BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL AUTHORITY'S MONITORING REPORT (2011/12) AUTHORITY'S MONITORING REPORT (2011/12) Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 Contents
1 Purpose and Context of the Authority’s Monitoring Report Page 3
2 Progress Report on Local Plans Page 5 Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework Page 5 Duty to Cooperate Page 7
3 Development Management & Planning Enforcement Updates Page 9 Development Management Page 9 Pre-application Advice and Guidance Page 9 Site Monitoring Page 10 Compliance and Enforcement Page 11
4 Minerals Page 13 Aggregates Production and Sales Page 13 Production of Recycled/Secondary Aggregates Page 15 Rail aggregate depots Page 16 Minerals Safeguarding and Area of Search Page 17 Non Aggregate Minerals Page 18 Planning permissions for Mineral Extraction Sites Page 19
5 Waste Page 21 Waste Prevention and Reduction Page 21 Waste Management Page 22 Municipal Solid Waste Page 23 Future Energy Recovery Capacity Page 25 Waste Imports and Exports Page 27 Waste Capacities in Buckinghamshire Page 28
6 Environment Page 31 Protection Page 31 Enhancement Page 31
7 Policy Implementation Page 33
Appendix 1 – Core Strategy Indicators Page 35
Appendix 2 – Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Adoption Statement Page 40
Appendix 3 – Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Page 42 Local Development Scheme 2012-2015
Appendix 4 – Progress on County Matter planning applications Page 43 by quarter between 1st April 2009 and 31st March 2012
Appendix 5 – Planning applications for minerals and waste facilities in Page 44 Buckinghamshire determined between 1st April 2011 and 31st March 2012
Appendix 6 – Minerals and Waste Strategic Objectives Page 50
1 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 Appendix 7 – Supplementary planning guidance note 5 – Mineral Consultation Areas Page 51
Appendix 8 – HWRC Municipal Waste 2011/12 figures (tonnes) Page 52
Appendix 9 – Waste facilities and capacities in Buckinghamshire Page 53
Appendix 10 – Restoration and aftercare schemes 2011/12 Page 58
Appendix 11 – Maps of restoration and aftercare schemes Page 62
Glossary Page 64
List of figures
Figure 1: The Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework Page 5 Figure 2: Progress of the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Development Plan Document Page 7 Figure 3: Planning Applications for Minerals and Waste Development Page 9 Received and Determined 2009/10 to 2011/12
Figure 4: Targeted and Actual Site Monitoring Visits Carried Out in 2011/12 Page 11 Figure 5: Enforcement Cases Received and Resolved 2009/10 to 2011/12 Page 12 Figure 6: Formal Enforcement Action by Type 2009/10 to 2011/12 Page 12 Figure 7: Active, Dormant, Ceased and Inactive Aggregate Sand and Gravel Page 14 Sites in Buckinghamshire 2011/12
Figure 8: Sales of Sand and Gravel in Buckinghamshire 1997-2011 Page 15 Figure 9: Active/Inactive sites producing secondary & recycled aggregates Page 16 Figure 10: Sales of Aggregate at Rail Depots, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes Page 16 and Oxfordshire, 2003-2010
Figure 11: Operational Aggregate Rail Depots included within the amalgamated sales Page 17 tonnages for Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire
Figure 12: Active, Dormant, Ceased and Inactive Clay and Chalk Sites Page 18 in Buckinghamshire 2011/12
Figure 13: Map of Minerals Sites Page 20 Figure 14: Waste arising in Buckinghamshire Page 23 Figure 15: Waste managed in Buckinghamshire Page 23 Figure 16: Buckinghamshire MSW arisings (Tonnes) - figures rounded Page 24 Figure 17: Buckinghamshire Local Authority Household Recycling Rates Page 24 2010/11 and 2011/2012 (tonnes)
Figure 18: Total MSW landfilled for the period 2004/05 to 2010/11 Page 24 Figure 19: The Waste Planning Strategy Page 26 Figure 20: Principal Net 2011 Waste Flows (excluding London) (tonnes) Page 28 Figure 21: Approved applications generating additional waste capacity Page 29 Figure 22: Location of major waste management/disposal facilities in Buckinghamshire. Page 30
2 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 1. Purpose and Context of the Authority’s Monitoring Report
1.1. This is the first monitoring report published by Buckinghamshire County Council following changes to planning legislation made by the publication of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the Localism Act 2011. As such, this document differs from previous Annual Monitoring Reports; it is now referred to as the Authority’s Monitoring Report and covers a wider range of issues. The Localism Act removes the need for the report to be submitted to the Secretary of State, yet the purpose of the report remains broadly the same. The Authority’s Monitoring Report (AMR) seeks to monitor the effectiveness of the Council’s planning policy.
1.2. The AMR seeks to fulfil the requirements of The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 by providing the following information in relation to the Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework:
The title of the plans or supplementary planning documents specified in the Local Development Scheme (LDS), the timetable for the preparation of these documents, and the stage that each of these documents has reached in its preparation.
A statement of adoption and the date of adoption of any local plan or supplementary planning document included in the LDS that has been adopted or approved during the monitoring period.
The extent to which policies set out in the local development documents are being achieved, the identification of any policies not being implemented and a statement of reasons as to why, and any steps that the Council intends to take to secure the implementation of these policies.
Any actions that have taken place during the monitoring period under section 33A of the Localism Act 2011, which relates to the new ‘duty to co-operate’.
1.3. It is important to note that this report is made in an evolving local policy context. The monitoring period covered by this AMR runs from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012, at which time the development plan for minerals and waste development in Buckinghamshire comprised of the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2004-2016. However, on 22nd November 2012, the Council adopted the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Core Strategy which will form part of the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework (see below). This replaces some of the existing policies in the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2004-2016.
1.4. The Minerals and Waste Core Strategy contains a number of key indicators which form part of the Council’s strategic ‘plan, monitor and manage’ approach to ensure that the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy is able to respond effectively to change. Policy such as the MWCS enables planning applications for minerals and waste to be determined by the Council in accordance with local priorities and section 70 of the Town and Country Planning Act. Monitoring against key indicators will help to identify the extent to which policies set out in the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy (and in future, the policies set out in the Minerals and Waste Local Plans), are being used effectively, and will be included in future AMRs.
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1.5. Although the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy was not adopted until after the 2011/12 monitoring period covered by this AMR, and therefore data had not been gathered specifically in relation to the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy indicators, this AMR still seeks to make reference to these indicators where appropriate and possible. Where data relating to the Core Strategy indicators was found to be readily available for the 2011/12 monitoring period, this data has been included and published in this AMR.
1.6. The 2011/12 AMR therefore provides a commentary of this period of transition. This AMR also identifies areas where additional information will need to be collected and analysed in future years for inclusion in subsequent AMRs in order to successfully monitor the implementation of new and emerging policies. A full list of Core Strategy Indicators is included in Appendix 1.
4 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 2. Progress Report on Local Plans
Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework
2.1. The Development Plan against which planning applications for minerals and waste development in Buckinghamshire are assessed consists of saved policies in the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2004-2016 and the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework. The Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework will eventually replace all of the saved policies in the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2004- 2016.
2.2. The Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework is a suite of documents as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: The Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework
2.3. The Local Development Scheme (LDS) sets out the Council’s programme for preparing the constituent parts of the MWLDF. A revised LDS was published in August 2012, which set out the work programme for the next three years as follows:
Minerals and Waste Core Strategy (MWCS) – setting out the Council’s strategic policy framework for mineral extraction and waste management in Buckinghamshire to 2026, and including the allocation of the sites most critical to delivering the Council’s waste strategy. Following consultation on the draft Core Strategy in September 2011, submission to an independent planning inspector in November 2011 and subsequent hearings in February 2012, the MWCS was scheduled for adoption in November in 2012 and was formally adopted by the County Council on 22nd November 2012. A copy of the Adoption Statement is included in Appendix 2.
5 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 Minerals Local Plan (MLP) – will identify Preferred Areas for mineral extraction to take place, and contain detailed Development Management Policies to guide the determination of planning applications for mineral extraction and associated development within the county. Preparation is due to commence in 2013, with adoption timetabled for December 2014.
Waste Local Plan (WLP) – will contain site allocations for certain waste management facilities and provide the detailed Development Management Policies to guide the determination of planning applications for waste management and associated development within the county. Preparation is currently due to commence in 2014 with adoption timetabled for February 2016.
2.4. Also included in the Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework is the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) adopted in 2007, which sets out the Council’s standards and approach to involving the wider community in Buckinghamshire in the production of the Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework and in the consideration of major minerals and waste planning applications. Since the SCI was adopted in 2007, a number of changes to the guidance and requirements around consultation have been made, including the introduction of the Planning Act 2008, the Localism Act 2011 and the publication of the Local Planning Regulations (2012). In light of these changes, the County Council intends to review and update the existing SCI with input from the relevant Cabinet Members. This review will be included in the forthcoming revision to the Council’s Local Development Scheme.
2.5. Figure 2 below shows the actual progress of developing the MWCS against the key milestones set out in the both the June 2011 LDS and the revised August 2012 LDS. This shows that the majority of key milestones set out in the June 2011 LDS for the progression of the MWCS were met at their target dates. Exceptions to this occur post Examination and can be attributed to the need to consult on a number of Proposed Changes as a result of discussions which took place at the hearing sessions. This consultation took place between May and June 2012 and was accounted for in the revised LDS published in August 2012.
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Figure 2: Progress of the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Development Plan Document
Key LDS LDS Actual Date Milestone (June (August 2011) 2012) Public September N/A September 2011 Consultation 2011 on Published Plan Submission November N/A November 2011 to Secretary 2011 of State Examination February N/A February 2012 2012 Inspectors May 2012 September September 2012. Report 2012 Following the hearing sessions, Received the Council proposed a number of changes necessary to ensure the soundness of the plan, requiring further consultation to be carried out and resulting in a delay to the programme outlined in the 2011 LDS. Adoption July 2012 November November 2012 2012
2.6. The preparation of the MLP is now commencing. The current timetable for progression of both the MLP and WLP is set out in the August 2012 LDS, which has been reproduced and included as Appendix 3 of the AMR. However, the Council is currently reviewing its programme for the production of the MLP and WLP in light of recent legislative changes and internal resource demands, and therefore intends to publish a revised LDS in 2013. This revised timetable will also make reference to the Council’s intention to review its existing SCI.
Duty to Cooperate
2.7. The Localism Act 2011 introduced the ‘duty to cooperate’ which requires Local Authorities to actively engage throughout the plan making process (although not necessarily agree) with certain bodies and organisations prescribed in the Act and in the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.This obligation applies to all plans submitted to the Secretary of State after 15th November 2011. As the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy was prepared prior to this, the duty to cooperate was deemed not to have been applicable to its preparation.
2.8. The MWCS was prepared in full compliance with the Council’s adopted SCI and also exceeded the minimum consultation requirements set out in the previous local planning regulations. This included carrying out extensive consultation with statutory and non-statutory consultees, including local and neighbouring authorities. The consultation on the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Submission Plan took place from 5th September to 21st November 2011 and included the Environment Agency, English Heritage, Natural England, the Secretary of State for Transport, the Homes and Communities Agency, the Coal Authority, the Health and Police Authorities, District and Town/Parish Councils both within the County
7 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 and adjoining it, neighbouring County Councils, utilities, interest and amenity groups, education establishments, voluntary organisations, the minerals and waste industry. Other business interests, planning consultancies, land agents and individuals, generating a total of 381 representations.
2.9. A full list of the consultation methods, consultation bodies, and the Council’s response to the representations made were included in the Consultation Statement submitted to the Planning Inspector prior to the hearing sessions. The Consultation Statement is available through the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Examination Library, referenced as document numbers CS 1.7 and CS 1.8. The Examination Library contains all documents submitted by both the Council and other interested parties during the examination hearing sessions and can be viewed on the Buckinghamshire County Council Website using the following link: http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/waste_mineral_plans/mwcs_library.page.
2.10. During the preparation of forthcoming plans, the Council will engage with other authorities in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011. In addition, the Council attends regular meetings with the South East England Aggregates Working Party (SEEAWP). This is a body of local mineral planning authorities and representatives of the minerals industry. The Council’s forthcoming annual Local Aggregate Assessment will be submitted to SEEAWP for consideration in order to ensure that the annual supply requirement for Buckinghamshire is compatible with local and regional demand.
2.11. The Council similarly also attends regular SEWPAG (South East Waste Planning Advisory Group) meetings, which help to ensure that strategic waste planning issues are dealt with consummate regard to the duty to cooperate.
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Development Management
3.1. The Development Management Team processes planning applications and provides pre-application guidance and advice for minerals and waste planning applications.
3.2. Figure 3 below shows the number of minerals and waste planning applications received and determined by the Council from 2009/10 through to 2011/12. Full data relating to the number of applications received, withdrawn, determined and on hand per monitoring year by quarter is available in Appendix 4.
Figure 3: Planning Applications for Minerals and Waste Development Received and Determined 2009/10 to 2011/12
Monitoring Year Applications Applications Received Determined 2009/10 16 16 2010/11 23 18 2011/12 33 32
3.3. The number of minerals and waste planning applications received by the Council overall continues to increase, with this figure almost doubling since 2009/10. Of the 32 applications determined within the monitoring period, 75% were determined within the Council’s 13 week target for determination. The number of applications determined over the 2011/12 period includes full planning applications for new minerals or waste sites, applications to vary conditions attached to existing planning permissions and applications seeking to make non-material amendments to existing planning permissions. A full list of all applications determined during the financial year 2011/12 is included in Appendix 5.
3.4. During the 2011/12 monitoring period, only one appeal was lodged against the refusal of planning permission (at Oakwood Farm). This was considered by the Planning Inspector through the submission of written representations and the decision to refuse planning permission was upheld. The inspector made reference to previous policies 10, 18, 22, 25 and 28 in the Buckinghamshire Minerals & Waste Local Plan in dismissing the appeal.
