tifica

tion

of n

ew r

ail

aggr

egat

e de

pots

/ w

harv

es.

Tonn

age

of m

iner

al

tran

spor

ted

by r

ail.

One

or

mor

e ra

il ag

greg

ate

depo

t / w

harf

lost

to

non-

min

eral

rel

ated

dev

elop

men

t co

ntra

ry t

o po

licy

obje

ctio

n by

the

MPA

.

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Ass

ist in

iden

tifyi

ng s

ites

for

use

as r

ail a

ggre

gate

dep

ots

/ w

harv

es

Min

eral

s In

dust

ry•

Supp

ly A

nnua

l Min

eral

ret

urns

in

form

atio

n re

gard

ing

tonn

age

of m

iner

als

tran

spor

ted

via

rail

aggr

egat

e de

pots

/ w

harv

es.

Rai

l hau

lage

op

erat

ors

• Su

pply

Ann

ual M

iner

al r

etur

ns

info

rmat

ion

rega

rdin

g to

nnag

e of

min

eral

s tr

ansp

orte

d vi

a ra

il ag

greg

ate

depo

ts /

wha

rves

to

MPA

.•

Iden

tify

and

nom

inat

e ne

w r

ail

aggr

egat

e de

pot

/ wha

rf s

ites

for

incl

usio

n in

the

Min

eral

s Lo

cal P

lan.

Cha

pter

5: W

aste

Polic

y C

S8:

Was

te P

reve

ntio

n in

N

ew D

evel

opm

ent

SO2:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of

Was

te M

anag

emen

t

Rai

se a

war

enes

s of

su

stai

nabl

e de

sign

and

cons

truc

tion

tech

niqu

es.

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y•

Adv

ise t

he D

istric

t C

ounc

ils o

n m

ajor

pla

nnin

g ap

plic

atio

ns t

o en

sure

tha

t w

aste

is p

reve

nted

on

new

dev

elop

men

ts.

Num

ber

of p

lann

ing

appl

icat

ions

for

maj

or n

ew

deve

lopm

ent

(thr

esho

ld fo

r ‘m

ajor

new

dev

elop

men

t’ to

be

dete

rmin

ed in

ag

reem

ent

with

the

Dist

rict

Cou

ncils

)

The

num

ber

of p

lann

ing

appl

icat

ions

for

maj

or n

ew

deve

lopm

ent

the

Cou

nty

Cou

ncil

has

advi

sed

upon

in

term

s of

was

te p

reve

ntio

n is

less

tha

n th

e nu

mbe

r of

suc

h

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Con

sult

with

WPA

on

maj

or

plan

ning

app

licat

ions

.



96

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

• Su

pply

Ann

ual M

onito

ring

retu

rns

rela

ting

to n

ew a

nd

exist

ing

was

te m

anag

emen

t ca

paci

ty.

reco

very

ton

nage

and

tha

t st

ated

in P

olic

y C

S9 a

s re

quire

d.

Envi

ronm

ent

Age

ncy

• Pr

ovid

e w

aste

man

agem

ent

licen

ce d

ata,

was

te d

ata

flow

in

terr

ogat

or.

Polic

y C

S10:

In

dica

tive

Loca

l R

ecyc

ling

and

Com

post

ing

Cap

acity

to

be

prov

ided

by

2026

SO2:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of

Was

te M

anag

emen

t

SO7:

Saf

egua

rdin

g of

Exi

stin

g W

aste

Si

tes

Ensu

re e

noug

h w

aste

man

agem

ent

capa

city

is p

rovi

ded

to m

eet t

he C

ount

y’s

need

s th

roug

hout

th

e pl

an p

erio

d.

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y•

Und

erta

ke s

ite a

ppra

isal a

nd

allo

cate

site

s in

Was

te L

ocal

Pl

an.

• W

PA r

eque

sts

and

colla

tes

was

te m

anag

emen

t op

erat

or

retu

rns

to m

onito

r w

aste

m

anag

emen

t ca

paci

ty b

y ea

ch

dist

rict.

Cap

acity

of n

ew w

aste

m

anag

emen

t fa

cilit

ies

– (i)

ne

w p

erm

itted

cap

acity

and

(ii

) ne

w o

pera

tiona

l cap

acity

.

Brea

kdow

n of

cap

acity

of

new

rec

yclin

g an

d co

mpo

stin

g fa

cilit

ies

– (i)

ne

w p

erm

itted

cap

acity

and

(ii

) ne

w o

pera

tiona

l cap

acity

by

eac

h D

istric

t.

Rem

aini

ng p

rovi

sion

requ

ired

over

the

Pla

n pe

riod

Prov

ision

of n

ew c

apac

ity

is m

ade

disp

ropo

rtio

nate

ly

to p

opul

atio

n w

ithin

eac

h di

stric

t.

Site

s ca

nnot

be

iden

tified

on

land

use

s id

entifi

ed in

the

cr

iteria

.

Cap

acity

to

mee

t a

maj

ority

of t

he p

rovi

sion

requ

irem

ents

can

not

be

iden

tified

in e

ach

Dist

rict.

Perm

issio

n gr

ante

d fo

r re

cycl

ing

/ com

post

ing

faci

litie

s on

land

use

s no

t id

entifi

ed in

crit

eria

.

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Wor

k w

ith W

PA t

o id

entif

y ap

prop

riate

site

s / l

and

uses

su

itabl

e fo

r sit

e al

loca

tions

Was

te M

anag

emen

t O

pera

tors

• Su

bmit

site

nom

inat

ions

for

incl

usio

n in

the

Was

te L

ocal

Pl

an.

• Su

pply

ann

ual m

onito

ring

retu

rns

info

rmat

ion

for

recy

clin

g an

d co

mpo

stin

g ca

paci

ty t

o W

PA.

Envi

ronm

ent

Age

ncy

• Pr

ovid

e w

aste

man

agem

ent

licen

ce d

ata,

was

te d

ata

flow

in

terr

ogat

or.

Polic

y C

S11:

St

rate

gic

Was

te

Com

plex

SO2:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of

Was

te M

anag

emen

t

To e

ncou

rage

th

e de

liver

y of

a

reco

very

led

Stra

tegi

c W

aste

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y•

Del

iver

was

te p

lann

ing

stra

tegy

th

roug

h on

goin

g co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith w

aste

indu

stry

.

Cap

acity

of n

ew w

aste

m

anag

emen

t fa

cilit

ies

– (i)

ne

w p

erm

itted

cap

acity

;

A fa

cilit

y fo

r th

e re

cove

ry o

f Bu

ckin

gham

shire

’s

97

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

(SW

C)

at C

alve

rt

Land

fill S

iteSO

6: S

patia

l D

istrib

utio

n of

Was

te

Dev

elop

men

t

SO7:

Saf

egua

rdin

g of

Exi

stin

g W

aste

Si

tes

SO10

: Pro

tect

ing

and

Enha

ncin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

t

Com

plex

at

Cal

vert

La

ndfil

l Site

by

2015

to

ach

ieve

land

fill

dive

rsio

n ta

rget

s

Poss

ible

tha

t fa

cilit

y no

t m

ight

com

e fo

rwar

d du

e to

pr

ocur

emen

t de

cisio

n an

d m

arke

t fo

rces

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Ass

ist in

saf

egua

rdin

g al

loca

tions

from

non

-was

te

rela

ted

deve

lopm

ent

(ii)

new

ope

ratio

nal c

apac

ity.

At

leas

t a

was

te r

ecov

ery

faci

lity

oper

atio

nal b

y 20

15.

If Po

st 2

015:

i) Pl

anni

ng p

erm

issio

n gr

ante

d; o

rii)

Est

imat

ed o

pera

tion

date

Prog

ress

thr

ough

pr

ocur

emen

t pr

oces

ses.

