Landfill and Surcharging Report (V5)
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H A M P S H I R E CITIES OF PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHAMPTON AND NEW FOREST & SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARKS Hampshire Minerals & Waste Plan ASSESSMENT OF NEED FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES IN HAMPSHIRE: LANDFILL AND SURCHARGING REPORT Version 5 (Submission) February 2012 Assessment of Need for Waste Management Facilities in Hampshire: Landfill and Surcharging Report (v5) Executive Summary 4 1 Introduction 7 1.1 Purpose of the report 7 1.2 Objective of the report 7 1.3 Structure of the report 8 2 Policy Context and Legislation 10 2.1 Local planning policy 10 2.2 National planning policy 10 2.3 Relevant Legislation 13 3 What is Landfill? 16 3.1 What is Landfill? 16 3.2 What is Surcharging and Land Raising? 19 4 Landfill requirements in Hampshire 21 4.1 The need for landfill 21 4.2 Hampshire's current waste arisings requiring landfill 22 4.3 Waste from outside Hampshire landfilled in Hampshire 28 4.3.1 London's Waste 29 4.4 Total waste requiring landfill in Hampshire 31 5 Destination of Hampshire's waste which requires landfill 32 5.1 Location of landfill in Hampshire 33 5.2 Landfill capacity in Hampshire 38 5.3 Location of landfill outside Hampshire 41 5.4 Landfill capacity outside Hampshire 45 6 Site requirements and potential impacts 48 6.1 Landfill site requirements 48 6.2 Potential impacts from landfill 48 6.3 Licensing and operation of Hampshire's landfills 50 6.4 Opportunities associated with landfill development 51 7 Locational constraints and opportunities 53 7.1 Proximity to sensitive receptors 54 7.2 Water resources 55 7.3 Designated conservation areas 57 7.4 Landscape 58 7.5 Access 59 7.6 Summary of locational constriants 60 8 Opportunites for landfill in Hampshire (sieve analysis) 61 8.1 Identifying opportunities for landfill in Hampshire 61 8.2 Sites previously considered 64 8.3 Other potential opportunities for landfill 65 9 Estimating landfill depletion 66 9.1 Landfill depletion scenarios 66 Assessment of Need for Waste Management Facilities in Hampshire: Landfill and Surcharging Report (v5) 10 Conclusions 71 10.1 Estimated arisings requiring landfill 71 10.2 Possible locations for non-hazardous landfill in Hampshire 71 10.3 Assessment of estimating future waste arisings requiring landfill 72 10.4 Summary 74 Glossary 75 Appendices 1 Constraint Details 77 2 Sites considered for landfill 86 3 List of referenced documents 98 Figures Figure 1 The Waste Hierarchy 12 Figure 2 Destination of Hampshire's landfilled waste by Local Authority (2009) 23 Figure 3 Amount of Hampshire's waste landfilled in Hampshire or elsewhere in 2009 26 Figure 4 Non-hazardous landfill depletion scenarios (2011-2030) 68 Figure 5 Non-hazardous landfill depletion scenarios (2011-2030) including additional void 69 at Squabb Wood Figure 6 Non-hazardous landfill depletion scenarios (2011-2030) including additional void 70 at Squabb Wood & Purple Haze Maps Map 1 Permitted landfill & inert fill sites in Hampshire in 2011 33 Map 2 Inactive landfill & inert fill sites in Hampshire (2011) 35 Map 3 Non-hazardous landfill locations in nearby local authorities 43 Map 4 Sensitive Receptors: Hampshire Urban Areas 54 Map 5 Water Resources: Principal Groundwater Aquifer 55 Map 6 Water Resources: Groundwater Source Protection Zones I - III 56 Map 7 Water Resources: Surface Water Floodplain and High Probability Flood Zone 56 Map 8 Designated Conservation Areas: International and National Conservation Designations 57 Map 9 National Landscape and Heritage Designations 58 Map 10 Access: Strategic, Primary and Local Road/Route Networks and Rail Network 59 Map 11 Total Constrained Area in Hampshire 61 Map 12 Total Hampshire Constraints with unconstrained Landfill Sites presented 62 Assessment of Need for Waste Management Facilities in Hampshire: Landfill and Surcharging Report (v5) Tables Table 2.3.1 Targets set by the EU Landfill Directive and what this means for Hampshire 14 Table 4.2.1 Amount of Hampshire's waste which is landfilled (by landfill type) in 2009 22 Table 4.2.2 Amount of Hampshire's waste which is landfilled (by landfill type) in 2010 24 Table 4.2.3 Hazardous waste exported for landfill from Hampshire (2010) 24 Table 4.2.4 Hazardous waste types exported from Hampshire for landfill (2010) 25 Table 4.2.5 Recorded amount of Hampshire's waste landfilled (by waste type) in 2009 26 Table 4.2.6 Recorded amount of Hampshire's waste landfilled (by waste type) in 2010 27 Table 4.3.1 Waste deposited in Hampshire by origin and landfill type (2009) 28 Table 4.3.2 Hazardous waste imported to Hampshire for landfill (2010) 29 Table 4.3.1.1 Landfill Provision to be made for London's Waste 29 Table 4.3.1.2 Active Hampshire Landfill sites accepting non-hazardous