3.5. Details of planning applications, including supporting documents, officers’ reports and decision notices can be viewed online through the Buckinghamshire County Council Public Access Website using the link below. Planning applications can be found using the planning application reference numbers or by searching by keyword. http://publicaccess.buckscc.gov.uk/online-applications/
Pre-application Advice and Guidance
3.6. The Development Management Team also provides prospective applicants with pre-application advice on request. Over the 2011/12 period, the Development Management Team provided advice on 22 different pre-application requests, 17 of
9 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 which related to potential waste developments and 5 of which related to minerals related development.
3.7. In addition to the provision of pre-application advice, the Development Management Team also provides statutory responses to requests for Screening and Scoping Opinions within the prescribed timescales. Screening Opinions require the Council to determine whether a forthcoming planning application needs to be accompanied by an Environmental Statement and Scoping Opinions require the Council to provide formal guidance on the scope of any required Environmental Statement.
3.8. During the 2011/12 period, a total of 13 requests for Screening Opinions were received and issued, with four instances of the Council determining that an Environmental Statement would be required. One of these resulted in the applicant applying to the Secretary of State for a Screening Direction. One request for a Scoping Opinion was received during the 2011/12 period.
3.9. Further information relating to Screening and Scoping Opinions is available through the Buckinghamshire County Council website using the link below: http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/development_control/scoping_reports.page
Site Monitoring
3.10. The Development Management and Planning Enforcement Team also carry out visits to minerals and waste sites within the county to monitor the compliance of these operational sites with the conditions of their planning permissions. The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006, provides for the charging of fees for monitoring of mineral extraction and waste disposal sites. The Council also carries out monitoring visits to non-chargeable waste management sites such as waste transfer and recycling facilities.
3.11. Saved policy 39 of the Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2004-2016 sets out the frequency at which sites should be visited. However, as reported in the 2009/10 AMR, this policy is not being implemented in full at present. Instead, the Council is now taking a more flexible approach to site monitoring, whereby the number of visits targeted for each site is based upon the complexity of the site, where in the lifespan of works a site had reached and the level of compliance identified in the preceding year. This approach has been endorsed by the Development Control Committee on 12th June 2007, and each year the monitoring schedule for the forthcoming year is taken before the Development Control Committee for consideration afresh.
3.12. Over the 2011/12 period, a total of 20 chargeable mineral extraction and landfill sites were identified. Site inspections were also scheduled for a further 28 authorised waste management facilities. Figure 4 below shows the number of site monitoring visits carried out by Development Management Officers over the 2011/12 period, to both chargeable and non-chargeable sites, against the number of visits that had been targeted.
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Figure 4: Targeted and Actual Site Monitoring Visits Carried Out in 2011/12
Chargeable Non- Totals Sites Chargeable Site Targeted Number 58 66 124 of Visits Number of Visits 47 47 94 Carried Out
3.13. The predominant reason for not meeting the targeted number of visits for sites was due to declining resources and the prioritisation of other workloads. Monitoring visits were therefore prioritised for sites displaying non-compliance with planning conditions, or where complaints had been received.
3.14. In accordance with guidance contained in the recently published NPPF, the Council’s Planning, Advisory and Compliance Service also intends to publish a Local Monitoring and Enforcement Plan in 2013 to set out how the Council will monitor the implementation of planning permissions and investigate alleged cases of unauthorised development. This will provide further clarity regarding the frequency of site monitoring visits.
3.15. In addition to carrying out site monitoring visits, Development Management Officers also attended regular liaison meetings for the major minerals and waste developments in the county. These meetings are held bi-annually or quarterly and are chaired by the local County Councillor for the area. They are also attended by District and Parish Council representatives, local residents and resident associations and the site operators themselves. The purpose of these meetings is to encourage dialogue between the site operators and the local community, keep residents informed of proposed developments on the site, and to provide a forum within which any concerns can be raised and solutions sought to minimise the impact of these developments on the locale.
Compliance and Enforcement
3.16. As Minerals and Planning Authority, the County Council has responsibilities and powers to take enforcement action against breaches of minerals and waste planning control when it is considered necessary in the public interest. Although these responsibilities and powers afforded to the Council are discretionary, the Council is committed to providing an efficient and effective planning enforcement service in the interests of the people and environment of Buckinghamshire. This is set out in the Council’s Enforcement Policy, which was formally adopted by the Council, following Development Control Committee approval in April 2004. The Council seeks to resolve breaches of planning control in line with planning legislation, government guidance, and also Policy 39 of the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2004-2016.
3.17. During the 2011/12 period, the Planning Enforcement Team received 51 reports of breaches of planning control. These comprised minerals or waste developments operating without the necessary planning permissions, or sites where planning permissions exist, but were not being correctly adhered to. Figure 5 below shows the number of enforcement cases received and resolved for the period 2009/10 to 2011/12. 11 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12
Figure 5: Enforcement Cases Received and Resolved 2009/10 to 2011/12
Enforcement Enforcement Cases Cases Received Resolved 2009/10 47 57 2010/11 38 41 2011/12 51 53
3.18. The data above shows an increase in the number of enforcement cases both received and resolved over the 2011/12 above those for the preceding year. The general increase in reported cases could be linked to a slightly improved economic situation, with more developments and household improvements commencing in the area resulting in an increased amount of construction and demolition waste requiring disposal. It could also be attributed to successful proactive work undertaken by the Planning Enforcement Team to raise awareness of breaches of planning control and improve communications with external stakeholders and groups, which could have resulted in higher instances of reporting in comparison to previous years. For the third year running, a greater number of cases were resolved than received.
3.19. When breaches of planning control were reported to the Council, site inspections were undertaken to verify the report and assess the severity of the breach against policy and in terms of scale and it s effects on local amenity. Where breaches of planning control were substantiated, officers proceeded with appropriate action. This includes negotiations with landowners to promote voluntary remedy of breaches, as well as formal enforcement action.
3.20. Figure 6 below shows the formal enforcement notices issued by the Council over the period 2009/10 to 2011/12 by type. The amount of formal action taken during the 2011/12 period remains comparable to that taken in the preceding year.
Figure 6: Formal Enforcement Action by Type 2009/10 to 2011/12
Breach of Planning Enforcement Temporary Stop High Court Prosecutions Condition Contravention Notices Stop Notices Injunctions Notices Notices Notices 2009/10 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2010/11 1 5 4 1 0 3 0 2011/12 1 3 4 1 0 1 1
12 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 4. Minerals
4.1. The MWCS sets out Buckinghamshire County Council’s Strategic Objectives and planning strategy for minerals development and minerals provision. These draw on and reflect the objectives of national guidance and other Council strategies. A full list of the Strategic Objectives is included in Appendix 6.
4.2. Within Buckinghamshire, the most significant mineral resources are the sand and gravels of the Thames Valley, located in the south of the county. Sand and gravels are crucial for the construction industry and are used in built development, other construction and maintenance of infrastructure and are therefore essential to delivering growth and regeneration. This 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).
4.3. Other mineral deposits occur in Buckinghamshire, notably brickclay and chalk. These materials vary in composition are only suitable for a limited range of uses. Generally these resources are only worked on a small scale and infrequent basis in Buckinghamshire.
4.4. The Council’s minerals planning strategy involves:
Providing for at least a seven year landbank of sand and gravel; Safeguarding potential sand and gravel resources; Encouraging the use and production of secondary and recycled aggregates, and; Supporting the Chiltern brick industry by maintaining a supply of material to meet the demand for traditional Chiltern Bricks.
Aggregates Production and Sales
4.5. During the 2011/12 period there were 7 active sand and 5 inactive sand and gravel quarries in Buckinghamshire. A full list of these sites is provided in Figure 7. Figure 8 presents the sales of sand and gravel in the County from 1997 to 2011. This shows a further decrease in sales compared to the preceding year, and maintains the general decreasing trend in sales of sand and gravel in the county since 2007.
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Figure 7: Active, Dormant, Ceased and Inactive Aggregate Sand and Gravel Sites in Buckinghamshire 2011/12
Active Sites Operator (Those currently extracting mineral) Wapseys Wood/Hyde Farm, Gerrards Aggregate Industries Cross Park Lodge, Iver Heath Brett Aggregates The Lea, Denham Harleyford Aggregates Spade Oak/Little Marlow Lafarge Aggregates Springfield Farm, Beaconsfield Springfield Farm Ltd All Souls Farm, Wexham Tarmac Southern New Denham, Denham Summerleaze Ltd
Dormant Sites (Those that have a historic planning permission for mineral extraction, but which need to submit a scheme of conditions for approval by the County Council before extraction can recommence) Rammamere Heath, Soulbury Lafarge Aggregates
Inactive Sites (sites which benefit from a planning permission for mineral extraction which has not yet been implemented or has temporarily ceased production) Westhorpe Lake, Marlow Harleyford Aggregates Denham Park Farm, Denham Harleyford Aggregates Berry Hill Farm, Taplow Summerleaze Ltd Beechwood Nurseries, East Burnham Summerleaze Ltd Harleyford Marina Harleyford Aggregates
4.6. Guidance in the NPPF advises Minerals Planning Authorities to ensure that there is a stock of mineral planning permissions, generally referred to as a landbank, sufficient to satisfy the annual supply requirement for at least 7 years. Following the publication of the NPPF, Minerals Planning Authorities are required to plan for a steady and adequate supply of aggregates by preparing an annual Local Aggregate Assessment (LAA), based on a rolling average of ten years sales data and other relevant local information, and an assessment of all supply options.
4.7. The Council therefore intends to publish a Local Aggregate Assessment in 2013 to determine the required annual supply apportionment, consistent with this advice and the approach set out in the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy, and in consultation with the South East England Aggregate Working Party (SEEAWP). Detailed analysis will be undertaken and published in the forthcoming Local Aggregate Assessment and reviewed annually as new data becomes available. In future, the AMR and LAA may form one contiguous document.
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Figure 8: Sales of Sand and Gravel in Buckinghamshire 1997-2011
Year Sales of Sand % Change on and Gravel Previous Year (tonnes) 1997 1,783,000 +137 1998 1,343,000 -25 1999 1,523,000 +13 2000 1,273,000 -16 2001 1,298,000 0 2002 1,427,000 +10 2003 1,221,000 -14 2004 1,313,000 +8 2005 1,155,000 -12 2006 1,236,000 +7 2007 1,076,000 -13 2008 785,000 -28 2009 713,000 -9 2010 709,950 0 2011 689,590 -3
4.8. Monitoring data gathered in 2012 indicates that there is 10,429,000 tonnes of sand and gravel in permitted reserves in Buckinghamshire. This is based on the Annual Minerals Returns submitted by site operators. The minerals returns and overall permitted reserves will be used in the analysis undertaken in the forthcoming Local Aggregates Assessment.
Production of Recycled/Secondary Aggregates
4.9. Secondary and recycled aggregates are substitutes for primary land-won aggregates. Their use is advocated in both national and local policy as they reduce the demands on the land-bank and also contribute to lessening the amount of Construction and Demolition Waste (C&D) sent to landfill.
4.10. According to minerals returns, Buckinghamshire had capacity to produce 375,297 tonnes of secondary/recycled aggregate in 2011. Actual sales of secondary/recycled aggregates in 2011 stood at 121,925 tonnes.
4.11. This compares to figures of 174,248 tonnes in 2010. Sales of secondary/recycled aggregates have been decreasing, this is consistent with the general trend in minerals sales due to the recession.
4.12. The forthcoming Local Aggregates Assessment will have due regard to the contribution secondary/recycled aggregates make to the overall provision of Buckinghamshire. However, there should also be a recognition that the quality, type and quantity of alternative materials (such as secondary/recycled aggregates) varies and cannot be expected to fully replace primary aggregates.
4.13. Figure 9 below shows active and inactive sites producing recycled aggregates in Buckinghamshire in 2011/12.
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Figure 9: Active/Inactive sites producing secondary & recycled aggregates
Site Operator Active:
Unit 44 Binders Industrial Estate Wycombe Trade Waste & Skip Hire Summerleys Farm C Putnam and Sons Park Lodge Quarry Brett Aggregates Ltd. Spade Oak Quarry Lafarge Aggregates Ltd. Thorney Mill Road Aggregates Industries UK Ltd. Unit 13, Bisons Industrial Estate Cappagh Public Works Ltd.
Inactive:
New Denham Quarry Summerleaze Ltd.
Rail Aggregate Depots
4.14. In accordance with the Council’s Strategic Objective to support the sustainable transport of minerals by rail, the Council has safeguarded a site at Griffin Lane Aylesbury and an active rail aggregate depot in Iver (Thorney Mill). These safeguardings have been carried forward in the MWCS. Individual sales figures provided by site operators for rail aggregate depots are confidential, however Figure 10 below sets out the joint figures for Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire from the South East England Aggregates Working Party (SEEAWP) Aggregate Study 2010. The latest report for 2011/12 has not yet been released by SEEAWP.
Figure 10: Sales of Aggregate at Rail Depots, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire, 2003-2010
Year Counties Sales (tonnes) 2003 Bucks, Milton Keynes and Oxon 996,000 2004 Bucks, Milton Keynes and Oxon 689,000 2005 Bucks, Milton Keynes and Oxon 790,000 2006 Bucks, Milton Keynes and Oxon 791,000 2007 Bucks, Milton Keynes and Oxon 887,000 2008 Bucks, Milton Keynes and Oxon 733,000 2009 Bucks, Milton Keynes and Oxon 447,000 2010 Bucks, Milton Keynes and Oxon 729,000
4.15. Figure 11 lists the Operational Aggregate Rail Depots included in the amalgamated sales tonnages for Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire.
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Figure 11: Operational Aggregate Rail Depots included within the amalgamated sales tonnages for Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire
Grid County Site Operator Mineral reference Buckinghamshire Thorney Mill Aggregate TQ 049 795 Crushed Road, West Industries rock Drayton Oxfordshire Appleford Hanson SP 518 932 Crushed Sidings, Sutton Aggregates rock Courtney Oxford Road, Hanson SP 119 503 Crushed Kidlington Aggregates rock Hennef Way, Lafarge SP 461 419 Crushed Banbury Aggregates rock Hinksey Sidings, Network Rail SP 513 045 Crushed Oxford rock Shipton on Kilbride SP 476 175 Crushed Cherwell Properties rock Milton Keynes Full Goods Cemex UK SP 869 338 Sand & Yard, Bletchley Gravel Station and Crushed rock Old Wolverton Lafarge SP 164 418 Unknown Rail Depot
4.16. Within Buckinghamshire, no new planning permissions have been granted for rail aggregates depots during the 2011/12 period.