Prog

ress

thr

ough

pla

nnin

g pr

oces

ses.

Estim

ated

dat

e fo

r co

nstr

uctio

n &

co

mm

issio

ning

.

Num

ber

of p

lann

ing

perm

issio

ns g

rant

ed

cont

rary

to

Envi

ronm

ent

Age

ncy

advi

ce o

n flo

odin

g an

d w

ater

qua

lity

grou

nds.

Am

ount

of c

apac

ity fo

r re

cove

ry o

f hea

t.

resid

ual w

aste

doe

s no

t ha

ve p

lann

ing

cons

ent

by

begi

nnin

g 20

15.

No

oper

atio

nal c

apac

ity is

av

aila

ble

by 2

015.

An

Envi

ronm

ent A

genc

y en

viro

nmen

tal p

erm

it ha

s no

t be

en g

rant

ed b

y w

aste

m

anag

emen

t op

erat

or a

t C

alve

rt la

ndfil

l site

afte

r pl

anni

ng p

erm

issio

n ha

s be

en g

rant

ed b

y 20

15.

Was

te m

anag

emen

t op

erat

or a

t C

alve

rt

Land

fill S

ite

• Su

pply

Ann

ual M

onito

ring

retu

rns

info

rmat

ion

for

was

te

man

agem

ent

oper

atio

n at

C

alve

rt L

andfi

ll Si

te a

nd

plan

ned

futu

re d

evel

opm

ents

.•

Subm

it pr

opos

als

for

was

te

rela

ted

activ

ities

on

Cal

vert

la

ndfil

l site

.

Envi

ronm

ent

Age

ncy

• Pr

ovid

e w

aste

man

agem

ent

licen

ce d

ata,

was

te d

ata

flow

in

terr

ogat

or.

• W

ork

with

WPA

and

ope

rato

r at

Cal

vert

Lan

dfill

Site

to

achi

eve

acce

ptab

le p

ropo

sals

in

line

with

pol

icy

crite

ria



98

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

Polic

y C

S12:

Es

sent

ial

Infr

astr

uctu

re

to s

uppo

rt t

he

Stra

tegi

c W

aste

C

ompl

ex a

t C

alve

rt

Land

fill S

ite

SO6:

Spa

tial

Dist

ribut

ion

of W

aste

D

evel

opm

ent

SO7:

Saf

egua

rdin

g of

Exi

stin

g W

aste

Si

tes

SO8:

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

of W

aste

SO10

: Pro

tect

ing

and

Enha

ncin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

t

To s

uppo

rt t

he

deliv

ery

of e

ssen

tial

infr

astr

uctu

re

requ

ired

to a

chie

ve

a re

cove

ry le

d St

rate

gic

Was

te

Com

plex

at

Cal

vert

La

ndfil

l Site

by

2015

.

Allo

cate

site

s fo

r po

tent

ial W

aste

Tr

ansf

er S

tatio

n at

Lo

ndon

Roa

d D

epot

, A

mer

sham

and

Hig

h H

eave

ns W

aste

C

ompl

ex, H

igh

Wyc

ombe

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y•

Invo

lvem

ent

in p

re-a

pplic

atio

n an

d pl

anni

ng a

pplic

atio

n to

se

ek c

onfo

rmity

with

pol

icy

crite

ria.

• W

PA r

eque

sts W

aste

M

anag

emen

t op

erat

or r

etur

ns.

Cap

acity

of n

ew w

aste

m

anag

emen

t fa

cilit

ies

– (i)

ne

w p

erm

itted

cap

acity

; (ii)

ne

w o

pera

tiona

l cap

acity

.

Plan

ning

per

miss

ion

gran

ted

for

a w

aste

rec

over

y fa

cilit

y fo

r bo

th t

he r

ecov

ery

of

MSW

and

C&

I was

te a

nd

asso

ciat

ed n

ew a

cces

s ro

ad

by 2

015.

Plan

ning

per

miss

ion

gran

ted

Was

te T

rans

fer

Stat

ion

faci

litie

s at

Lon

don

Roa

d D

epot

, Am

ersh

am a

nd

at H

igh

Hea

vens

Was

te

Com

plex

, Hig

h W

ycom

be.

A w

aste

rec

over

y fa

cilit

y an

d as

soci

ated

new

acc

ess

road

has

not

bee

n gr

ante

d pl

anni

ng p

erm

issio

n at

C

alve

rt L

andfi

ll sit

e (s

ee

Polic

y C

S11

abov

e)

Plan

ning

per

miss

ion

for

WT

S at

Lon

don

Roa

d D

epot

and

/or

Hig

h H

eave

ns

was

te c

ompl

ex n

ot g

rant

ed

by 2

015.

Was

te m

anag

emen

t op

erat

ors

• Su

bmiss

ion

of p

ropo

sals

to

supp

ort

the

prov

ision

of a

n SW

C a

t C

alve

rt L

andfi

ll Si

te.

Envi

ronm

ent

Age

ncy

• Pr

ovid

e w

aste

man

agem

ent

licen

ce d

ata,

was

te d

ata

flow

in

terr

ogat

or.

Polic

y C

S13:

C

ontin

genc

ySO

2: Im

prov

ing

the

Sust

aina

bilit

y of

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

To s

uppo

rt t

he

deliv

ery

of a

n al

tern

ativ

e fa

cilit

y if

plan

ning

per

miss

ion

is no

t gr

ante

d fo

r su

ch a

faci

lity

at

Cal

vert

Lan

dfill

Site

by

201

5.

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y•

Mon

itor

all w

aste

man

agem

ent

capa

city

• U

nder

take

site

sea

rch

exer

cise

to

find

an

alte

rnat

ive

site.

Plan

ning

per

miss

ion

gran

ted

for

a w

aste

rec

over

y fa

cilit

y fo

r bo

th t

he r

ecov

ery

of

MSW

and

C&

I was

te b

y 20

15.

To b

e re

view

ed if

pla

nnin

g pe

rmiss

ion

has

been

gr

ante

d fo

r a

reco

very

fa

cilit

y at

Cal

vert

Lan

dfill

site

equi

vale

nt t

o th

e pr

ovisi

on

set

out

in P

olic

y C

S9.

Was

te m

anag

emen

t op

erat

ors

• Su

pply

Ann

ual M

onito

ring

retu

rns

info

rmat

ion

rela

ting

to

was

te m

anag

emen

t ca

paci

ty

and

thro

ughp

uts.

• Su

bmiss

ion

of a

ltern

ativ

e sit

e fo

r de

liver

y of

ene

rgy

reco

very

fa

cilit

y.

99

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

Polic

y C

S14:

Sa

fegu

ardi

ng

Exist

ing

and

Pote

ntia

l Was

te

Site

s

SO2:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of

Was

te M

anag

emen

t

SO7:

Saf

egua

rdin

g of

Exi

stin

g W

aste

Si

tes

SO9:

Pro

tect

ion

of

the

Met

ropo

litan

G

reen

Bel

t an

d C

hilte

rns A

reas

of

Out

stan

ding

N

atur

al B

eaut

y

SO10

: Pro

tect

ing

and

Enha

ncin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

t

Ensu

re a

ll ex

istin

g an

d ot

her

safe

guar

ded

sites

in

tend

ed fo

r w

aste

m

anag

emen

t us

e ar

e in

clud

ed o

n th

e W

aste

Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s an

d Lo

cal

Plan

ning

Aut

horit

ies

prop

osal

s m

aps.

Res

ist p

ropo

sals

for

non-

was

te r

elat

ed

use

on e

xist

ing

safe

guar

ded

sites

in

cons

ulta

tion

with

the

D

istric

t C

ounc

ils.