waste 30 Table 4.3.1.3 The volume of London's waste deposited in Hampshire (2006-2009) 30 Table 4.3.1.4 Type of waste facility that dealt with London's waste (2006-2009) 30 Table 5.1.1 Permitted landfill / inert fill sites in Hampshire (Dec 2011) 34 Table 5.1.2 Inactive landfill & inert fill in Hampshire 36 Table 5.1.3 Gas and Leachate management at landfills in Hampshire 37 Table 5.2.1 Non-hazardous landfill void capacity - existing and potential 38 Table 5.2.2 Inert fill void capacity - existing and potential 39 Table 5.3.1 Location of landfills in nearby local authorities 41 Table 5.3.2 Location of nearest hazardous landfills to Hampshire 44 Table 5.4.1 Landfill void capacity in Hampshire and nearby Local Authorities (31/12/10) 45 Table 5.4.2 Non-hazardous landfill void, waste input and estimated landfill life (31/12/10) 45 Table 5.4.3 Landfill deposits of Hampshire's waste in 2009 by WPA (tonnes) 46 Table 5.4.4 Landfill deposits of Hampshire's waste in 2009 by WPA (percent) 46 Table 7.0.1 Summary of considerations and opportunities from the EU Landfill Directive 53 Table 8.1.1 List of landfills in Hampshire, potentially suitable for surcharging 62 Table 9.1.1 Landfill capacity requirement for Hampshire's waste 67 Table 10.2.1 Summary of opportunities for Non-hazardous landfill or surcharging in 72 Hampshire Table 10.3.1 Estimated non-hazardous waste destined for landfill in Hampshire 73 Table 10.3.2 Estimated additional non-hazardous landfill capacity required to 2030 73 Table 10.3.3 Identified additional non-hazardous landfill capacity 74 75 Table A.1 Urban Areas in Hampshire 78 Table A.2 Designated Principal Aquifers in Hampshire 79 Table A.3 International Conservation Designations in Hampshire 80 Table A.4 National Conservation Designations in Hampshire 81 Table A.5 National Landscape Designations in Hampshire 82 Table A.6 National Heritage Designations in Hampshire (A) 83 Table A.7 National Heritage Designations in Hampshire (B) 84 Table A.8 Access Constraints: Hampshire Minerals and Waste Lorry Routes 85 Table A.9 Sites nominated for disposal to land (listed by relevant district) 87 4 Assessment of Need for Waste Management Facilities in Hampshire: Landfill and Surcharging Report (v5) Executive Summary What is the purpose of this report? This report is one of several background documents prepared as supporting evidence for the Hampshire Minerals and Waste Plan. The Plan will indicate what additional waste management infrastructure will be required up to 2030 and therefore needs to be underpinned by an 'assessment of need'. This assessment should be based on an understanding of Hampshire's waste management baseline and how this is likely to change. The purpose of this report is to present findings from research and data analysis undertaken by Hampshire County Council which is based on information available from a number of sources. The key sources of information include the Environment Agency and commerce and industry. How much waste requiring landfill is currently generated in Hampshire? The recorded arisings of waste landfilled in 2009 was approximately 600,000 tonnes. However this figure includes inert waste used in the restoration of old quarries in Hampshire. This a beneficial use of waste and not regarded as landfill but 'recovery'. The total amount of Hampshire's non-hazardous waste(1) landfilled in 2009 was 414,000 tonnes. In 2010, this figure fell to 353,000 tonnes(2). Where is Hampshire's waste landfilled? Hampshire's waste that requires landfill is disposed both within and outside Hampshire and is dependent on the location of the appropriate treatment or disposal facility. In Hampshire, waste is landfilled at Blue Haze (near Ringwood), Squabb Wood (near Romsey) and Pound Bottom (Redlynch). The principal destinations in recent years outside Hampshire have been to landfills in the neighbouring waste planning authorities of Dorset (21% of total waste to non-hazardous landfill), Berkshire (12%), Wiltshire (10%), West Sussex (7%) and Surrey (6%)(3). The Waste Planning Authority has no control over the treatment of non-municipal wastes and thus waste often moves across administrative boundaries for commercial reasons. One of the key market drivers in this case is the 'gate fee' at landfill sites. How much waste can the existing landfills in Hampshire manage? If Hampshire's waste for landfill was only landfilled in Hampshire, the capacity of the existing permitted non-hazardous landfill infrastructure in Hampshire is thought to be sufficient until around 2018/2019 based upon an averaged amount of recent waste deposits from 2007-2010. However, market conditions are likely to affect the choice of landfill destination, both within and outside Hampshire, in the coming years so the amount landfilled in Hampshire may increase or decrease which would change the estimated date above.