Minerals Safeguarding and Area of Search
4.17. In line with national requirements, and the Council’s strategic objectives for minerals development in the county, the Council has sought to safeguard potential mineral reserves. To this extent, the MWCS has identified a Minerals Safeguarding Area (MSA) within which the County Council will seek to ensure that non-minerals development does not result in the sterilisation of a mineral resource. To this end, a Minerals Consultation Area (MCA) has also been established within the MSA.
4.18. Within the MCA, District Councils as Local Planning Authorities, are required to consult with the County Council in order to ensure 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 development in the MSA will need to demonstrate that; (i)they will not sterilise the resource, (ii) consideration has been given to prior extraction of the protected mineral, (iii) the need for the proposed development outweighs the economic value of the mineral resource. Development that is exempt from these requirements is defined in Supplementary Planning Guidance Note 5 until superseded. This criteria is reproduced in Appendix 7 of this report.
4.19. In order to monitor the effectiveness of minerals safeguarding, the Council will seek to gather data in relation to the amount of mineral resource that is
17 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 sterilised by other forms of development, in accordance with key indicators included in the MWCS.
4.20. The MWCS also identifies an ‘Area of Search’ in the north of the county near Buckingham. Although there have been no expressions of interest from the minerals industry to extract mineral in this area, sand and gravel resources have been identified. There is currently insufficient detailed information available to be certain of the viability of these deposits, however subject to further exploration it is possible that aggregate from this area could contribute to potential areas of future growth both in and adjacent to Buckinghamshire. This area has therefore been added to the Minerals Consultation Area to protect it from development that would result in the sterilisation of resources.
4.21. As new information regarding the viability of potential deposits in this area becomes available, the Council may either remove this designation or amend the designation to a Minerals Safeguarding Area as appropriate.
Non Aggregate Minerals
4.22. In addition to sand and gravel discussed above, there are reserves of other minerals within the County. These are mainly moderate deposits of clay and chalk. These minerals are not subject to the same high levels of protection as aggregate minerals, however, the Council recognises the importance of locally sourced clay to the manufacture of high quality, traditional Chiltern Brick, necessary for restoration or construction of new buildings that fit the distinctive architectural character of the area. Small amounts of chalk are currently extracted in Buckinghamshire to supply the agricultural lime market. A list of non-aggregate mineral extraction sites is provided in Figure 12 below.
Figure 12: Active, Dormant, Ceased and Inactive Clay and Chalk Sites in Buckinghamshire 2011/12
Clay Active Sites (Those currently extracting mineral) Meadhams Farm Brickworks, Chesham Dunton Brothers Ltd The Parks, Bellingdon Brickworks, H.G. Matthews Chesham Arrewig Lane, The Lee H. G. Matthews
Dormant Sites (Those that have a historic planning permission for mineral extraction, but which need to submit a scheme of conditions for approval by the County Council before extraction can recommence) Woodham Brickworks, Woodham Woodham Brick Co Ltd
Inactive Sites (sites which benefit from a planning permission for mineral extraction which has not yet been implemented or has temporarily ceased production) Calvert, Calvert Green Waste Recycling Group
Ceased Sites (Those that have ceased mineral extraction due to lack of remaining viable reserves) Froghall, Chalfont St Giles H. G. Matthews
Chalk Active Sites (Those currently extracting mineral) Pitstone Quarry, Pitstone Clark Contracting
18 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 4.23. Although some clay and chalk deposits are currently extracted for the local purposes described above, 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 Council will seek to gather information relating to the volume, type of products being produced and the anticipated market in accordance with the key indicators included in the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy.
Planning permissions for Mineral Extraction Sites
4.24. During the 2011/2012 monitoring period, five applications to vary conditions relating to timescales for completion on existing planning permissions at two operational sand and gravel extraction sites were approved. No planning permissions for new sand and gravel sites, or extensions to existing sand and gravel sites were granted.
4.25. During the 2011/12 period, one application for a new clay extraction area associated with the existing Bellingdon Brickworks was granted planning permission. A full list of all minerals and waste related planning applications determined by the Council is provided in Appendix 5.
4.26. The location of mineral extraction sites in Buckinghamshire is shown in Figure 13 below:
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Figure 13: Map of Minerals Sites
20 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 5. Waste
5.1. The Council’s Strategic Objectives and waste planning strategy are set out in the recently adopted MWCS. A full list of the Council’s Strategic Objectives has been reproduced in Appendix 6. The waste planning strategy includes:
planning for an equivalent capacity to amount of waste to that generated within the county (net self-sufficiency) in managing its wastes to 2026 encourage waste prevention and to safeguard existing waste management capacity whilst increasing local provision for recycling and composting so as to increasingly divert waste from landfill the allocation of a single Strategic Waste Complex (SWC) to include an energy recovery facility at Calvert Landfill Site with linked waste transfer stations, and to plan for a reduction in the disposal of waste to landfill over the plan period.
Waste Prevention and Reduction
5.2. The waste hierarchy and national policy dictate that the greatest environmental and cost saving are will be delivered by producing less waste in the first place. Therefore the Council’s waste strategy seeks to encourage the prevention and reduction of waste where possible, in conjunction with increasing the proportion of waste that is reused, recycled or composted. The Council recognises that this can only be achieved by working closely with partners to positively influence behaviours.
5.3. In Buckinghamshire, much of the work done by the County Council to reduce waste is undertaken by the Sustainability team in partnership with the District Councils (via the Waste Partnership and Joint Waste Committee) and other organisations (such as WRAP - Waste Resources Action Programme). During the monitoring period there were several initiatives to reduce waste, mainly based on the agreement of the Joint Waste Committee to focus on garden waste, food waste and bulky waste. Notable initiatives include:
Home composting: promoting the sale of home compost bins and the training of 122 volunteers (the 'master composter' scheme) currently diverts around 7000 tonnes of waste per annum.
Love food hate waste: Around 4000 tonnes of food waste is diverted per year through the 'Community Food Champions' scheme. This utilised the BCC Big Society fund.
Re-use forums: these forums were set up following the Joint Waste Committee meeting in August 2011. They aim to encourage the reuse of bulky waste items and utilise existing networks of housing associations, charity shops and online exchange organisations. Over 1000 tonnes of waste could be reused in this manner.
Rethink rubbish at school: provides teachers with a resource to run waste- educations lessons in schools, direct training was provided in Autumn 2011 and February 2012. 21 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12
Illegal dumping costs campaign: now running for nearly ten years, this campaign has seen the amount of fly-tipping drop by 62% through rigorous enforcement and saves the taxpayer £94,000 per annum.
5.4. In addition to the measures outlined above, which are already being undertaken, the Council will also seek to encourage waste prevention in construction projects by working with District Councils to encourage the use of sustainable design practices and the efficient use of construction materials at the design planning and design stages through the submission of Site Waste Management Plans (SWMPs). Under the Site Waste Management Plan Regulations 2008, all construction projects over £300,000 in value are required to prepare a SWMP.
5.5. In accordance with the indicators outlined in the MWCS (see Appendix 1), the Council intends to work with District Councils to encourage contractors and developers to meet best practice on sustainable construction and prevention of site waste. However, it is noted that the future of SWMPs is now in doubt and therefore the Council may review this in future AMRs.
Waste Management
5.6. Buckinghamshire’s total waste arisings for 2011/12 were 1,370,457 tonnes. This figure is before any imports/exports are taken into account (see section 5.21). The total is based on BCC’s own data on Municipal Solid Waste (see section 5.10) and the Environment Agency’s Waste Data Interrogator for other waste streams. The interrogator is not a definitive record however, as returns by site operators can be incomplete and transfers of waste incorrectly classified. For instance, across the South East region 841,487 tonnes of waste was not traceable to any specific authority. Figure 14 below demonstrates how the waste arising in Buckinghamshire splits into the various waste streams.
5.7. The total amount of waste managed within Buckinghamshire once imports and exports from/to other authorities are taken into account was 1,947,143 tonnes. This splits down into the various waste streams as shown in Figure 15 below. The difference between Figure 14 and Figure 15 indicates that Buckinghamshire is a net importer of waste (excluding Municipal Solid Waste), with the exception of hazardous waste where the majority is exported. This is explored further in section 5.21.
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Figure 14: Waste arising in Buckinghamshire
18182, 1% 257100, 19%
MSW
C&D 707840, 52% HIC Haz 387335, 28%
Figure 15: Waste managed in Buckinghamshire
536, 0% 257100, 13%
MSW C&D HIC 1084102, 56% 605405, 31% Haz
5.8. The interrogator indicates that 127,344 tonnes of the non-MSW waste managed in Buckinghamshire was treated or recycled in 2011. This is compared to 1,081,927 tonnes managed in Buckinghamshire that was sent to landfill.
Municipal Solid Waste
5.9. During 2011/12 257,100 tonnes of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) was generated in Buckinghamshire. Of this, 237,000 tonnes was household waste. 107, 400 tonnes of household waste (45.29%) was recycled/composted. Figure 16 below shows how this waste was treated during both the 2010/11 and 2011/12 monitoring periods. This shows a small reduction in the amount of MSW being sent to landfill which is mainly due to a corresponding increase in the amount of MSW sent for reuse, recycling or composting.
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Figure 16: Buckinghamshire MSW arisings (Tonnes) - figures rounded
2010/11 2011/12 Household landfilled 130600 129500 Household send for reuse, 107100 107400 recycling or composting Total Household arisings 237700 237000 Non-household recycling 1300 2500 composting Non-household landfilled 18600 17700 Total MSW 257600 257100
5.10. Figure 17 below shows the county wide household recycling rates by District Collections and Buckinghamshire County Council Household Recycling Centres. These facilities make an important contribution towards achieving higher recycling rates. Figure 17 also shows that recycling rates over the 2011/12 monitoring period have remained consistent with the preceding year. The total tonnage figures, by material types, collected at each of the 10 HWRCs in Buckinghamshire are shown in Appendix 8.
Figure 17: Buckinghamshire Local Authority Household Recycling Rates 2010/11 and 2011/2012 (tonnes)
Household waste Household recycled/ Recycling rate composted. Reuse 2010/11 2011/12 2010/11 2011/12 2010/11 2011/12 BCC – 60600 62200 44400 45700 73% 73% HWRC AVDC 55500 54800 12300 11800 22% 22% CDC 33000 32500 15500 15300 47% 47% SBDC 24000 23100 80000 7700 33% 33% WDC 64600 64400 27000 26900 42% 42% Bucks 237700 237000 107100 107400 45% 45% Total
5.11. The total amount of MSW that was landfilled for the period 2004/05 to 2011/12 is shown in Figure 18 below. This demonstrates that the amount of MSW being sent to landfill has decreased since 2004/05, however this decrease appears to be stabilising with a smaller decrease being apparent in latter years.
Figure 18: Total MSW landfilled for the period 2004/05 to 2010/11
Total MSW Landfilled Year (tonnes) 2004/05 190,474 2005/06 168,420 2006/07 169,400 2007/08 161,700 2008/09 152,800 2009/10 150,000 2010/11 148,998 2011/12 148,200
24 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 Future Energy Recovery Capacity
5.12. Future waste management seeks to increasingly divert waste form landfill, including through the recovery of value through the generation of electricity where recycling and composting is not possible. For this ‘residual waste’ (waste that cannot be recycled) the MWCS has allocated the Calvert Landfill Site as a ‘Strategic Waste Complex’ (SWC). The purpose of this allocation is to enable the co-location of major waste treatment facilities, including an energy recovery facility, at the site.
5.13. The MWCS also allocates sites for linked waste transfer stations. These waste transfer stations will enable waste generated in the south of the county to be bulked prior to onward transport to the energy recovery facility in the north of the county, in accordance with sustainable waste management practices. The waste planning strategy is illustrated in figure 19.
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Figure 19: The Waste Planning Strategy
26 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 5.14. Progress on the delivery of these three sites is key to the successful implementation of the Council’s waste strategy, and has therefore been included as key indicators within the MWCS (see Appendix 1). An update of progress through both the planning and procurement processes to date has therefore been included below, even though some of this falls outside of the monitoring period 2011/12. Future AMRs will continue to provide this information.
5.15. In July 2012, Cabinet took the decision to award a contract for treating Buckinghamshire’s local authority residual waste to FCC (formerly Waste Recycling Group), with the procurement process expected to complete in April 2013. Planning application 11/20000/AWD for an Energy from Waste (EfW) facility and associated development including a new access route from the A41 at Calvert Landfill Site was granted planning permission in July 2012, following meetings of the Development Control Committee in February and April 2012.
5.16. Planning conditions requiring the submission of details prior to the commencement of the development have been discharged. Therefore, subject to the outcome of a judicial review, construction is anticipated to begin in 2013, with the EfW anticipated to be operational in late 2015/16. The contract will run for a term of 30 years once the facility is built and operational.
5.17. Planning permission for a Waste Transfer Station at the High Heavens Waste complex, High Heavens was granted in July 2012, following consideration of planning application CC11/9003/CM at the Development Control Committee Meeting on 24th January 2012. Detailed schemes required to be submitted prior to the commencement of the development are currently being considered by the Council (as of March 2013).
5.18. Planning permission for a Waste Transfer Station at the London Road Depot, Amersham ref: CH/2011/60005/BCC was refused after consideration by the Development Control Committee on 31st July 2012.