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y•

Mon

itor

exist

ing

and

perm

itted

w

aste

man

agem

ent

capa

city

.C

apac

ity a

t ex

istin

g sa

fegu

arde

d w

aste

m

anag

emen

t sit

es (

non-

land

fill)

lost

to

non-

was

te

rela

ted

deve

lopm

ent

by

dist

rict

coun

cil a

rea

– 0

Cap

acity

at

othe

r sa

fegu

arde

d sit

es in

tend

ed

for

was

te m

anag

emen

t us

e lo

st t

o no

n-w

aste

rel

ated

de

velo

pmen

t by

dist

rict

coun

cil a

rea

– 0

Num

ber

of r

ail w

aste

tr

ansf

er s

tatio

ns w

hich

hav

e (i)

new

per

mitt

ed c

apac

ity

and

(ii)

new

ope

ratio

nal

capa

city

.

Exist

ing

was

te m

anag

emen

t ca

paci

ty, o

r sit

es s

afeg

uard

ed

for

was

te p

urpo

ses,

has

been

lost

as

a re

sult

of

plan

ning

con

sent

for

non-

was

te r

elat

ed d

evel

opm

ent,

cont

rary

to

polic

y ob

ject

ion

by t

he W

PA.

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Con

sult

with

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y re

latin

g to

alte

rnat

ive

uses

on

or a

djac

ent

to e

xist

ing

was

te m

anag

emen

t sit

es.

Was

te m

anag

emen

t op

erat

ors

• Su

pply

ann

ual m

onito

ring

retu

rns

info

rmat

ion

rega

rdin

g ex

istin

g w

aste

man

agem

ent

capa

city

to

WPA

.

Envi

ronm

ent

Age

ncy

• Pr

ovid

e w

aste

man

agem

ent

licen

ce d

ata

and

was

te d

ata

flow

inte

rrog

ator

.

Polic

y C

S15:

Lan

dfill

SO2:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of

Was

te M

anag

emen

t

Ensu

re s

uffic

ient

w

aste

man

agem

ent

capa

city

is p

rovi

ded

to m

eet t

he C

ount

y’s

need

s th

roug

hout

th

e pl

an p

erio

d.

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y•

Mon

itor

exist

ing

site

plan

ning

pe

rmiss

ions

; cap

acity

and

the

da

te fo

r w

hich

a s

ite is

to

be

rest

ored

.•

Mai

ntai

n co

ntro

l ove

r la

ndfil

l

Rem

aini

ng v

oids

pace

with

in

Buck

ingh

amsh

ire.

Cap

acity

of n

ew la

ndfil

l fa

cilit

ies

– (i)

new

Add

ition

al la

ndfil

l cap

acity

is

perm

itted

for

non-

haza

rdou

s w

aste

.

No

reco

very

cap

acity

is



100

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

Ref

use

all p

ropo

sals

for

non-

haza

rdou

s la

ndfil

l cap

acity

.

capa

city

per

mitt

ed fo

r no

n-ha

zard

ous

was

te.

perm

itted

cap

acity

; (ii)

new

op

erat

iona

l cap

acity

and

(ii

i) le

ngth

of p

erm

issio

n of

co

nsen

ted

capa

city

.

prov

ided

by

2015

and

so

revi

ew o

f lan

dfill

void

is

requ

ired.

Was

te M

anag

emen

t O

pera

tors

• Su

pply

ann

ual m

onito

ring

retu

rns

info

rmat

ion

rega

rdin

g ex

istin

g w

aste

man

agem

ent

capa

city

to

WPA

.

Envi

ronm

ent

Age

ncy

• Pr

ovid

e w

aste

man

agem

ent

licen

ce d

ata

and

was

te d

ata

flow

inte

rrog

ator

dat

a.

Polic

y C

S16:

M

anag

emen

t of

Im

port

ed W

aste

SO2:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of

Was

te M

anag

emen

t

Ref

use

all

prop

osal

s fo

r w

aste

man

agem

ent

capa

city

prim

arily

in

tend

ed fo

r w

aste

no

t ar

ising

in

Buck

ingh

amsh

ire.

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y•

Mon

itor

annu

al n

et fl

ows

of

impo

rts

and

expo

rts

of w

aste

an

d so

urce

• M

onito

r ex

istin

g sit

e pl

anni

ng

perm

issio

ns; c

apac

ity a

nd t

he

date

for

whi

ch a

site

is t

o be

re

stor

ed.

Cap

acity

of n

ew w

aste

m

anag

emen

t fa

cilit

ies

– (i)

ne

w p

erm

itted

cap

acity

; (ii)

ne

w o

pera

tiona

l cap

acity

an

d (ii

i) le

ngth

of p

erm

issio

n of

con

sent

ed c

apac

ity.

Tonn

age

of w

aste

impo

rted

in

to B

ucki

ngha

msh

ire in

to

nnes

per

ann

um b

y (i)

di

spos

al m

etho

d an

d (ii

) en

d di

spos

al p

oint

and

(iii)

by

sou

rce.

A y

ear

on y

ear

decl

ine

in t

he a

mou

nt o

f was

te

impo

rted

from

Lon

don

(per

cent

age

rise/

fall)

.

The

am

ount

of w

aste

im

port

ed h

as n

ot c

ontin

ued

to d

eclin

e ye

ar-o

n-ye

ar b

y 20

16.

Add

ition

al la

ndfil

l cap

acity

ha

s be

en g

rant

ed p

lann

ing

perm

issio

n pr

imar

ily t

o re

ceiv

e w

aste

from

Lon

don

cont

rary

to

polic

y ob

ject

ion

by t

he W

aste

Pla

nnin

g A

utho

rity.

May

or o

f Lon

don

• Lo

ndon

Pla

n: S

ets

out

the

May

ors

stra

tegy

reg

ardi

ng

expo

rts

of L

ondo

n’s

was

te in

to

Buck

ingh

amsh

ire.

Envi

ronm

ent

Age

ncy

• Pr

ovid

e w

aste

man

agem

ent

licen

ce d

ata,

was

te d

ata

flow

in

terr

ogat

or d

ata

(incl

udin

g im

port

s an

d ex

port

s).

Lond

on W

aste

A

utho

ritie

s•

Tonn

ages

and

typ

es o

f was

te

expo

rted

to

Buck

ingh

amsh

ire

by (

i) di

spos

al m

etho

d an

d (ii

) en

d di

spos

al p

oint

and

(iii)

by

sour

ce.

101

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

Was

te M

anag

emen

t O

pera

tors

• Su

pply

ann

ual m

onito

ring

retu

rns

info

rmat

ion

rega

rdin

g ex

istin

g w

aste

man

agem

ent

capa

city

to

WPA

.

Polic

y C

S17:

Se

wag

e Tr

eatm

ent

Wor

ks

SO2:

Impr

ovin

g th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

of

Was

te M

anag

emen

t

Incr

ease

in fa

cilit

ies/

capa

city

to

be

cons

ider

ed in

are

as

of g

row

th t

o m

eet

iden

tified

nee

d.

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y•

Mon

itor

exist

ing

site

plan

ning

pe

rmiss

ions

and

cap

acity

.•

Wor

k w

ith L

PAs

to id

entif

y a

need

and

loca

tion

for

new

ST

W c

apac

ity.

• Li

aise

with

wat

er c

ompa

nies

re

gard

ing

suita

ble

prop

osal

s fo

r ST

W.

Cap

acity

of n

ew w

aste

m

anag

emen

t fa

cilit

ies

– (i)

ne

w p

erm

itted

cap

acity

; (ii)

ne

w o

pera

tiona

l cap

acity

.

Sew

age

Trea

tmen

t Wor

ks

gran

ted

plan

ning

per

miss

ion

cont

rary

to

polic

y ob

ject

ion

by t

he W

aste

Pla

nnin

g A

utho

rity.