5.19. Details of planning applications, including supporting documents, officers’ reports and decision notices can be viewed online through the Buckinghamshire County Council Public Access Website using the link below. Planning applications can be found using the planning application reference numbers or by searching by keyword at: http://publicaccess.buckscc.gov.uk/online-applications/
5.20. Minutes of Development Control Committee Meetings are also available on the Buckinghamshire County Council website, and can be accessed using the link below: http://democracy.buckscc.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CommitteeId=105
Waste Imports and Exports
5.21. Information regarding waste imports and exports is available from the 2011 Environment Agency Waste Interrogator, from which the below information was sourced. The interrogator data is based on returns made by facilities to the EA under the terms of their permits. Whilst broadly accurate, the data cannot be considered definitive as the level of detail in the returns from different
27 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 facilities/authorities is liable to fluctuate. Figure 20 shows the most significant import/export areas for waste in/out of Buckinghamshire, both in terms of the County’s immediate neighbours and elsewhere. It can be seen that Buckinghamshire is generally a net importer of waste regionally although there are significant exports to the South Coast and most significantly, Cardiff.
Figure 20: Principal Net 2011 Waste Flows (excluding London) (tonnes)
Neighbouring Areas IMPORT FROM EXPORT TO NET Bedfordshire 8,533 10,915 - 2,382 Hertfordshire 86,204 15,243 +70,961 Milton Keynes 15,715 3,731 +12,020 Northamptonshire 33 260 -227 Oxfordshire 46,935 15,157 +31,778 Slough 40,663 3,096 +37,567 Windsor & Maidenhead 48,077 1,928 +46,149
Other Areas IMPORT FROM EXPORT TO NET Cardiff 0 31,335 -31,335 Southampton 0 17,428 -17,428 West Berkshire 88 8,101 -8,013 Kent 44 7551 -7,507 Lincolnshire 0 5630 -5,630 Somerset 17, 834 0 +17,834
5.22 Figure 20 above excludes information regarding London. The major waste flows into the county are overwhelmingly from London, principally comprising municipal and construction wastes landfilled at Calvert, and commercial and construction wastes landfilled at sites within southern Buckinghamshire. Overall waste imports from London as a whole were 781,769 tonnes in 2011. This is consistent with the Core Strategy that advocates an ongoing reduction in the amount of waste imported from London – 2010’s figure was 901,143 tonnes and before that 2009’s 965,188 tonnes.
5.22. Overall, Buckinghamshire imported 1,077,045 tonnes of waste in 2011. 796,184 tonnes of which was sent to landfill.
5.23. According to the EA interrogator, Buckinghamshire exported 11,850 tonnes of hazardous waste in 2011. The majority of this (10,016 tonnes) was sent for recovery in Hertfordshire.
Waste Capacities in Buckinghamshire
5.24. After prevention and reduction, the remaining waste generated in Buckinghamshire requires appropriate management. Appendix 9 provides details of the capacity of all waste facilities in the County. The Council’s waste strategy as set out in the MWCS anticipates a requirement for an additional 1 million tonnes of waste management capacity by 2026 in the form of:
386,000 tonnes in the form of new MSW and Commercial & Industrial (C&I) recycling and composting capacity; 290,000 tonnes of energy recovery capacity;
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280,000 tonnes of new C&D waste recycling capacity and; No additional landfill will be needed before 2026.
5.25. Appendix 5 shows all applications that were determined during the monitoring period. For waste-related applications, the vast majority have been variations to conditions attached to existing facilities. Therefore there has only been a moderate change in terms of capacity generated by new facilities (a key indicator for Core Strategy policies - see Appendix 1). There has been capacity generated through the permission of a minor bulky-goods storage application as well as temporary recycling permissions and a change of use application. These are contained within Appendix 5 and summarised in Figure 21 below, alongside their contribution to Core Strategy targets for additional capacity generation.
Figure 21: Approved applications generating additional waste capacity
Mineral / Length of Capacity generated Decision Waste / permission Site Proposal Date Restoration 3000 tonnes of recycling capacity (2400 C&I waste The proposed use of stream, 600 the site as an additional hazardous) treatment facility for redundant electrical Core Strategy equipment and storage target for 2016 is of certain quantities of additional 86,000 waste materials. tonnes of recycling Unit 1, C R Sorting, de- capacity for C&I by Bates Industrial manufacturing of 2016. This Estate, electrical equipment application has Wycombe and storage to be therefore Road, carried out within the contributed 2.79% Stokenchurch confines of the building. 22/08/2011 W Permanent to this target. 22,000 tonnes of C&D recycling capacity.
Core Strategy target for 2016 is additional 163,300 tonnes of recycling capacity for C&D by 2016. This All Souls Farm, Proposed recycling of application is not Uxbridge Road, inert waste to produce Temporary permanent however George Green, construction aggregate (until so will not sustain Wexham for a temporary period 08/12/2011 W 30/06/13) additional capacity. 16,000 tonnes of C&D recycling capacity (9.8% of Core Strategy Proposed change of target for 2016). Chiltern View use from former railway 9000 tonnes of C&I Nurseries, land and agricultural recycling capacity Wendover yard to waste and (10.5% of Core Road, Stoke recycling transfer Strategy target for Mandeville station 10/03/2011 W Permanent 2016).
5.26. No additional landfill capacity was created during the monitoring period. Data regarding the remaining voidspace is contained within Appendix 9. This information has been ascertained from planning applications and, where relevant, site operators directly. However, it is possible that there are still discrepancies in the exact figures for voidspace due to phases of dormancy or inaccurate returns by site operators. In future monitoring reports landfill voidspace will be more formally calculated, potentially using a similar system to the minerals returns used to 29 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 calculate reserves. The development of the WLP will rely on the most accurate forecasts of total voidspace and overall capacity within Buckinghamshire’s waste sites.
5.27. The location of all major waste management/disposal facilities is shown in Figure 22.
Figure 22: Location of major waste management/disposal facilities in Buckinghamshire.
30 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 6. Environment
6.1. Buckinghamshire is a place of high natural value, recognised for the Chilterns Chalk Grasslands, Ancient Woodlands of South Bucks and extensive wetland areas of Aylesbury Vale. The Council recognises the value of these natural assets, particularly in relation to their contribution to Buckinghamshire as a place to live, work and invest. To ensure the delivery of more sustainable minerals extraction and waste management, the MWCS seeks to ensure that all proposals minimise the impacts on and from climate change through good design, the protection of Buckinghamshire’s extensive environmental assets, and, where possible, by enhancing the quality of life and the environment.
Protection
6.2. Policies in the MWCS seek to protect areas of international, national and local importance such as the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Sites of Special Scientific Interest, and Scheduled Ancient Monuments. The Council acknowledges, in accordance with guidance contained in the NPPF, that mineral extraction need not conflict with the purposes of including land in the Green Belt, provided that high environmental standards are maintained and that sites are well restored.
6.3. A full list of all minerals and waste related planning applications determined by the Council over the 2011/12 period is provided in Appendix 5. This includes information relating to whether or not sites were located within designated areas. The majority of these applications sought to vary conditions attached to existing planning permissions or gain authorisation for development ancillary to existing facilities. Although permission for some new facilities was granted within environmental designations, in these cases the Council determined that the proposals would not result in significant harm to these sensitive areas. The reasons behind these decisions are outlined in the Officers Reports which are available to view, along with the full details of each planning application, on the Buckinghamshire County Council Public Access Website at: http://publicaccess.buckscc.gov.uk/online-applications/
6.4. No applications for facilities in sensitive locations were granted on appeal, against the recommendation of the County Council during the 2011/12 monitoring period. Figures 13 and 22 show the locations of minerals and waste sites within the County and include the Green Belt and AONB designations.
6.5. In order to ensure the protection of international, national and locally important areas and in accordance with the requirements outlined in the MWCS, the Council will also seek to monitor and report on the number of planning applications granted planning permission contrary to the advice of statutory consultees. This data will be published in future AMRs.
Enhancement
6.6. The minerals industry has the potential to positively contribute to the creation, enhancement or restoration of the environment through appropriate restoration schemes. This is recognised in the MWCS, which encourages applicants for minerals and waste developments to give consideration to:
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The enhancement of existing biodiversity habitats and the opportunities to increase biodiversity and contribute to wildlife corridors, consistent with Biodiversity Action Plan targets and taking into account the priorities of the nearest Biodiversity Opportunity Areas. 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 The retention of existing Rights of Way and the provision of new routes, consistent with the Buckinghamshire Rights of Way Improvement Plan, and Consistency with the Buckinghamshire Green Infrastructure Strategy.
6.7. In addition, the Council recognises the potential for minerals and waste developments to demonstrate a high standard of design in order to minimise any adverse effects on and from climate change. It is anticipated that these policies will ultimately result in the creation of additional green spaces, rights of way and biodiversity habitats. The Council will therefore seek to monitor how the proposals that are granted planning permission are contributing to the enhancement of the environment, in accordance with the relevant indicators detailed in the MWCS.
6.8. The Council’s Planning, Advisory and Compliance Service actively engage with developers to achieve such enhancements where possible, both at pre-application and application stages. A paper detailing key principles for the restoration of minerals sites in Buckinghamshire has been produced in support of the MWCS. ‘Mineral and Waste Site Restoration and On-Site Green Infrastructure Principles’ is available to view through the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Examination Library as reference CS13.1, through the link below: http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/waste_mineral_plans/mwcs_library.page
6.9. Positive examples of negotiations include the successful negotiation with FCC Environment in relation to planning application 11/20000/AWD for an Energy from Waste Facility at Calvert. These discussions have resulted in a commitment to create or upgrade ten rights of way being included as part of the legal agreement accompanying the planning permission. This, combined with the upgrade of a footpath to bridleway on County Council owned land has enabled a new strategic network to be designed for the area.
6.10. Maps showing the types of restoration schemes for sites with existing minerals extraction planning permissions are included in Appendix 11 with an accompanying table in Appendix 10. These demonstrate that restoration schemes in Buckinghamshire are predominantly to agriculture, woodland or lakes. Once sites have completed extraction and restoration operations they enter a five year period of aftercare during which land is actively managed in accordance with the approved schemes submitted by site operators on an annual basis. In addition to this, Development Management Officers carry out annual aftercare visits accompanied by representatives of Natural England to assess the level of aftercare taking place at each site and to advise site operators accordingly. During the 2011/12 monitoring period, these visits were carried out in May. Sites that are either partially or wholly in aftercare are shown in Appendix 10.
32 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 7. Policy Implementation
7.1. One of the purposes of the AMR is to identify how successfully policy is being implemented. As explained in Chapter 1, the development plan in place for minerals and waste development in Buckinghamshire during the 2011/12 monitoring period consisted of saved policies in the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2004-2016. As such this section relates to the applications of the policies contained therein and used during the 2011/12 monitoring period to which this report relates.
7.2. However, it is important to note that in November 2012 the Council adopted the MWCS which has replaced some of the saved policies in the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2004-2016. Therefore future AMRs will monitor the effectiveness of relevant policies in both of these documents.
7.3. A list of all planning applications determined during the 2011/12 period is included in Appendix 5. This also includes a list of the policies used in the determination of the application, as provided on each decision notice. This shows that the three main polices used during the 2011/12 period have been: Policy 27: Protection of Green Belt Policy 28: Amenity Policy 36: Planning Application Issues
7.4. Of the policies listed above, both policy 28 and policy 36 will continue to be used to determine planning applications as they have not been replaced by policies in the MWCS. As policy 28 relates to the protection of amenity and is of relevance to the consideration of most planning applications, it is likely that this policy will continue to be one of the main policies used in the determination of mineral and waste planning applications until it is replaced by appropriate policies in the forthcoming Minerals Local Plan and Waste Local Plan.
7.5. One appeal against the refusal of planning permission was received during the 2011/12 period. This appeal was dismissed by the Planning Inspector. However, due to the small number of appeals against the refusal to grant planning permission received during the 2011/12 period, it is difficult to draw conclusions about the strength of policies at appeal, particularly in the context of Core Strategy policies replacing the old BMWLP policies that were highlighted in previous appeals.
7.6. As outlined in Chapter 3, under the heading of ‘Site Monitoring’, the Council is currently not implementing the framework for site monitoring attached to this policy. Instead, the Council carries out targeted monitoring of sites against a schedule agreed annually by the Development Control Committee, in accordance with the approach previously endorsed by the Development Control Committee on 12th June 2007. In addition, and in accordance with guidance contained in the recently published NPPF, the Council’s Planning, Advisory and Compliance Service also intends to publish a Local Monitoring and Enforcement Plan in 2013. This approach is supported by policy CS24 of the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy and will provide further clarity regarding the Council’s approach to site monitoring.
7.7. Following the adoption of the MWCS in November 2012, future AMRs will seek to monitor the effectiveness of these policies against the framework set out in Table 4
33 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 in the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy (reproduced in part in Appendix 1 to this report), and the strategy outlined in policy CS24: Strategy for Implementation, Monitoring, Review and Enforcement. At such time as the Minerals Local Plan and the Waste Local Plan are adopted, the policies contained in each of these will also be monitored against this framework.
34 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 APPENDIX 1 – CORE STRATEGY INDICATORS Indicators included in the table below are taken from Table 4: Implementation, Monitoring and Review Framework, of the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy. The Minerals and Waste Core Strategy was adopted in November 2012 and therefore these indicators did not apply during the 2011/12 Monitoring Period, and will instead be monitored against in future AMRs. However, where data in relation any of the indictors listed below was found to be readily available in relation to the monitoring period, the Council has sought to include the data in this AMR. MWCS Policy Related Strategic Objectives Local Output Indicator/Target 2011/12 Monitoring Minerals CS1: Minerals SO3: Safeguarding of Existing Amount of sand & gravel (area or tonnes) sterilised by LPAs granting planning permission for Not monitored Safeguarding Minerals Resources non-mineral development within the MSA against MPA approval
SO4: Spatial Distribution of Amount of sand and gravel (tonnes) consented for extraction prior to non-mineral development Not monitored Minerals Development within the MSA
CS2: Area of SO3: Safeguarding of Existing Amount in tonnes of mineral extraction granted planning permission against MPA approval None Search (AoS) Minerals Resources Additional information (e.g. from boreholes) allowing greater certainty SO4: Spatial Distribution of None Minerals Development CS3: Non – SO5: Spatial Distribution of Amount in tonnes of non-aggregate mineral extraction granted planning permission One application for new brick-clay extraction aggregate Minerals Development area (See Chapter 4 and Appendix 5 for more Minerals information). Extraction of a maximum of 2000 Working SO9: Protection of the tonnes of brick-earth per year over a maximum Metropolitan Green Belt and of 11 years. Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Number of proposals for non-aggregate mineral extraction granted planning permission against None MPA approval.