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Con

sult

with

Was

te P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

y on

sui

tabi

lity

of

prop

osal

s fo

r ST

W.

Envi

ronm

ent

Age

ncy

• Su

pply

dat

a re

latin

g to

ST

W

capa

city

.

Wat

er C

ompa

nies

• Pr

ovisi

on o

f new

site

in

form

atio

n or

inte

rest

in

exte

nsio

ns t

o ex

istin

g sit

es.

• C

onsu

lt w

ith W

PA a

nd L

PA

on s

ubm

issio

n of

pro

posa

ls fo

r ST

W.

Cha

pter

6: P

rote

ctio

n an

d En

hanc

emen

t of

Buc

king

ham

shir

e’s

Envi

ronm

ent

Polic

y C

S18:

Pr

otec

tion

of

Envi

ronm

enta

l A

sset

s of

In

tern

atio

nal

and

Nat

iona

l im

port

ance

SO10

: Pro

tect

ing

and

Enha

ncin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

t

Prot

ect

envi

ronm

enta

l ass

ets

of in

tern

atio

nal

and

natio

nal

impo

rtan

ce fr

om

adve

rse

impa

cts

of

min

eral

s an

d w

aste

de

velo

pmen

t.

Min

eral

s an

d W

aste

Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

• Pr

otec

t de

signa

tions

from

ad

vers

e im

pact

s fr

om m

iner

als

and

was

te d

evel

opm

ent.

• M

onito

r th

e st

atus

of e

xist

ing

and

new

des

igna

tions

.

Cha

nge

in a

reas

of

biod

iver

sity

impo

rtan

ce.

Num

ber

of p

ropo

sals

gran

ted

plan

ning

pe

rmiss

ion

in d

esig

natio

ns

of in

tern

atio

nal /

nat

iona

l im

port

ance

aga

inst

MPA

/ W

PA a

ppro

val –

0

Rev

iew

the

gro

unds

with

w

hich

pla

nnin

g pe

rmiss

ion

has

been

gra

nted

con

trar

y to

MPA

/ W

PA p

olic

y re

com

men

datio

n.

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Edit

or a

gree

cha

nges

in

envi

ronm

enta

l des

igna

tions

.

Nat

ural

Eng

land

• G

uida

nce

and

publ

icat

ions

on

good

pra

ctic

e.



102

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

• St

atut

ory

cons

ulte

e.

Engl

ish H

erita

ge•

Gui

danc

e an

d pu

blic

atio

ns o

n go

od p

ract

ice.

• St

atut

ory

cons

ulte

e.

Envi

ronm

ent

Age

ncy

• G

uida

nce

and

publ

icat

ions

on

good

pra

ctic

e.•

Stat

utor

y co

nsul

tee.

Engl

ish H

erita

ge•

Gui

danc

e an

d pu

blic

atio

ns o

n go

od p

ract

ice.

• St

atut

ory

cons

ulte

e.

Oth

er n

atio

nal a

nd

loca

l con

serv

atio

n ag

enci

es,

orga

nisa

tions

and

gr

oups

.

• C

onsu

ltees

dur

ing

plan

ning

ap

plic

atio

n pr

oces

s.•

Att

enda

nce

at li

aiso

n m

eetin

gs

on c

urre

nt w

orki

ng p

ract

ices

of

oper

atio

nal s

ites.

Polic

y C

S19:

Pr

otec

tion

of

Envi

ronm

enta

l A

sset

s of

Lo

cal I

mpo

rtan

ce

SO10

: Pro

tect

ing

and

Enha

ncin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

t

Prot

ect

envi

ronm

enta

l ass

ets

of lo

cal i

mpo

rtan

ce

from

all

pote

ntia

l im

plic

atio

ns o

f w

aste

man

agem

ent

deve

lopm

ent.

Min

eral

s an

d W

aste

Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

• Pr

otec

t de

signa

tions

from

ad

vers

e im

pact

s fr

om m

iner

als

and

was

te d

evel

opm

ent.

• M

onito

r th

e st

atus

of e

xist

ing

and

new

des

igna

tions

.

Cha

nge

in a

reas

of

biod

iver

sity

impo

rtan

ce.

Num

ber

of p

ropo

sals

gran

ted

plan

ning

per

miss

ion

in d

esig

natio

ns o

f loc

al

impo

rtan

ce c

ontr

ary

to

obje

ctio

n by

MPA

/ W

PA

– 0

i) A

ppea

l; or

ii) A

gain

st O

ffice

r re

com

men

datio

n

Rev

iew

the

gro

unds

with

w

hich

pla

nnin

g pe

rmiss

ion

has

been

gra

nted

con

trar

y to

MPA

/ W

PA p

olic

y re

com

men

datio

n.

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Edit

or a

gree

cha

nges

in

envi

ronm

enta

l des

igna

tions

,

Nat

ural

Eng

land

• G

uida

nce

and

publ

icat

ions

on

good

pra

ctic

e.•

Stat

utor

y co

nsul

tee

Envi

ronm

ent

Age

ncy

• G

uida

nce

and

publ

icat

ions

on

good

pra

ctic

e.•

Stat

utor

y co

nsul

tee

103

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

Engl

ish H

erita

ge•

Gui

danc

e an

d pu

blic

atio

ns o

n go

od p

ract

ice.

• St

atut

ory

cons

ulte

e

Num

ber

of p

lann

ing

perm

issio

ns g

rant

ed

cont

rary

to

Envi

ronm

ent

Age

ncy

advi

ce o

n flo

odin

g an

d w

ater

qua

lity

grou

nds.

Inte

rnal

Dra

inag

e Bo

ards

(w

here

ap

prop

riate

)

• Su

pply

of d

rain

age

netw

ork

data

Oth

er n

atio

nal a

nd

loca

l con

serv

atio

n ag

enci

es,

orga

nisa

tions

and

gr

oups

.

• C

onsu

ltees

dur

ing

plan

ning

ap

plic

atio

n pr

oces

s.•

Att

enda

nce

at li

aiso

n m

eetin

gs

on c

urre

nt w

orki

ng p

ract

ices

of

oper

atio

nal s

ites.

Polic

y C

S20:

M

etro

polit

an G

reen

Be

lt

SO9:

Pro

tect

ion

of

the

Met

ropo

litan

G

reen

Bel

t an

d C

hilte

rns A

rea

of O

utst

andi

ng

Nat

ural

Bea

uty

SO10

: Pro

tect

ing

and

Enha

ncin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

t

Ensu

re p

ropo

sals

for

was

te m

anag

emen

t fa

cilit

ies

do n

ot

com

prom

ise t

he

open

ness

of t

he

Met

ropo

litan

Gre

en

Belt.

Min

eral

s an

d W

aste

Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

• Pr

otec

t th

e G

reen

Bel

t fr

om

inap

prop

riate

and

unn

eces

sary

de

velo

pmen

t.•

Ensu

re r

esto

ratio

n pr

opos

als

seek

to

mai

ntai

n op

enne

ss in

th

e G

reen

Bel

t.•

Mon

itor

chan

ges

to G

reen

Bel

t bo

unda

ry.

Num

ber

of p

ropo

sals

gran

ted

plan

ning

per

miss

ion

in t

he M

etro

polit

an G

reen

Be

lt co

ntra

ry t

o ob

ject

ion

by M

PA /

WPA

– 0

i) A

ppea

l; or

ii) A

gain

st O

ffice

r re

com

men

datio

n

Rev

iew

the

gro

unds

with

w

hich

pla

nnin

g pe

rmiss

ion

has

been

gra

nted

con

trar

y to

MPA

/ W

PA p

olic

y re

com

men

datio

n.

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Rev

iew

and

und

erta

ke c

hang

es

to G

reen

Bel

t bo

unda

ry.