Rate of production compared to previous years Not monitored
CS4: SO1: Improving the Production of Primary Land Won Aggregates by MPA in tonnes per annum Sales of sand and gravel, and the total estimated Maintaining the Sustainability of Minerals reserve in Buckinghamshire are published in Level of Sand Development Remaining Landbank at the end of each year Chapter 4. and Gravel Provision SO4: Spatial Distribution of Permitted reserves (in years) not to fall below 7 years worth of supply at the latest apportionment Further analysis of this data will be undertaken Minerals Development as part of the forthcoming Local Aggregate Remaining provision required over the Plan period Assessment and will include an estimate of the remaining landbank and remaining provision required over the plan period. CS5: Preferred SO1: Improving the Amount of estimated yield within the Preferred Areas allocated to meet the plan provision N/A – until adoption of Minerals Local Plan Areas Sustainability of Minerals Permitted reserves (in years) not to fall below 7 years worth of supply at the latest Development apportionment.
Planning consents granted for sand & gravel extraction made outside preferred areas identified within Minerals Local Plan.
Planning consents granted for sand & gravel extraction made within preferred areas identified within Minerals Local Plan.
CS6: Sites for SO1: Improving the Amount of (i) secondary and (ii) recycled aggregate produced in the MPA area in tonnes per See Chapter 4. Recycled and Sustainability of Minerals annum. Secondary Development. Aggregates Amount of additional C&D recycling or secondary processing capacity (i) permitted per annum; See Chapter 4 and Appendix 5.
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MWCS Policy Related Strategic Objectives Local Output Indicator/Target 2011/12 Monitoring SO9: Protection of the (ii) operational; (iii) life of consent and (iv) secondary and recycling capacity within each district. Metropolitan Green Belt and Areas of Outstanding Natural Facilities granted planning permission on sites not in conformity with Policy criteria. N/A for 2011/12 period Beauty.
SO10: Protecting and Enhancing the Environment
CS7: Rail SO5: Transportation of Minerals Planning consent granted on RAD site not for the transportation of minerals. None Aggregate Depots and SO9: Protection of the Identification of new rail aggregate depots / wharves. None Wharf Facilities Metropolitan Green Belt and Chilterns Areas of Outstanding Tonnage of mineral transported by rail. See Chapter 4. Natural Beauty
SO10: Protecting and Enhancing the Environment Waste CS8: SO2: Improving the Number of planning applications for major new development (threshold for ‘major new Not monitored Waste Sustainability of Waste development’ to be determined in agreement with the District Councils) that the County Council Prevention in Management has advised the District Councils upon in terms of waste prevention. New Development Number of planning applications for major new development permitted by the District Councils Not monitored contrary to the advice of the County Council in terms of waste prevention
CS9: Additional SO2: Improving the Capacity of new waste management facilities – (i) new permitted capacity; (ii) new operational See Chapter 5 and Appendix 5 Waste Sustainability of Waste capacity; (iii) waste licence tonnage restriction and (iv) length of consent. Management Management Capacity and Exports of hazardous & radioactive waste from Buckinghamshire. See Chapter 5 Net Self- SO6: Spatial Distribution of sufficiency Waste Development Location of reprocessing facilities for Buckinghamshire recyclable materials. See Figure 22 and Appendix 9
Difference between additional recycling, composting and energy recovery tonnage and that stated in Policy CS9 as required. See Chapter 5.
CS10: Recycling SO2: Improving the Capacity of new waste management facilities – (i) new permitted capacity and (ii) new See Chapter 5. and Composting Sustainability of Waste operational capacity. Capacity to be Management provided by Breakdown of capacity of new recycling and composting facilities – (i) new permitted capacity See Chapter 5 and Appendix 5. 2026 SO7: Safeguarding of Existing and (ii) new operational capacity by each District. Waste Sites Remaining provision required over the Plan period See Chapter 5.
CS11: Strategic SO2: Improving the Capacity of new waste management facilities – (i) new permitted capacity; (ii) new operational Waste Complex Sustainability of Waste capacity. For full update, see Chapter 5.17. (SWC) at Management Planning permission for EfW at Calvert Landfill Calvert Landfill site granted July 2012 (11/20000/AWD). Site SO6: Spatial Distribution of At least a waste recovery facility operational by 2015. If Post 2015: Expected to be operational by late 2015. Waste Development i) Planning permission granted; or Subject to outcome of judicial review,
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MWCS Policy Related Strategic Objectives Local Output Indicator/Target 2011/12 Monitoring SO7: Safeguarding of Existing ii) Estimated operation date construction anticipated to commence 2013 with Waste Sites completion in late 2015. Commission from Spring 2015 SO10: Protecting and Enhancing Progress through procurement processes. the Environment No capacity for heat recovery at present, Progress through planning processes. however condition 46 of planning permission 11/20000/AWD requires the production of an Estimated date for construction & commissioning. annual report examining options for heat recovery. Number of planning permissions granted contrary to Environment Agency advice on flooding and water quality grounds.
Amount of capacity for recovery of heat.
CS12: Essential SO6: Spatial Distribution of Capacity of new waste management facilities – (i) new permitted capacity; (ii) new operational See Chapter 5.15 Infrastructure to Waste Development capacity. support the Planning permission 11/20000/AWD for Energy Strategic Waste SO7: Safeguarding of Existing Planning permission granted for a waste recovery facility for both the recovery of MSW and C&I from Waste facility and new access road granted Complex at Waste Sites waste and associated new access road by 2015. in July 2012 Calvert Landfill Site SO8: Transportation of Waste Planning permission granted Waste Transfer Station facilities at London Road Depot, Amersham Planning permission for Waste Transfer Station and at High Heavens Waste Complex, High Wycombe. at High Heaven Waste Complex granted in July SO10: Protecting and Enhancing 2012 (CC11/9003/CM). For full update, see the Environment Chapter 5.17
CS13: SO2: Improving the Planning permission granted for a waste recovery facility for both the recovery of MSW and C&I As above Contingency Sustainability of Waste waste by 2015. Management CS14: SO2: Improving the Capacity at existing safeguarded waste management sites (non-landfill) lost to non-waste related None Safeguarding Sustainability of Waste development by district council area Existing and Management Potential Waste Capacity at other safeguarded sites intended for waste management use lost to non-waste Not monitored Sites SO7: Safeguarding of Existing related development by district council area Waste Sites Number of rail waste transfer stations which have (i) new permitted capacity and (ii) new None SO9: Protection of the operational capacity. Metropolitan Green Belt and Chilterns Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
SO10: Protecting and Enhancing the Environment CS15: Landfill SO2: Improving the Remaining voidspace within Buckinghamshire. 26,146,844t Sustainability of Waste Management Capacity of new landfill facilities – (i) new permitted capacity; (ii) new operational capacity and No new landfill permitted (iii) length of permission of consented capacity.
CS16: SO2: Improving the Capacity of new waste management facilities – (i) new permitted capacity; (ii) new operational 11,400t of permanent C&I capacity permitted. Management of Sustainability of Waste capacity and (iii) length of permission of consented capacity. 16,000t of permanent C&D capacity permitted.
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MWCS Policy Related Strategic Objectives Local Output Indicator/Target 2011/12 Monitoring Imported Waste Management 22,000t of temporary (until 30/06/13) C&D capacity permitted.
Tonnage of waste imported into Buckinghamshire in tonnes per annum by (i) disposal method 1,077,045 tonnes of waste imported. 796,184 and (ii) end disposal point and (iii) by source. tonnes of was sent to landfill. See 5.21.
A year on year decline in the amount of waste imported from London (percentage rise/fall). 13.2% fall. CS17: Sewage SO2: Improving the Capacity of new waste management facilities – (i) new permitted capacity; (ii) new operational 27,400t of new permanent permitted capacity. Treatment Sustainability of Waste capacity. Works Management Environment CS18: SO10: Protecting and Enhancing Change in areas of biodiversity importance. Not monitored Protection of the Environment Environmental Number of proposals granted planning permission in designations of international / national None – a list all planning applications Assets of importance against MPA / WPA approval – 0 determined by the Council, during 2011/12 International and including information relating to designations is National included in Appendix 5 importance CS19: SO10: Protecting and Enhancing Change in areas of biodiversity importance. Not monitored Protection of the Environment Environmental Number of proposals granted planning permission in designations of local importance contrary None – a list all planning applications Assets of to objection by MPA / WPA determined by the Council, during 2011/12 Local i) Appeal; or including information relating to designations is Importance included in Appendix 5 ii) Against Officer recommendation
Number of planning permissions granted contrary to Environment Agency advice on flooding and Not monitored water quality grounds.
CS20: SO9: Protection of the None – a list all planning applications Metropolitan Metropolitan Green Belt and Number of proposals granted planning permission in the Metropolitan Green Belt contrary to determined by the Council, during 2011/12 Green Belt Chilterns Area of Outstanding objection by MPA / WPA including information relating to designations is Natural Beauty i) Appeal; or included in Appendix 5
SO10: Protecting and Enhancing ii) Against Officer recommendation the Environment CS21: The SO9: Protection of the Chilterns Area of Metropolitan Green Belt and Number of proposals granted planning permission in the Chilterns AONB contrary to objection None – a list all planning applications Outstanding Chilterns Area of Outstanding by MPA / WPA determined by the Council, during 2011/12 Natural Beauty Natural Beauty i) Appeal; or including information relating to designations is (AONB) included in Appendix 5 SO10: Protecting and Enhancing ii) Against Officer recommendation the Environment Tonnage of brick clay extracted and granted planning permission for extraction in the Chilterns Not monitored AONB. Waste management capacity granted planning permission in the Chilterns AONB. 3000 tonnes CS22: Design SO9: Protection of the Number of planning permissions granted contrary to Environment Agency advice on flooding and Not monitored and Climate Metropolitan Green Belt and water quality grounds. Change Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Number of applications permitted contrary to objection by statutory consultees. Not monitored
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MWCS Policy Related Strategic Objectives Local Output Indicator/Target 2011/12 Monitoring
SO10: Protecting and Enhancing Number of proposals granted planning permission against MPA / WPA approval – 0 the Environment Number of mineral sites to deliver biodiversity, flood management and eco-system services by (i) Not monitored planning permission (Ha) and (ii) sites within aftercare (Ha).
Number of waste sites accommodating (i) renewable energy installations or (ii) biomass Not monitored cultivation CS23: SO9: Protection of the Change in areas of biodiversity importance. Not monitored Enhancement of Metropolitan Green Belt and the Environment Chilterns Areas of Outstanding Number of proposals not in conformity with policy – 0 Not monitored Natural Beauty Contribution to local Biodiversity Action Plan targets from (i) minerals restoration schemes and Not monitored SO10: Protecting and Enhancing (ii) waste development (rise/fall). the Environment Number and Ha of former mineral workings identified for ecological, heritage or amenity value. Not monitored
Number of new Rights of Way permitted on minerals and waste sites (i) implemented; (ii) Rights Not monitored of Way paths diverted (S106); (iii) replacement Rights of Way routes (in km).
Number of green spaces with multi-functional benefits to community (in Ha). Not monitored
39 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 APPENDIX 2: MINERALS AND WASTE CORE STRATEGY ADOPTION STATEMENT
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
PLANNING AND COMPULSORY PURCHASE ACT 2004
THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (LOCAL PLANNING) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2012
ADOPTION STATEMENT – MINERALS AND WASTE CORE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT (DPD)
This Adoption Statement gives notice that Buckinghamshire County Council resolved to adopt its Minerals and Waste Core Strategy (MWCS) Development Plan Document on 22nd November 2012. The document sets out the strategic policy framework and provisions until 2026 for minerals and waste planning within Buckinghamshire. The MWCS was considered by an independent Inspector at Public Examination Hearings on Tuesday 21st February 2012 to Friday 2nd March 2012.
The adopted MWCS incorporates the Main Modifications set out in the appendix to the Inspector’s Report and Additional Modifications made by the Council.
Any person aggrieved by the MWCS may make an application to the High Court under section 113 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, on the grounds that: (a) the document is not within the appropriate power, or (b) a procedural requirement has not been complied with.
Applications should be made not later than a period of six weeks starting with the date of adoption of the MWCS.
This Adoption Statement, the adopted MWCS, the Sustainability Appraisal Report (and addendum), the Inspectors Report on the examination and other supporting documents can be viewed on the Council's website: www.buckscc.gov.uk/sites/bcc/waste_mineral_plans/core_strategy.page. This can be done free of charge at all libraries in Buckinghamshire during normal opening hours.
Paper copies of the above documents are available for inspection free of charge at the following deposit points and times:-
Buckinghamshire County Council 9.00 am – 5.00 pm (Mon-Fri) Central Reception County Hall Walton Street Aylesbury Bucks HP20 1UU
Aylesbury Study Centre 9.30 am – 5.30 pm (Mon, Wed & County Offices Fri) Walton Street 9.30 am – 7.30 pm (Tues & Thurs) Aylesbury 9.30 am – 4.00 pm (Sat) HP20 1UU
Aylesbury Vale District Council 9.00 am - 5.00 pm (Mon-Wed) Customer Service Centre 9.45 am - 5.00 pm (Thurs)
40 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 Dept of Planning, Property & Const. Services 9.00 am - 4.00 pm (Fri) 66 High Street Aylesbury Bucks HP20 1SD
Chiltern District Council 9.00 am - 5.00 pm (Mon-Thurs) Planning Enquiry Desk 9.00 am – 4.30 pm (Fri) King George V House King George V Road Amersham Bucks HP6 5AW
South Bucks District Council 9 am - 5.30 pm (Mon, Tues & Main Reception Wed) Capswood 9 am – 5 pm (Thurs & Fri) Oxford Road Denham Bucks UB9 4LH
Wycombe District Council 8.45 am - 5.15 pm (Mon-Thurs) Main Reception 8.45 am - 4.45 pm (Fri) Queen Victoria Road High Wycombe Bucks HP11 1BB
Further information on the Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework for Buckinghamshire can be found on the Council’s website, by calling 0845 3708090 or email: [email protected]
Anne Davies Service Director: Legal and Democratic
41 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 APPENDIX 3 – BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MINERALS AND WASTE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME 2012-2015
Document Brief Description Informal Public Public Public Public Submiss- Pre- Examine - Inspector’s Programme Title Stakeholder Consultation Consultation Participation Consultation ion to Hearing ation Report date for Questionnaire on Issues & on Preferred (New on Publish- Secretary Meeting received Adoption Options Options Reg 25) ed Plan of State (Reg 25) (Reg 26) (New (New Reg 27) Reg 30) Statement of To set out the 10 April to 26 17 July to 8 4 December N/A N/A 8 May to N/A July 2007 July 2007 ADOPTED Community County Council's May 2006 September 2006 to 19 22 June (written) September Involvement policy on 2006 January 2007 2007 2007 (SCI) community involvement in the preparation of MWDDs [and planning applications] Minerals and Sets out the County 30 October to 8 9 July to February N/A September November January February September November Waste Core Council's vision, December 31 August 2008 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 Strategy objectives and 2006 2007 (MWCS) overall spatial development strategy for minerals and waste matters Minerals Provide the 17 July to 8 5 February to 17 June 2013 November March May 2014 July 2014 October December Local Plan framework for September 16 March September 2013 2014 2014 2014 development 2006 2007 to control decisions, 26 October including those 2007 relating to preferred areas, and replace save plan policies Waste Local Provide the 24 April to 2 30 October to 22 June to September February June 2015 August October December February Plan framework for June 2006 8 December 3 August 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 development 2006 2007 control decisions, including those relating to preferred areas, and replace save plan policies
* NB Dates shown in bold font reflect 2008 Planning Amendment Regulations. (June 2012)
42 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 APPENDIX 4: PROGRESS ON COUNTY MATTER PLANNING APPLICATIONS BY QUARTER BETWEEN 1ST APRIL 2009 AND 31ST MARCH 2012
2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Total County Matter applications on 11 11 7 8 8 8 8 12 6 11 6 17 hand at beginning of quarter
Received during 7 3 5 1 4 4 11 4 10 7 11 5 quarter
Withdrawn/calle d in/turned away 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 during quarter
Number of County Matter applications 4 7 4 1 1 3 7 7 6 11 4 11 determined during quarter
Number of County Matter applications 1 5 3 1 0 3 5 5 5 7 3 5 9 determined (25%) (71%) (75%) (100%) (0%) (100%) (71%) (83%) (60%) (100%)( 28 %%)(81%) within 13 weeks (Non EA*)
Applications on hand at end of 11 7 8 8 8 8 12 9 11 6 17 11 quarter * County Matter applications accompanied by an Environmental Assessment are not included in this calculation.
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APPENDIX 5: PLANNING APPLICATIONS FOR MINERALS AND WASTE FACILITIES IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE DETERMINED BETWEEN 1ST APRIL 2011 AND 31ST MARCH 2012 Outcome Bucks Mineral / and Date Received MWLP Decision Waste / Full / of Appeal date Site Proposal Reference No Policies Decision Date Restoration s73 Designations Appeal Decision Proposed change of use from agricultural land to a waste Brill- Land adjacent recycling and transfer Winchenden to Drakes facility including Hills Area of Drive, Long buildings, offices and Attractive 22/02/2011 Crendon hardstanding 11/20001/AWD 10, 25 Refused 19/04/2011 W Full Landscape N Variations to conditions 2,6,7 and 18 of consent 08/06013/CONCC to extend time period for commencement of use of the new access road, provision of details of wheel wash facility and to limit the restrictions on hours of operation Summerleys and vehicle movement Farm, solely to the inert and 10, 13, Summerleys excavation waste 22, 25, Road, Princes transfer station and 28, 29, 26/11/2009 Risborough treatment facility. 09/07258/CONCC 30, 33 Approved 12/05/2011 W s73 N Application to extend the time period of the The Lea development by varying Quarry, condition 2 of planning Green Belt, Denham Court permission to 28, 31, Colne Valley 12/04/2011 Drive, Denham 09/00709/CM 11/00599/CC 33, 36 Approved 02/06/2011 M s73 Park N Application to extend the period of the 1, 2, 4, The Lea development by varying 24, 25, Quarry, condition 1 of planning 26, 27, Green Belt, Denham Court permission 28, 31, Colne Valley 12/04/2011 Drive, Denham 08/01785/CM 11/00597/CC 33, 36 Approved 02/06/2011 M s73 Park N Application to extend the time period of the 1, 2, 4, The Lea development by varying 24, 25, Quarry, condition 2 of planning 27, 28, Green Belt, Denham Court permission to 29, 31, Colne Valley 07/04/2011 Drive, Denham 08/00884/CM 11/00598/CC 33, 36 Approved 02/06/2011 M s73 Park N Iver Golf Club, Partly retrospective 10, 18, Green Belt, Hollow Hill application to import 22, 24, Colne Valley 21/04/2011 Lane, Iver 2500 cubic metres of 11/00673/CM 25, 27, Approved 17/06/2011 W Full Park N
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Outcome Bucks Mineral / and Date Received MWLP Decision Waste / Full / of Appeal date Site Proposal Reference No Policies Decision Date Restoration s73 Designations Appeal Decision inert construction 28, 30, demolition and 33, 36 excavation waste for the construction of a new green and tee complex. Variation of condition 15 of consent Green Belt, Eton Rowing SBD/8201/05 to allow Thames Valley Lake, Dorney for presentation of the Area of Lake, Court World Rowing Junior Attractive 10/06/2011 Lane, Dorney Championships 11/00951/CM N/A Approved 26/07/2011 M? s73 Landscape N Proposed retention of Oakwood inert soil and subsoil to Farm, Rowden create a landform for 10, 18, APP/P0430/A/ Dismissed Lane, an environmental and 22, 25, 11/2159304/N 31/01/201 26/05/2011 Mentmore ecological feature 11/20004/AWD 28 Refused 27/07/2011 W Full WF 2 Proposed variation of condition 13 and High Heavens deletion of condition 14 Waste of planning permission Management CC/05/)& to increase 13, 24, Green Belt, Complex, Clay operational hours on 27, 28, Area of Lane, Booker, Saturdays and Bank 30, 33, Outstanding 13/06/2011 High Wycombe Holidays CC/15/11 36 Approved 28/07/2011 W s73 Natural Beauty N Proposed variation of condition 3 of planning 1, 2, 4, All Souls Farm, consent 08/00689/CM 10, 24, Uxbridge to allow completion of 25, 27, Road, George the development to be 28, 29, Green, deferred until 30 June 31, 33, 23/11/2010 Wexham 2013 10/01917/CC 36 Approved 03/08/2011 M s73 Green Belt, N Proposed variation of condition 1 of planning 1, 2, 4, All Souls Farm, consent 08/00815/CM 10, 22, Uxbridge to allow completion of 24, 25, Road, George the development to be 27, 28, Green, deferred until 30 June 29, 31, 23/10/2010 Wexham 2013 10/01918/CC 33, 36 Approved 03/08/2011 M s73 Green Belt, N Variation of approved schemes of working New Denham and restoration to allow Quarry, working within utilities Green Belt, Denham Road, corridor and six acre Colne Valley 13/06/2011 New Denham farm buffer zone 11/00990/CM Withdrawn 11/08/2011 M s73 Park, N Dundridge Proposed retention of CH/2011/60002/B 24, Green Belt, 17/05/2011 Manor, Oak existing void as formed CC 25,27, Approved 12/08/2011 R Full Area of N
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Outcome Bucks Mineral / and Date Received MWLP Decision Waste / Full / of Appeal date Site Proposal Reference No Policies Decision Date Restoration s73 Designations Appeal Decision Lane, St and creation of a 28, 31, Outstanding Leonards wildlife pond 32, 36 Natural Beauty Proposed infill of excavated void using existing subsoil and top soil, re-engineering to form a depression within field and 24, 25, Green Belt, Widowcroft, returning to the 27, 28, Area of Oak Lane, St restored land to CH/2011/60003/B 31, 32, Outstanding 17/05/2011 Leonards agricultural use CC 36 Approved 15/08/2011 R Full Natural Beauty N The proposed use of the site as an additional treatment facility for redundant electrical equipment and storage of certain quantities of Unit 1, C R waste materials. Bates Sorting, de- Industrial manufacturing of 2, 8, 10, Estate, electrical equipment 13, 15, Wycombe and storage to be 21, 24, Area of Road, carried out within the 28, 29, Outstanding 08/06/2011 Stokenchurch confines of the building. CC11/9001/CM 30 Approved 22/08/2011 W Full Natural Beauty N Vary conditions 2 and 11 of planning permission SBD/8207/96 in order to import no more than 20,000 tonnes of material for recycling and allow vehicles to unload unused/reject asphalt between 6am 6, 10, to 10pm Monday to 11, 13, Green Belt, Thorney Mill Friday and 7am to 6pm 27, 28, Colne Valley 02/08/2011 Road, Iver Saturday and Sunday 11/01259/CM 30, 36 Approved 16/09/2011 W s73 Park N Proposed variation of Spring Field conditions 2 and 3 of Farm Quarry, planning consent Broad Lane, APP/P0430/A/09/21105 28, 31, 25/05/2011 Beaconsfield 66 11/01067/CM 33 Refused 16/09/2011 M s73 Green Belt N Unit 33, Airfield Proposed soil Industrial screening, concrete Estate, crushing, storage Cheddington, (green waste for 27/04/2011 Long Lane, composting) and 11/20003/AWD 28, 30 Refused 16/09/2011 W Full N
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Outcome Bucks Mineral / and Date Received MWLP Decision Waste / Full / of Appeal date Site Proposal Reference No Policies Decision Date Restoration s73 Designations Appeal Decision Marston, Tring temporary timber storage Proposed change of 10, 13, Chiltern View use from former railway 15, 22, Nurseries, land and agricultural 25, 28, Wendover yard to waste and 29, 30, Road, Stoke recycling transfer 33, 36, 10/03/2011 Mandeville station 11/20002/AWD 39 Approved 16/09/2011 W Full N Proposed extraction of brickearth from phase 1 1, 8, 24, and 2 backfilling and 25, 27, Green Belt, The Parks', restoration to original 28, 29, Area of Bellingdon ground levels, void to CH/2011/60004/B 30, 31, Outstanding 18/08/2011 Brickworks be planted with trees. CC 33, 36 Approved 17/11/2011 M Full Natural Beauty N Extension of the existing gas control compound to accommodate the Land at installation of a new Thorney Farm, landfill gas utilisation 20, 25, Thorney Mill engine and associated 27, 28, 23/08/2011 Road, Iver plant and equipment. 11/01414/CM 29, 36 Approved 22/11/2011 W Full Green Belt N 6, 10,12, All Souls Farm, 13, 22, Uxbridge Proposed recycling of 25, 27, Road, George inert waste to produce 28, 29, Green, construction aggregate 30, 31, 08/09/2011 Wexham for a temporary period 11/01561/CM 33, 36 Approved 08/12/2011 W Full All Souls Farm N Continued change of use from residential to office use of annexe to rear of 153 Thorney Mill Green Belt, Thorney Mill Road, West Drayton for 7, 27, Colne Valley 02/08/2011 Road, Iver 5 years 11/01258/CM 28 Approved 19/12/2011 W Full Park N Non Material Amendment for installation of three landfill gas engines , Spring Field replacement landfill gas Farm Quarry, flare, control cabin and Broad Lane, associated plant within 24/11/2011 Beaconsfield a secure compound NMA/SBD/8204/06 Approved 21/12/2011 W NMA Green Belt N Chiltern View Proposed removal of Nurseries, condition 25 attached Wendover to consent NMA/11/20002/A 10/11/2011 Road, Stoke 11/20002/AWD WD Approved 21/12/2011 W NMA N
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Outcome Bucks Mineral / and Date Received MWLP Decision Waste / Full / of Appeal date Site Proposal Reference No Policies Decision Date Restoration s73 Designations Appeal Decision Mandeville Chiltern View Nurseries, 10, 25, Wendover Proposed Waste 28, 29, Road, Stoke recycling shed and 30, 33, 17/10/2011 Mandeville revised layout 11/20006/AWD 36 Approved 06/01/2012 W Full N Wapseys Variation of conditions Wood Landfill 3 and 63 of consent 18, 24, Site, London SBD/8201/99 dated 4th 25, 27, Road, September 2000 28, 30, Gerrards relating to Waste 31, 33, 07/02/2011 Cross Disposal Operations 11/00223/CC 36 Approved 13/01/2012 W s73 Green Belt N Shanks Waste Management Retention of two Office, Griffin portacabins and two Lane, mobile road tankers for 09/11/2011 Aylesbury rainwater storage 11/20008/AWD 28, 29 Approved 23/01/2012 W Full N Application to vary condition 2 of planning permission Wapseys SBD/8209/97 to extend Wood Landfill the time period for Site, London removal of the existing Road, construction waste 6, 27, Gerrards recycling centre to 31st 28, 31, 17/11/2011 Cross December 2017 11/01901/CM 33, 36 Approved 16/02/2012 W s73 Green belt N Application to vary Wapseys condition 2 of Wood Landfill SBD/8201/01 to extend Site, London the time period for the Road, removal of the existing Gerrards sales office to 31st 27, 28, 17/11/2011 Cross December 2017 11/01903/CM 36 Approved 16/02/2012 W s73 Green Belt N Application to vary condition 7 of SBD/8219/05 to extend the time period to allow the deposit of waste to Wapseys take place on Public Wood Landfill and Bank Holidays with Site, London the exception of Road, Christmas Day and Gerrards New Year's Day to 31st 28, 30, 17/11/2011 Cross December 2017 11/01904/CM 36 Approved 16/02/2012 W s73 Green Belt N Wapseys Application to vary Wood Landfill condition 4 of 27, 28, 17/11/2011 Site, London SBD/8219/03 to extend 11/01900/CM 31, 36 Approved 16/02/2012 W s73 Green Belt N
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Outcome Bucks Mineral / and Date Received MWLP Decision Waste / Full / of Appeal date Site Proposal Reference No Policies Decision Date Restoration s73 Designations Appeal Decision Road, the time period for the Gerrards removal of the existing Cross site offices to 31st December 2017 Application to vary condition 1 of planning permission Wapseys SBD/8210/98 to extend Wood Landfill the time period for Site, London removal of the existing Road, office and weighbridge 6, 27, Gerrards until 31st December 28, 31, 15/11/2011 Cross 2017 11/01902/CM 36 Approved 16/02/2012 W s73 Green Belt N Application for the temporary change of use for Hangar 5 Hangar 5, including the 10, 13, Westcott installation of a 15, 22, Archaeological Venture Park, weighbridge on the 28, 29, Notification 20/10/2011 Westcott adjacent hardstanding 11/20005/AWD 30, 33 Approved 17/02/2012 W Full Site N Proposed retention of power station building Calvert Landfill and change of use for Site, Brackley office and general 23/11/2011 Lane, Calvert storage 11/200009/AWD n/a Approved 21/02/2012 W Full N Temporary variation of condition 8 attached to planning permission no 07/20003/AWD to allow operations on the Calvert Landfill Diamond Jubilee Bank Site, Brackley Holiday, Tuesday 5th 12/12/2011 Lane, Calvert June 2012 11/200010/AWD 28 Approved 07/03/2012 W s73 N
*For the purposes of the AMR, only the policies taken from the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan are shown here. Please note that in determining minerals and waste planning applications, the County council also gives consideration to relevant District Local Plan Policies, Regional Planning Policy and National Planning Policy such as Planning Policy Statements (PPS’s), Planning Policy Guidance (PPG’s) and Mineral Planning Guidance (MPG’s). **To define the policies used, only those which have been used for the reasons for determining the application have been used not those which were used as the reasons for attaching conditions.