Polic

y C

S21:

The

C

hilte

rns

Are

a of

Out

stan

ding

N

atur

al B

eaut

y

SO9:

Pro

tect

ion

of

the

Met

ropo

litan

G

reen

Bel

t an

d C

hilte

rns A

rea

of

Ensu

re p

ropo

sals

for

was

te m

anag

emen

t fa

cilit

ies

do n

ot

com

prom

ise t

he

obje

ctiv

es o

f the

Min

eral

s an

d W

aste

Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

• Pr

otec

t th

e C

hilte

rns A

ON

B fr

om u

nnec

essa

ry m

iner

al a

nd

was

te d

evel

opm

ent

that

wou

ld

confl

ict

with

the

obj

ectiv

es o

f th

e de

signa

tion.

Num

ber

of p

ropo

sals

gran

ted

plan

ning

per

miss

ion

in t

he C

hilte

rns

AO

NB

cont

rary

to

obje

ctio

n by

M

PA /

Rev

iew

the

gro

unds

with

w

hich

pla

nnin

g pe

rmiss

ion

has

been

gra

nted

con

trar

y to

Min

eral

s Pl

anni

ng



104

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

(AO

NB)

Out

stan

ding

N

atur

al B

eaut

y

SO10

: Pro

tect

ing

and

Enha

ncin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

t

Chi

ltern

s A

rea

of

Out

stan

ding

Nat

ural

Be

auty

.

Ensu

re a

ll pr

opos

als

seek

to

cont

ribut

e to

enh

ance

men

t of

th

e C

hilte

rns

Are

a of

O

utst

andi

ng N

atur

al

Beau

ty.

Chi

ltern

s C

onse

rvat

ion

Boar

d•

Prov

ide

cons

ulte

e co

mm

ents

on

pro

posa

ls.•

Del

iver

obj

ectiv

es o

f the

C

hilte

rns A

ON

B M

anag

emen

t Pl

an.

WPA

– 0

i) A

ppea

l; or

ii) A

gain

st O

ffice

r re

com

men

datio

n

Tonn

age

of b

rick

clay

ex

trac

ted

and

gran

ted

plan

ning

per

miss

ion

for

extr

actio

n in

the

Chi

ltern

s A

ON

B.

Was

te m

anag

emen

t ca

paci

ty g

rant

ed p

lann

ing

perm

issio

n in

the

Chi

ltern

s A

ON

B.

Aut

horit

y / W

aste

Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

polic

y re

com

men

datio

n.

Polic

y C

S22:

Des

ign

and

Clim

ate

Cha

nge

SO9:

Pro

tect

ion

of

the

Met

ropo

litan

G

reen

Bel

t an

d

Min

imise

the

ad

vers

e ef

fect

s of

m

iner

als

and

was

te

deve

lopm

ent

on

clim

ate

chan

ge.

Min

eral

s an

d W

aste

Pl

anni

ng A

utho

rity

• Se

ek t

o en

cour

age

the

deliv

ery

of s

usta

inab

le m

iner

als

and

was

te d

evel

opm

ent

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith p

olic

y cr

iteria

.

Num

ber

of p

lann

ing

perm

issio

ns g

rant

ed

cont

rary

to

Envi

ronm

ent

Age

ncy

advi

ce o

n flo

odin

g

1 or

mor

e pr

opos

als

have

be

en g

rant

ed p

lann

ing

perm

issio

n ag

ains

t st

atut

ory

105

MW

CS

Rel

ated

Str

ateg

ic

Obj

ectiv

eIm

plem

enta

tion

Mon

itori

ngT

hres

hold

for

Polic

y R

evie

w

Mec

hani

sm &

Li

mita

tions

Res

posi

ble

Stak

ehol

ders

Rol

e fo

r w

hich

eac

h st

akeh

olde

r is

res

posi

ble

Loca

l Out

put

Indi

cato

r (L

OI)

/ Tar

get

Chi

ltern

s Are

a of

Out

stan

ding

N

atur

al B

eaut

y

SO10

: Pro

tect

ing

and

Enha

ncin

g th

e En

viro

nmen

t

Rai

se a

war

enes

s of

ada

ptat

ion

(res

istan

ce

and

resil

ienc

e),

sust

aina

ble

desig

n an

d co

nstr

uctio

n te

chni

ques

.

Loca

l Pla

nnin

g A

utho

ritie

s•

Edit

or a

gree

cha

nges

in

envi

ronm

enta

l des

igna

tions

.•

Stat

utor

y co

nsul

tee

and

wat

er q

ualit

y gr

ound

s.

Num

ber

of a

pplic

atio

ns

perm

itted

con

trar

y to

ob

ject

ion

by s

tatu

tory

co

nsul

tees

.

Num

ber

of p

ropo

sals

gran

ted

plan

ning

per

miss

ion

agai

nst

MPA

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cons

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app

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obje

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in r

elev

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s an

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utho

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of s

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of p

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loca

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s re

stor

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hem

es a

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ll).

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and

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of fo

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m

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of n

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per

mitt

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n m

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with

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to c

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per

miss

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with

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/ W

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(w

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prop

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of d

rain

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er n

atio

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l con

serv

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n ag

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and

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at li

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gs

on c

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nt w

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ract

ices

of

oper

atio

nal s

ites.

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Appendix A: MWCS Evidence Base

Topic Papers (TP) / Glossary

• TP1: Climate Change

• TP2: Executive Summary of the Sustainability Appraisal

• TP3: Review of Relevant Plans, Policies, Programmes and Initiatives

• TP4: Design

• TP5: Waste Topic Paper

• TP6: Minerals Topic Paper

• TP7: Buckinghamshire Spatial Context

• TP8: Saved Policies of the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2004-2016

• TP9: Area Statements for Allocated Waste Sites in the MWCS

• TP10: Health

• Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Glossary

Sustainability Appraisal

• Sustainability Appraisal of the Buckinghamshire County Council Minerals and Waste Core Strategy (Jacobs)

• Sustainability Appraisal Core Strategy DPD (Preferred Options) (Jacobs, February 2008)

Technical Waste Reports

Plan Provision

• Task B: Verification of the Plan Provision (Jacobs, November 2009)

• Task B: Verification of the Plan Provision – Non-technical Summary (Jacobs, November 2009)

• Task 1: Addendum to Task B – Verification of the Plan Provision (Jacobs, August 2010)

• Task 1: Addendum to Task B – ADAS Report Summary (Jacobs, August 2010)

• Task D: Appropriate Provision to be made on the Strategic Waste Complexes (SWC) and Non-technical Summary) (Jacobs, December 2009)

MW

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ehol

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r w

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l Out

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y C

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onsis

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app

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nd

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ets

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elev

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s an

d st

rate

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.

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l de

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d lo

cal B

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ity

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(BA

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ets.

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ight

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on

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te

deve

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co

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aine

d in

urb

an

area

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eral

s an

d W

aste

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anni

ng A

utho

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• Se

ek t

o en

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deliv

ery

of s

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inab

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and

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reen

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astr

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re S

trat

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nge

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reas

of

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ce.

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ber

of p

ropo

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not

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ity w

ith p

olic

y –

0

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trib

utio

n to

loca

l Bi

odiv

ersit

y A

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n Pl

an

targ

ets

from

(i)

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s re

stor

atio

n sc

hem

es a

nd (

ii)

was

te d

evel

opm

ent

(rise

/fa

ll).

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ber

and

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of fo

rmer

m

iner

al w

orki

ngs

iden

tified

fo

r ec

olog

ical

, her

itage

or

amen

ity v

alue

.

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ber

of n

ew R

ight

s of

Way

per

mitt

ed o

n m

iner

als

and

was

te s

ites

(i)

impl

emen

ted;

(ii)

Rig

hts

of

Way

pat

hs d

iver

ted

(S10

6);

(iii)

repl

acem

ent

Rig

hts

of

Way

rou

tes

(in k

m).