Planning applications, including application forms, plans, supporting documents and decision notices are available to view online through the Bucks Public Access Website, searching by reference number using the link below: http://publicaccess.buckscc.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=simple&searchType=Application
49 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 APPENDIX 6: MINERALS AND WASTE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
SO1: Improving the Sustainability of Minerals Development
To identify sufficient land to enable Buckinghamshire’s current agreed apportionment for sand and gravel to maintained in a steady supply over the plan period, whilst reducing the quantity of primary materials 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 countrywide 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 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.
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.
50 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 APPENDIX 7: SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING GUIDANCE NOTE 5 – MINERAL CONSULTATION AREAS
All applications within the agreed Minerals Consultation Area map will be subject of a consultation from the District to the County Planning Authority with the following exceptions:
1 Excluded Application Types: a) Approval of reserved matters b) Listed Building Consents c) Advert Consents d) Lawful Development Certificates e) Prior Notifications under the GDPO f) Applications to remove or vary a condition (other than an application which would make a temporary permission permanent) g) Conservation Area Consents h) Tree Works or Notifications
2 Excluded Development Types: a) Development within existing built-up areas b) Agricultural buildings c) New or altered accesses d) Temporary buildings and temporary caravans/mobile homes e) Extensions to industrial or other commercial buildings within their established site/planning unit f) Householder applications including domestic outbuildings and garages g) Stables, non-agricultural field shelters and related development h) Change of use of buildings other than to residential i) Change of use of land where the site area is less than 1 hectare j) Telecommunications development k) Overhead power lines less than 33Kv l) Infilling within a ribbon of development m) Site specific proposals included in the adopted local plan (or successive Local Development Document)
51 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 APPENDIX 8: HWRC MUNICIPAL WASTE 2011/12 FIGURES (TONNES)* * Yellow signifies either composted, recycled or reuse.
Aston 2011/12 Amersham Clinton Aylesbury Beaconsfield Bledlow Ridge Buckingham Burnham Chesham High Heavens Langley All sites Vegetable Oil - tonnes 0.97 1.89 1.11 0.92 0.74 0.70 1.05 0.94 1.62 1.13 11.06 Mineral Oil - tonnes 7.92 9.81 9.54 7.09 5.76 6.03 6.39 7.74 10.44 11.25 81.97 Domestic Batteries 2.51 2.95 1.68 1.85 1.46 2.00 0.67 1.44 2.75 0.81 18.11 LDA 41.50 170.07 28.06 77.44 23.10 40.63 29.46 140.95 150.42 53.40 755.03 Fridges 26.94 45.67 40.62 45.04 29.86 17.26 20.42 36.34 52.25 23.24 337.63 TVs/Monitors 11.54 37.00 36.78 5.84 32.96 19.36 17.24 35.50 64.38 30.50 291.10 SDA 35.49 77.44 1.16 55.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 48.77 107.88 0.00 325.74 Fluorescent tubes 0.87 0.77 0.64 0.92 0.78 0.63 0.32 0.79 0.99 0.64 7.35 Plastic Bottles - District Recycling 0.00 25.20 18.24 51.48 0.00 14.20 5.36 6.00 2.04 11.56 134.08 Gas Bottles - reuse 4.04 6.88 7.60 1.50 6.20 2.98 4.00 4.14 12.46 6.96 56.76 Other re-use 134.27 195.87 244.96 173.48 137.53 151.14 89.29 76.71 180.17 143.23 1526.64 Engine Filters 0.30 0.45 0.30 0.15 0.15 0.30 0.15 0.30 0.15 0.15 2.40 Glass 22.50 164.18 89.98 183.77 101.08 119.05 33.30 95.72 217.97 45.45 1073.00 Tyres 11.10 12.68 8.76 7.44 7.86 4.12 5.68 6.36 14.96 10.72 89.68 Ferrous Metal 408.04 476.92 439.74 538.37 372.56 288.92 232.78 379.49 617.40 354.43 4108.65 Non Ferrous Metal 62.45 29.41 74.23 34.86 61.69 56.10 60.07 33.91 24.25 65.79 502.76 Car Batteries 17.61 19.82 15.68 17.09 16.36 17.00 12.97 15.21 30.28 16.12 178.13 Textiles 39.23 56.22 93.15 52.90 57.67 57.48 45.08 46.13 60.90 68.79 577.55 Cardboard 180.22 363.96 343.98 327.98 169.58 224.22 117.58 209.08 323.34 199.42 2459.36 Green 2323.39 2956.57 2371.28 3182.73 1623.41 1417.95 1604.44 2474.39 1954.74 1787.95 21696.85 Man Made Wood 696.66 856.86 835.50 684.10 407.88 326.88 389.78 560.14 1062.60 734.54 6554.94 Paper 127.60 230.08 224.26 286.58 122.66 151.24 105.38 209.04 251.16 123.32 1831.32 Plasterboard 125.16 112.64 170.44 148.42 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 177.86 91.52 826.04 Wood 213.52 341.26 372.96 406.77 288.72 240.14 275.84 325.06 566.50 413.90 3444.67 Recycling exc rubble 4493.83 6194.60 5430.64 6291.72 3467.99 3158.33 3057.25 4714.13 5887.51 4194.82 46890.82 Hardcore (part of rubble) 930.00 1437.88 1422.38 1116.52 869.04 627.56 798.46 946.16 1542.40 1401.40 11091.80 Soil (part of rubble) 293.88 243.74 238.32 451.74 217.66 236.42 267.28 386.90 25.78 247.94 2609.66 Recycling & rubble 5717.71 7876.22 7091.34 7859.98 4554.69 4022.31 4122.99 6047.19 7455.69 5844.16 60592.28 Non Hazardous Landfill 1444.40 1935.04 1814.84 2137.16 1106.20 1038.92 1047.18 1891.48 2501.62 2000.62 16917.46 Asbestos - haz landfill 10.56 8.29 9.05 13.06 n/a n/a n/a n/a 9.36 5.78 56.10 Chemicals 0.50 0.00 1.00 0.50 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1.28 1.00 4.28 Total Arisings for site 7173.17 9819.55 8916.23 10010.69 5660.89 5061.23 5170.17 7938.67 9967.95 7851.56 77570.11
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HWRCs
Capacity 2010/11 Capacity 2011/12 Facility Name Facility address Status (tpa) (tpa) Buckingham H W R C, Ring Road Industrial Estate, Buckingham, Bucks. MK18 Buckingham Operational 5,400 5,400 1RQ, Amersham Amersham HWRC, London Road East, Amersham, Bucks. HP7 9DT. Operational 14,000 14,000 Chesham Chesham HWRC, Latimer Road, Chesham, Bucks. HP5 1QQ. Operational 7,750 7,750 Langley Langley HWRC, Langley Park Road, Wexham, Langley, Bucks. SL3 6DD. Operational 7,400 7,400 Burnham Burnham HWRC, Crow Piece Lane, Burnham, Bucks. SL2 3TG. Operational 5,600 5,600 Bledlow Ridge Bledlow Ridge HWRC, Wiggins Lane, Bledlow Ridge. Bucks, HP14 Operational 6,200 6,200 High Heavens Civic Amenity, Clay Lane, Booker, High Wycombe, Bucks, SL7 High Heavens Operational 15,000 15,000 3DJ. Rabans Close HWRC, Rabans Lane, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP19 3RT. Operational 12,000 12,000 Beaconsfield HWRC, A40 London Road, Lower Pyebushes, Beaconsfield, Bucks. Beaconsfield Operational 15,000 15,000 HP9 2XB. Aston Clinton Aston Clinton HWRC, College Road North, Aston Clinton, Bucks.HP22 5EZ Operational 15,000 15,000 Total Capacity 103,350 103,350 Net gain or loss of capacity 0% 0%
Landfill Sites * All landfill capacity figures are shown as estimated remaining void space
Capacity 2010/11 Non- Hazardous Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status Inert (t) (t) hazardous (t) (t) 2011/12 (t) Meadhams Farm, Ley Hill, Chesham, Operational. Not Meadhams Farm 217,000 217,000 - - 217,000 Bucks, HP5 1TN, actively landfilling. Springfield Farm, Broad Lane, Operational Springfield Farm 3,700,000 3,700,000 - - 3,700,000 Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 1XD, (Closed most of year) Wapseys Wood, Oxford Road,Gerrards Wapseys Wood Operational 3,450,000 2,875,000 - - 2,875,000 Cross, Bucks, SL9 8TG, Wexham Park Lane, George Green, 74,,000 (actually All Souls Farm Operational - 0 - 0 Slough, Bucks, SL13 6LX, should be 1100,000) Park Lodge Farm, Pinewood Road, Iver Park Lodge Farm Operational 174,444 - 87,222 - 87,222 Heath, Bucks, SL0 0NE. Spade Oak Marlow Quarry, Area 6 Little Marlow, Operational 50,000 - 0 - 0 Quarry Bucks, SL7 3SB.