Num

ber

of g

reen

spa

ces

with

mul

ti-fu

nctio

nal

bene

fits

to c

omm

unity

(in

H

a).

1 or

mor

e pr

opos

als

gran

ted

plan

ning

per

miss

ion

not

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith P

olic

y C

S23.

Rev

iew

the

gro

unds

with

w

hich

pla

nnin

g pe

rmiss

ion

has

been

gra

nted

con

trar

y to

MPA

/ W

PA p

olic

y re

com

men

datio

n.Lo

cal P

lann

ing

Aut

horit

ies

• St

atut

ory

Con

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e.

Des

ign

Cou

ncil

• G

uida

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and

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icat

ions

on

good

pra

ctic

e.

Nat

ural

Eng

land

• G

uida

nce

and

publ

icat

ions

on

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Stat

utor

y co

nsul

tee.

Envi

ronm

ent

Age

ncy

• Su

pply

of fl

ood

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to

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.•

Stat

utor

y C

onsu

ltee

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ish H

erita

ge•

Gui

danc

e an

d pu

blic

atio

ns o

n go

od p

ract

ice.

• St

atut

ory

cons

ulte

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Inte

rnal

Dra

inag

e Bo

ards

(w

here

ap

prop

riate

)

• Su

pply

of d

rain

age

netw

ork

data

Oth

er n

atio

nal a

nd

loca

l con

serv

atio

n ag

enci

es,

orga

nisa

tions

and

gr

oups

.

• C

onsu

ltees

dur

ing

plan

ning

ap

plic

atio

n pr

oces

s.•

Att

enda

nce

at li

aiso

n m

eetin

gs

on c

urre

nt w

orki

ng p

ract

ices

of

oper

atio

nal s

ites.



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• Task E: Appropriate Provision to be made on the Waste Transfer Stations (and non-technical Summary) (Jacobs, December 2009)

• Waste Data Interrogator 2009 (Environment Agency)

• The Management and Apportionment of Commercial and Industrial Waste Arisings within Buckinghamshire During 2021 Supplementary Report Following the Review of Potential Preferred Areas (Jacobs, June 2007)

• Soft Market Testing of Contractors for the Management and Apportionment of Commercial and Industrial Waste Arisings within Buckinghamshire During 2021 (Jacobs, May 2007)

• Environment Agency Waste Exemptions Desktop Study – Construction, Demolition and Excavation: Waste Exemptions Desktop Study For the South East (Jacobs, March 2010)

• Study into the Arisings and Management of Hazardous Waste and Low Level Radioactive Waste in the South East Region (SEERA, May 2008)

• Hazardous Waste Interrogator 2009 (Environment Agency)

Minerals

• Letter from the Chief Planning Officer: Revocation of Regional Strategies (July 2010)

• Aggregate supply and demand for sustainable communities: A practical approach to problem solving. The Milton Keynes and South Midlands Growth Zone – a case study (British Geological Survey, 2007)

• Mineral Profile: Cement Raw Materials (British Geological Survey, November 2005)

• Minerals Resource Information in Support of National, Regional and Local Planning: Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes (British Geological Survey, 2003)

• Apportionment of Sand and Gravel in Buckinghamshire between New Bucks and Milton Keynes Council, Phase one and two reports, September 1996 and November 1996 (Symonds Travers Morgan)

Transport Assessments

• Calvert Landfill Site Transport Evaluation (Jacobs, April 2009)

• Woodham Industrial Area Transport Evaluation (Jacobs, April 2009)

• Waste Transfer Stations Transport Evaluations (Jacobs, April 2009)

• Waste Preferred Options Sites Initial Transport Assessment (Jacobs, March 2008)

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Rail Waste Transfer;

• Waste by Rail Report (Rail Operations) – Site Selection and Rail Operations Considerations (Jacobs, January 2009)

• Waste by Rail Planning Appraisal (Buckinghamshire County Council, May 2010)

Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

• Buckinghamshire County Council Strategic Flood Risk Assessment for Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework (Jacobs, February 2011)

• BCC Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Report for Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework: Core Strategy Sequential Test Options Appraisal Report (ERM, July 2011)

Ecology & Landscape Reports

• Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Ecological Assessment: Waste Processing Site Options and Calvert Access Route Options (Jacobs, December 2009)

• Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Landscape and Visual Assessment (Jacobs, November 2010)

Appropriate Assessment

• Natura 2000 Sites Stage 1 Appropriate Assessment Screening: Report on the Likely Significant Effects of Proposed Waste Sites on SACs/SPAs in Buckinghamshire and Surrounding Area (Jacobs, June 2007)

• Natura 2000 Sites Stage 1 Appropriate Assessment Screening: Report on the Likely Significant Effects of Proposed Mineral Extraction Sites on SACs/SPAs in Buckinghamshire and Surrounding Area (Jacobs, October 2007)

• Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling of Potential Anaerobic Digestion and Energy from Waste Plants Effects on Burnham Beeches SAC (Jacobs, January 2008)

• Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling of Potential Anaerobic Digestion and Energy from Waste Plants Effects on SSSIs surrounding the proposed Calvert and Woodham waste sites (Jacobs, March 2008)

Site Search / Appraisals

• Detailed Site Assessment for a Potential HWRC Facility in NW Buckinghamshire (RPS, March 2007)

• Green Field Site Search Exercise in NW Buckinghamshire (TPD2C) (RPS, September 2006)

• Detailed Site Assessment for Potential Waste Management Facilities in Buckinghamshire (TPD08) (RPS, September 2006)

• Site Selection Exercise for Waste Management Facilities in Buckinghamshire (Jacobs Babtie, June 2005)



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Miscellaneous

• Mineral and Waste Proposals & on-site Green Infrastructure Enhancements (BCC Natural Environment Team, 2011)

• Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Development Plan Document Climate Change Overview Paper (Cissbury Consulting & Beyond Waste, March 2011)

• The Parameters for dealing with Cumulative Impact in the Minerals and Waste Planning and Strategy Assessment Process (Jacobs, March, 2009)

• Woodham Industrial Area Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Desk Study (Jacobs, November 2008)

Previous Development Plan Consultation Documents

• Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Development Plan Document Preferred Options Consultation Report (Buckinghamshire County Council, February 2008)

• Buckinghamshire Minerals Development Plan Document Preferred Options Consultation Report (Buckinghamshire County Council, September 2007)

• Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Development Scheme (Revised ) 2011 – 2014 (Buckinghamshire County Council, Revised July)

• Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Annual Monitoring Report 2009-10 (Buckinghamshire County Council, December 2010)

• Buckinghamshire Statement of Community Involvement (Buckinghamshire County Council, September 2007)

• Buckinghamshire Waste Development Plan Document Preferred Options Report (Buckinghamshire County Council, June 2007)

• Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Development Plan Document Issues and Options Consultation Report (Regulation 25) (Buckinghamshire County Council, July 2007)

• Buckinghamshire Minerals Development Plan Document Issues and Options Consultation Report (Regulation 25) (Buckinghamshire County Council, February 2007)

• Buckinghamshire Waste Development Plan Document Issues and Options Consultation Report (Regulation 25) (Buckinghamshire County Council, October 2006)

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Appendix B: Glossary

Acronym Term Definition

Aggregate Sand, gravel and crushed rock (known as primary aggregates) and other mineral wastesuch as colliery spoil, industry wastes and recycled materials (known as secondary aggregates). Aggregates are used in theconstruction industry to produce concrete, mortar, asphalt, etc.

AMR Annual Monitoring Report A report that presents an analysis of Minerals and Waste trends policies, progress on the Local Development Scheme and identifies any need for review of policies.

Apportionment Share of the regional demand for aggregate to be met from land won sand and gravel in each Mineral Planning Authority.

AONB Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Areas of land designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, where the primary purpose is the conservation and enhancement of natural beauty, which includes protecting flora, fauna, geology and landscape features.

AOS Area of Search An area identified in this plan, within which further investigation will be required to determine the extent of potential sand and gravel resources.

BAP Biodiversity Action Plan A framework for achieving the conservation ofbiodiversity based on the targeting of resources towards protection priority habitats and species.

BMW Biodegradable Municipal Waste Waste from households, that is capable of undergoing anaerobic or aerobic decomposition, such as food and garden waste, and paper and paperboard.



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Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats

Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats are listed in response to Section 74 (2) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. These are the habitats of principal importance for nature conservation in England.List of BAP Habitats in Buckinghamshire1. Arable Field Margins2. Coastal and Floodplain Grazing Marsh3. Eutrophic Standing Water4. Hedgerows5. Lowland Calcareous Grassland6. Lowland Dry Acid Grassland7. Lowland Fen8. Lowland Heathland9. Lowland Meadows10. Open Matrix Habitats on Previously Developed Land11. Ponds12. Purple Moor-grass and Rush Pastures13. Reedbed14. Rivers and Streams (incl Chalk Rivers)15. Traditional Orchards16. Wood-pasture and Parkland17. Woodland (incl Lowland Beech and Yew Woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Wet Woodland)(for definitions go to http://www.ukbap.org.uk/library/UKBAPPriorityHabitatDescriptionsRevised20100730.pdf)For statements regarding these habitats in the Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes BAP go to http://www.buckinghamshirepartnership.gov.uk/sites/partnership/bmkbp/biodiversity_action_plan.page

Site previously used for or affected by development. It may be abandoned or in a derelict condition.

BM&WLP Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan (2004-2016)

The adopted statutory plan that sets out polices for controlling minerals and waste development and proposals for particular areas/sites. On adoption it replaced the Buckinghamshire Minerals Local Plan and Buckinghamshire Waste Local Plan.

C & I Waste Commercial and Industrial Waste

Waste arising from premises used for industry, trade or business, and hence may include a wide range of waste material – Commercial waste does not include sewage.

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Composting An aerobic, biological process in which organic wastes, such as garden and kitchen waste are converted into a stable granular material which can be applied to land to improve soil structure and enrich the nutrient content of the soil.

Conservation Area Areas designated as being of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance, and designated as such under the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.

C & D Waste

Construction and Demolition Waste

Waste arising from construction and demolition activity and often referred to as inert. It forms a sub-group of Industrial Waste. Although often described as inert, that can be misleading as C & D waste may include material such as timber, paper and paint, which need to be separated out if the waste is to be re-used, e.g. as inert fill, or if disposed of at a site licensed only for inert waste.

Controlled Waste Household, industrial, commercial and clinical waste, as defined under Section 75 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Controlled waste requires a waste management license for treatment, transfer or disposal. The main exempted categories comprise mine, quarry and farm wastes. Radioactive and explosive wastes are controlled by other legislation and procedures.

COI Core Output Indicator A measurement used to monitor the effectiveness of local plan policies and delivery of their spatial strategies as required by the Government.

DCLG Department for Communities & Local Government

The job of this Department is to help create sustainable communities, working with other Government departments, local councils, businesses, the voluntary sector, and communities themselves.

DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The UK Government department tasked with issues such as the environment, rural development, the countryside, wildlife, animal welfare and sustainable communities.

DPD Development Plan Document A Local Development Document which forms part of the statutory development plan, including the Core Strategy, Proposals Map and Area Action Plans.

Energy from Waste The combustion of waste under controlled conditions in which the heat released is recovered to provide hot water and steam (usually) for electricity generation.



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Energy Recovery A term covering a range of treatment processes that reclaim energy from a waste material feedstock. There are different techniques to recover the energy from waste, including combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, and biological processes, including anaerobic digestion and extraction of landfill gas. Other processes pelletise waste inputs for burning in a Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) plant.

EA Environment Agency Government body established in April 1996, combining the previous functions of the Waste Regulation Authorities, the National Rivers Authority and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution. The Agency is responsible for waste regulation and Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC), and also has a key role in the provision of information about waste management, including data and technical information.

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment

The process by which the impact on the environment of a proposed development can be assessed. Certain waste/minerals proposals will require an Environmental Impact Assessment to be carried out.

ERM model ERM waste capacity model A waste model that projects future waste arisings and applies waste recycling and recovery targets sequentially to identify new waste facility requirements. Devised by Environmental Resource Management (ERM) consultants for the former Regional Assembly and used by many Waste Planning Authorities within the region.

Green Belt An area of land, designated in a Development Plan, the primary purpose of which is to curb the outward expansion of a large urban area and within which development is strictly controlled.

Green Infrastructure A network of multi-functional green space, urban and rural, which is capable of delivering a wide range of environmental and quality of life benefits for local communities.

Groundwater Water contained within soils and underground strata (aquifers) of various types across the country.

Hazardous waste Waste that contains hazardous properties that may render it harmful to human health or the Environment.

Household Waste Waste from a domestic property, caravan, residential home or from premises forming part of a university or school or other educational establishment.

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HWRC Household Waste Recycling Centre

Supervised Council facilities where the public can dispose a variety of household waste. HWRCs typically cater for paper, plastic, metal, glass and bulky waste such as tyres, refrigerators, electronic products, waste from DIY activities and garden waste.

Indicator Measurement of change to a system or objective.

Inert landfill Waste which does not give rise to significant quantities of toxic leachate or landfill gas and which does not easily decompose. This generally consists of clean excavated materials from civil engineering projects, construction and demolition wastes.

Inert waste Waste which does not give rise to significant quantities of toxic leachate or landfill gas and which does not easily decompose. This generally consists of clean excavated materials from civil engineering projects, construction and demolition wastes.

JMWMS Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy

The Buckinghamshire Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy (JMWMS) sets out proposals for the management of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) produced in Buckinghamshire to 2025. The JMWMS has been produced by the authorities responsible for waste collection and disposal within the county combined into a body known as the Waste Partnership for Buckinghamshire (“the Partnership”). The JMWMS was submitted by the Partnership to Government in early 2007.

Landbank The quantity of mineral remaining to be worked at sites with planning permission for mineral working – usually expressed as the number of years that permitted reserves will last at the indicated level of supply and given rate of extraction.

Landfill The disposal of waste material by tipping into voids in the ground.

LATS Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme

Sets a limit on the amount of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) that each unitary and waste disposal authority in England can send to landfill.

Landfill Gas A by-product from the digestion by anaerobic bacteria (rotting) of putrescible matter present in waste deposited on landfilled sites. The gas is predominantly methane (65 per cent) together with carbon dioxide (35 per cent) and trace concentrations of a range of other vapours and gases.



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Leachate A liquid generated in landfill sites from the inherent moisture of present in the waste and/or arises through decomposition. Older landfill sites may not be sealed, and leachate may be generated through the ingress of rain or groundwater

Listed Building Building of special architectural or historical interest, recorded on lists compiled by the Secretary of State for National Heritage. These are graded I, II* or II to reflect their relative importance and permission is required for works which may affect their character or appearance.

LAA Local Aggregate Assessment An assessment that allows for the planning for a steady and adequate supply of aggregates, based on a rolling average of 10 years sales data and other relevant local information, and an assessment of all supply options.

LDD Local Development Documents

As provided for by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, Local Development Documents comprise both statutory Development Plan Documents and non-statutory Supplementary Planning Documents. Local Development Documents are likely to include core policies, area action plans, proposal map, site-specific policies and a Statement of Community Involvement.

LDF Local Development Framework A folder containing a number of documents including Local Development Documents setting out a local authority’s policies for meeting the economic, environmental and social aims of its area.

LDS Local Development Scheme A timetable/project plan for the production of all the Local Development Documents relating to a LDF.

LOI Local Output Indicators A measurement devised by the Local Planning Authority to monitor the effectiveness of local plan policies and delivery of their spatial strategies.

Local sites E.g. Local Wildlife Sites Local Geological Sites.

LPAs take account of local sites when formulating local plans and when considering planning applications. Government guidance requires LPAs to have regard to the extent to which local sites contribute to the public enjoyment of nature conservation. Defra’s publication ‘Local Sites’ provides additional guidance.

MCA Mineral Consultation Area An area based on a MSA where a district authority should consult with the county on any non-mineral planning applications

MSA Mineral Safeguarding Area An area where proven mineral resources are not needlessly sterilised by non-mineral development

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MWCS Minerals and Waste Core Strategy

A Development Plan Document which sets out the County Council’s vision, objectives and overall spatial development strategy for minerals and waste matters.

MWLDF Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework

A collection of Local Development Documents relating to mineral and waste issues.

MWLDS Minerals and Waste Local Development Scheme

A timetable/project plan for the production of all the Local Development Documents relating to mineral and waste issues.

Minerals DPD

Minerals Detailed Development Management Policies and Preferred Areas for Development DPD

A Development Plan Document which provides the framework for development management decisions, including those relating to preferred areas, on minerals matters.

MLP Minerals Local Plan A Development Plan Document which provides the framework for development management decisions, including those relating to preferred areas, on minerals matters (previously referred to as Minerals DPD).

MPA Minerals Planning Authority Local Authority (either county councils or unitary authorities) responsible for the preparation of Minerals Development Plan Documents and development management for minerals matters.

MPS Minerals Policy Statements National planning policy guidance for minerals development produced by DCLG.

Mitigation Measures to avoid, reduce or offset the adverseeffects of the plan on sustainability

Monitoring Check of effectiveness of policies.

Mt Million Tonnes (of minerals or waste)

MSW Municipal Solid Waste More commonly known as rubbish, trash or garbage — consists of everyday items such as product packaging, grass clippings, furniture, clothing, bottles, food scraps, newspapers, appliances, paint, and batteries.

MWMS Municipal Waste Management Strategies

A strategy produced by local authorities to deliver more sustainable waste management and break the link between economic growth and waste produced so that the disposal of waste is the last option for management.

NI National Indicators Due to a review of all performance indicators National Indicators (Nis) replaced BVPI’s (Best Value Performance Indicators). ‘Will be the only measures on which central Government will performance manage outcomes delivered by local government working alone or in partnership.’ Extract from DCLG website.



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NNR National Nature Reserve A National Nature Reserve, (NNR) is defined as an area of prime importance for flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which are reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

NPPF National Planning Policy Framework

The NPPF replaces most Planning Policy Statements/Planning Policy Guidelines and Minerals Policy Statements. It sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied. It sets out the Government’s requirements for the planning system only to the extent that it is relevant, proportionate and necessary to do so. It provides a framework within which local people and their accountable councils can produce their own distinctive local and neighbourhood plans, which reflect the needs and priorities of their communities.

Objective Statement of what is intended, specifying the desired direction of change.

Permitted Reserves Mineral deposits that have a planning permission for extraction.

Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

The Act of Parliament which brought into force the new planning system. Under the planning system introduced by the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the former system of regional planning guidance, and statutory structure and local plans has been replaced by statutory Regional Spatial Strategies (RSSs) and Local Development Frameworks (LDFs).

PPS Planning Policy Statements Guidance issued by DCLG, setting out the Government’s national policy on planning issues.

Primary Aggregates Naturally occurring materials, including sands and gravels and rocks, but excluding re-used/recycled materials or the waste materials of other processes that are capable of being used for aggregate purposes (secondary aggregates).

Proximity Principle The principle (as applied to wastes) is that they should be treated or disposed of as near to their place of origin as possible so as to minimise the distance that they are moved.

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Recovery To obtain value from wastes through one of the following means:- recycling- composting- other recovery (including the recycling of construction and demolition waste or processing of other materials to produce secondary aggregates) including energy recovery (see below)- energy recovery (combustion with direct or indirect use of the energy produced, manufacture of refuse derived fuel, gasification, pyrolysis or other technologies)

Recycling Involves the reprocessing of wastes, either into the same product or a different one. Many non hazardous industrial wastes such as paper, glass, cardboard, plastics and scrap metals can be recycled. Special wastes such as solvents can also be recycled by specialist companies, or by in-house equipment.

RSS Regional Spatial Strategies The statutory Strategic frameworks introduced by the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 setting out the Government’s planning and transport policy for each region for a 15-20 year period. The one for South East England is called The South East Plan

Restoration Process of returning a site or area to its former or other appropriate future use following mineral extraction/waste disposal.

Secondary Aggregates Minerals that are produced as a by-product of another operation or process and can be used for aggregate purposes.

SSSIs Sites of Special Scientific Interest

A site identified under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000) as an area of special interest by reason of any of its flora, fauna, geological or physiographical features.

SE Plan The South East Plan The current Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) for South East England.

SAC Special Area of Conservation SACs are areas which have been given special protection under the European Union’s Habitats Directive. They provide increased protection to a variety of wild animals, plants and habitats and are a vital part of global efforts to conserve the world’s biodiversity.



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SCI Statement of Community Involvement

Document setting out how the community will be consulted on major planning applications and in the preparation of the Local Development Framework

SWC Strategic Waste Complex Term used in this plan for co-located facilities comprising complementary waste management activities.

SPDs Supplementary Planning Documents

Documents providing an elaboration of policies, design guidance and site development guidance.

SPG Supplementary Planning Guidance

Predecessor of Supplementary Planning Documents.

SA Sustainability Appraisal A single appraisal tool which provides for the systematic identification and evaluation of the economic, social and environmental impacts of a proposal.

Sustainable Development The concept of reconciling economic development with environmental protection and social well being. A widely quoted definition of this concept is “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. The definition also encompasses the efficient use of natural resources.

tpa Tonnes per Annum Number of tonnes of waste processed within a calendar year.

Treatment Involves the chemical or biological processing of certain types of waste for the purposes of rendering them harmless, reducing volumes before landfilling, or recycling certain wastes.

Waste DPD Waste DetailedDevelopment Management Policies and PreferredAreas for DevelopmentDPD

A Development Plan Document which provides the framework for development management decisions, including those relating to preferred areas, on waste management matters.

WDA Waste Disposal Authority Local authority responsible for the disposal of waste within its administrative boundary.

Waste Hierarchy A hierarchy of approaches to waste management, with ‘reduction’ the most preferred approach, followed by ‘re-use’; ‘recycling’, ‘composting or energy recovery from waste’; and finally ‘disposal’.

WLP Waste Local Plan A Development Plan Document which provides the framework for development management decisions, including those relating to preferred areas, on waste management matters (previously referred to as the Waste Development Plan Document/WDPD).

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Waste Management Licence Licence granted by the Environment Agency authorising treatment, keeping or disposal of any specified description of controlled waste in or on specified land by means of specified plant.

WPA Waste Planning Authority Local Authority (either County Councils or Unitary Authorities) responsible for the preparation of Waste Development Plan Documents/Local Plans and development management for waste matters.

WTS Waste Transfer Station A facility where waste is unloaded in order to permit its preparation for further transport for recovery, treatment or disposal elsewhere.

Wildlife Corridor Linear pathways containing habitats that encourage the movement of plants and animals between important wildlife sites.

Wildlife Site Sites designated on their special features or habitat, plant or animal communities, species or geology. Although not statutorily designated, they do receive protection through policies in development plans.



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Prepared by the Minerals and Waste LDF Team, Place Service, Buckinghamshire County Council

Tel: 0845 3708090Email: [email protected]

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