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Capacity 2010/11 Non- Hazardous Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status Inert (t) (t) hazardous (t) (t) 2011/12 (t) Calvert Landfill Site, Brackley Lane, Calvert Operational 17,610,845 11,964,991.50 5,127,853.50 - 17,092,845 Bucks. MK18 2HF. Non-operational. Westhorpe Lake Westhorpe House, Little Marlow, Bucks. 70,000 - 70,000 - 70,000 ROMP consent. Denham Park Non-operational. Denham Park Farm, Denham. Bucks. 1,300,000 - 1,300,000 - 1,300,000 Farm Not implemented. New Denham Quarry, Denham Road, New Denham Operational 424,545 - 371,476.88 - 371,476.88 Uxbridge, Bucks. UB9 4EH. East Burnham Quarry (Beechwood East Burnham 433,300 Nurseries), Farnham Lane, East Closed - 433,300 - 433,300 Quarry Burnham, Slough, Bucks SL2 3RY. Closed Iver Golf Club, Hollow Hill Lane, Iver, Iver Golf Club Capacity all used 3,750 - 3,750 - 0 Buckinghamshire. SL0 0JJ by end of 2011 27,433,849 18,964,991.50 7393602.38 26,146,844 Total Capacity 0
Net gain or loss of capacity - 3.3 % n/a -
Recycling facilities * Recycling figures are 20% assumption of the estimated maximum waste transfer capacity
Capacity 2010/11 Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status (tpa) 2011/12(tpa) Wycombe Trade Waste and 44 Binders Industrial Estate, Cryers Hill, High Wycombe, Bucks,HP15 6LJ Operational 1,000* 1,000* Skip Hire Wycombe Skip Hire 53 Binders Industrial Estate, Cryers Hill, High Wycombe, Bucks,HP15 6LJ Operational 2,000* 3,000* Clear Up Skips 54 Binders Industrial Estate, Cryers Hill, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP15 6LJ. Operational 2,040* 2,040* Corrib Industrial Park Corrib Industrial Park, Griffin Lane, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP19 3BP. Operational 60,876* 60,876* Harebridge Lane- unit 11 & Units 11 and 12 Harebridge Lane Industrial Estate, Halton, Bucks. HP22 5PF. Operational 667* 667* 12 Harebridge Lane- unit 8a Units 8a, Harebridge Lane Industrial Estate, Halton, Bucks. HP22 5PF. Operational 2,000* 2,000* Summerleys Farm, Summerleys Road, Princes Risborough, Bucks. HP27 Summerleys Farm Operational 12,000* 12,000* 9QD. Lockharts Farm Lockharts Farm Compound, South Tinkers Hole, Cublington, Bucks. LU7 0LB Operational 3,750* 3,750* Field End Farm (lawful use) Field End Farm, Sevenhills Road, Iver Heath, Bucks. Operational 1,205* 1,205* Spurlands End Farm Spurlands End Farm, Spurlands End Road, Great Kingshill,Bucks. HP156PF Operational 900* 900* Spade Oak Quarry (S&R) Marlow Quarry, Area 6 Little Marlow, Bucks, SL7 3SB. Operational 75,000 75,000 Westhorpe Farm Westhorpe Farm, Little Marlow, Marlow. Bucks. Non-Operational 37,500 37,500
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Capacity 2010/11 Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status (tpa) 2011/12(tpa) Enforcement action Thorney Mill Lane Aggregates Industries UK Ltd, Thorney Mill Road Iver, West Drayton, Bucks. Operational 20,000 20,000 Unit 13 Bisons Industrial Cappagh Public Works Ltd, Unit 13 The Bison Industrial Estate, Iver, Bucks. Operational 200,000 200,000 Estate SL0 9HQ Park Lodge Farm, Iver Heath Park Lodge Quarry, Pinewood Road, Iver, Buckinghamshire. SL0 0NE. Non-operational no limits No limits (S&R) Home Farm Home Farm Yard, Bourton Road, Buckingham, Bucks. MK18 7DP Non-operational 365 365 Griffin Lane (ASM) Griffin Lane, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP19 8BB. Operational 40,000* 40,000* Unit F. Marsworth Airfield, Cheddington Lane, Long Marston, Bucks, HP23 Tyrebale Operational 8,000* 8,000* 4QR. Land at Coronation Road, Cressex Business Park, Cressex, High Wycombe. Coronation Road Operational 75,000 75,000 Bucks. HP12 3RP. Chiltern View Nurseries, Wendover Road, Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Chiltern View Nurseries Non-operational 20,000 20,000* Buckinghamshire. HP22 5GX All Souls Farm, Uxbridge Road, George Green, Wexham, Buckinghamshire. All Souls Farm (S&R) Non-operational 22,000 22,000 SL3 6AW New Denham Quarry, Denham Road, New Denham, Buckinghamshire. UB9 New Denham Quarry (S&R) Non-operational 40,000 40,000 4EH Land Formerly Occupied By George Worley Ltd. Coronation Road, Cressex Hawes Plant and Tool Hire Operational 15,000 15,000 Business Park, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. HP12 3RP Camiers : Unit 32 Airfield Unit 32 Airfield Industrial Site, Cheddington Lane, Marsworth, Operational 15,000 15,000 Industrial Site Buckinghamshire. HP23 4QR Dunton Road, Stewkley Dunton Road, Stewkley, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire. LU7 0LU 300 300
Total Capacity 654603 654603
Net gain or loss of capacity + 15.4% + %
WTS * 20% Recycling figures assumption has been deducted from the maximum waste transfer capacity, shown in brackets
Capacity Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status 2011/12 2010/11 (tpa) (tpa) Wycombe Trade Waste and 44 Binders Industrial Estate, Cryers Hill, High Wycombe, Bucks,HP15 6LJ Operational 4,000 4,000 Skip Hire Wycombe Skip Hire 53 Binders Industrial Estate, Cryers Hill, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP15 6LJ Operational 12,000 12,000 Clear Up Skips 54 Binders Industrial Estate, Cryers Hill, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP15 6LJ Operational 8,160 8,160
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Shanks Waste Management Corrib Industrial Park, Griffin Lane, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP19 3BP. Operational 243,504* 243,504* Limited Griffin Lane (ASM) Griffin Lane, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP19 8BB. Operational 160,000* 160,000* Harebridge Lane – unit 8a Units 8a, Harebridge Lane Industrial Estate, Halton, Bucks. HP22 5PF. Operational Inert –8,000* Inert –8,000* Harebridge Lane – unit 11 Unit 11 and 12 Harebridge Lane Industrial Estate, Halton, Bucks. HP22 5PF. Operational Inert –2,667* Inert –2,667* & 12 Summerleys Farm Summerleys Farm, Summerleys Road, Princes Risborough, Bucks. HP279QD. Operational 48,000* 48,000* Lockharts Farm Lockharts Farm Compound, South Tinkers Hole, Cublington, Bucks. LU7 0LB. Operational 15,000* 15,000* Spurlands End Farm Spurlands End Farm, Spurlands End Road, Great Kingshill, Bucks. HP15 6PF. Operational 3,600* 3,600* Field End Farm(lawful use) Field End Farm, Sevenhills Road, Iver Heath, Bucks. Operational 6,024* 6,024* Westcott Venture Park *1 Areas 10,11 & 12, Westcott Venture Park, Westcott, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP18 0XB. Not begun Tyrebale Unit F. Marsworth Airfield, Cheddington Lane, Long Marston, Bucks, HP23 4QR. Operational 2,000* 2,000* Land at Coronation Road, Cressex Business Park, Cressex, High Wycombe. Bucks. Coronation Road Operational 15,000 15,000 HP12 3RP. Chiltern View Nurseries, Wendover Road, Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Chiltern View Nurseries Non-operational 5,000* 5,000* Buckinghamshire. HP22 5GX Land Formerly Occupied By George Worley Ltd. Coronation Road, Cressex Hawes Plant and Tool Hire Operational 60,000* 60,000* Business Park, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. HP12 3RP Camiers : Unit 32 Airfield Unit 32 Airfield Industrial Site, Cheddington Lane, Marsworth, Buckinghamshire. Operational 60,000* 60,000* Industrial Site HP23 4QR Hangar 5 Westcott Venture Park, Westcott Operational n/a 50,000 Total Capacity 652,955 702,955 Net gain or loss of capacity + 0.6% + %
Biological Treatment: Thermal and Composting facilities
Capacity Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status Type 2010/11 2011/12 (tpa) (tpa) Little Marlow Sewage Sewage Little Marlow Sewage Works, Little Marlow, Marlow, Bucks, SL7 3RT. Operational 15,000 15,000 Treatment Works treatment Calvert Calvert Landfill Site, Brackley Lane, Bucks. MK18 2HF. Not begun Composting 40,000 40,000 College Farm (a) College Farm, Maids Moreton, Buckingham, Bucks. Operational Composting 8,000 8,000 College Farm, Maids Moreton, Buckingham, Bucks. College Farm (b) Non- ( College Farm site B is conditioned to be operational once site A has Composting 40,000 40,000 operational closed) Anaerobic Areas 10, 11 & 12, Westcott Venture Park, Westcott, Aylesbury, Bucks. Westcott Venture Park Not begun Digestion and 48,000 48,000 HP18 0XB. Composting
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Alderbourne Farm Green Waste Composting Facility, Sevenhills Road, Alderbourne Farm Operational Composting 5,000 5,000 Iver Heath, Bucks, SL0 0NU. High Heavens High Heavens, Clay Lane, Booker, High Wycombe. SL7 3DJ Operational Composting 88,695 88,695 Non- Mass reduction/ High Heavens High Heavens, Clay Lane, Booker, High Wycombe. SL7 3DJ 35,000 35,000 operational MBT Land at Coronation Road, Cressex Business Park, Cressex, High Coronation Road Operational Gasification 5,000 5,000 Wycombe. Bucks. HP12 3RP. Total Capacity 284,695 284,695 Net gain or loss of capacity + 0% 0%
Rail Waste Transfer sites
Capacity Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status 2010/11 2011/12 (tpa) (tpa) DB Schenker Thorney Mill Sidings, Thorney Mill Road, Iver, Buckinghamshire. UB7 7EZ Lawful Use - No figure Total Capacity No figure Net gain or loss of capacity
New Electrical treatment sites
Capacity Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status 2010/11 (tpa) 2011/12 (tpa) Unit 1, CR Bates Industrial Unit 1 C R Bates Industrial Estate Wycombe Road Stokenchurch High Wycombe Operational 2,000 2,000 Estate (WEEE) Buckinghamshire HP14 3PD
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Planned Operator Commodit Site Stage of Site Name Status after use of Details of Restoration BOA Name y Area Restoration the site Tarmac Site worked part wet (partly Progressive South All Souls Limited – Sand and above water table). The site restoration of Bucks Active 22 ha Agriculture Farm Anglia and Gravel is land filled with waste and most of Heaths and South East restored to agriculture. extracted area Parklands Site worked dry (above Berry Hill Summerleaze Sand and water table). Restoration to Area extracted Farm Active 2.3 ha Agriculture Ltd Gravel agriculture at the excavated to date restored None Quarry level. Waste Agriculture Site worked dry (above Clay and 280.85 Calvert Recycling Inactive and water table). Restoration to Unrestored Bernwood Shale ha Group woodland agriculture and woodland. Site worked dry (above Not yet Denham William Boyer Sand and water table). The site to be Not yet commence 34.6 ha Agriculture None Park Farm & Sons Ltd Gravel landfilled with waste and commenced d restored to agriculture. Harleyford Not yet Site worked wet (adjoins Adjacent to Harleyford Sand and Not yet Aggregates commence 3.9 ha Marina River Thames). The site to Medmenha Marina Gravel commenced Ltd d be restored to a Marina. m The eastern part of the site (approximately 10.0ha) to be restored to agriculture and handed back to the Buckinghamsh Agriculture landowner. Block on the High Medmenha ire County Aftercare N/A 9 ha and southern boundary (approx Site restored Heavens m Council woodland 2.5ha) to be restored to woodland. Woodland belts to be created on adjoining land on southern and northern boundary.
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Planned Operator Commodit Site Stage of Site Name Status after use of Details of Restoration BOA Name y Area Restoration the site Hyde Farm/ Adjacent to Site worked dry (above Progressive Wapseys Veolia South Sand and water table) and restored to restoration of Wood Environmental Active 146 Agriculture Bucks Gravel woodland and agriculture. greater part of Quarry Services Plc Heaths and the site Parklands
Ashridge & Ivinghoe Clark Site restore to agriculture Aftercare N/A 7.8 ha Agriculture Site restored Ivinghoe Aston Contracting and agricultural grassland Beacon Site worked dry (above Meadham Woodland Dunton Clay and water table). The site to be Small area s Farm Active 9 ha and None Brothers Ltd Shale restored by landfill to restored Quarry Agriculture woodland. Small area Site worked wet (below New Summerleaze Sand and restored as part Colne Active 60.3 ha Lakes water table) and restored to Denham Ltd Gravel of progressive Valley lakes. restoration Approximately Site worked wet (partly South Park Brett one-half of site Sand and below water table). The site Bucks Lodge Aggregates Active 29.7 ha Agriculture restored as part Gravel is landfilled with waste and Heaths and Quarry Ltd of progressive restored to agriculture. Parklands restoration Site worked partly wet Agriculture (Partly below water table). Ashridge & Pitstone Clark Active Chalk 62 ha and Restoration to lake and Unrestored Ivinghoe Quarry Contractors grassland chalk grassland at Beacon excavated level.
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Planned Operator Commodit Site Stage of Site Name Status after use of Details of Restoration BOA Name y Area Restoration the site Site worked dry (above Lafarge Dormant Rammam water table). The site to be Not yet Greensand Aggregates * ROMP Sand 5.6 ha Woodland ere Heath restored at excavated level commenced Ridge Ltd site to woodland. Greater part of Spade Site worked part wet (partly Lafarge site restored as Oak/Little Sand and below water table). The site Aggregates Active 31 ha Agriculture part of None Marlow Gravel is land filled with waste and Ltd progressive Quarry restored to agriculture. restoration Site worked dry (above water table). The site to be Small part of Adjacent to Springfield partially land filled with site restored as South Springfield Sand and 104.8h Farm Active Agriculture waste and restored to part of Bucks Farm Ltd Gravel a Quarry agricultural pasture with progressive Heaths and some woodland and scrub restoration Parklands plantings. Site worked dry (above water table). Restoration Arrewig Agriculture Adjacent to Clay and using on site excavated Lane H G Matthews Active 2.5 ha and Unrestored Wendover Shale materials to agriculture and Brickworks woodland Woodlands remaining void to woodland. Site worked dry (above water table). Restoration Agriculture Bellingdon Clay and using on site excavated Small part of H G Matthews Active 3.3 ha and None Brickworks Shale materials to agriculture and site restored woodland remaining void to woodland. Restoration on site by down Dundridge Clay and H G Matthews Active 1.7 ha Woodland grading and planting with Unrestored None Manor Shale trees
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Planned Operator Commodit Site Stage of Site Name Status after use of Details of Restoration BOA Name y Area Restoration the site Harleyford Site worked by dewatering Sand and Colne The Lea Aggregates Active 16 ha Lakes and restored to lakes Partly restored Gravel Valley Ltd (below water table). Restoration to Warren Sand and 31.29 Site worked dry and Earthline Enforcement Agriculture be finished mid None Farm action Gravel ha restored to agriculture. Summer 2011. East Adjacent to Burnham South Quarry Sand & Site worked dry and Summerleaze Inactive 52.2 ha Agriculture partly restored Bucks (Beechwo Gravel restored to agriculture Heaths and od Parklands Nurseries) Site worked dry and H. G. Froghall Active Clay loam 7 ha woodland excavations graded out partly restored None Matthews using on-site materials Harleyford Site worked by dewatering, Westhorpe Sand and Aggregates Inactive 7.5 ha Agriculture tipped with waste and Unrestored None Lake. Gravel Ltd restored to agriculture
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Glossary Acronym Term Definition
AMR Authority’s Monitoring A report that presents an analysis of Minerals and Waste Report (previously trends policies, progress on the Local Development Scheme Annual Monitoring (see below) and identifies any need for review of policies. Report) BVPI Best Value Superseded by National Indicators (N.I’s). Performance Indicators
BMW Biodegradable Waste from households, that is capable of undergoing Municipal Waste anaerobic or aerobic decomposition, such as food and garden waste, and paper and paperboard. Biodiversity Action Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats are listed in response Plan Priority Habitats 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 Buckinghamshire 1. Arable Field Margins 2. Coastal and Floodplain Grazing Marsh 3. Eutrophic Standing Water 4. Hedgerows 5. Lowland Calcareous Grassland 6. Lowland Dry Acid Grassland 7. Lowland Fen 8. Lowland Heathland 9. Lowland Meadows 10. Open Matrix Habitats on Previously Developed Land 11. Ponds 12. Purple Moor-grass and Rush Pastures 13. Reedbed 14. Rivers and Streams (incl Chalk Rivers) 15. Traditional Orchards 16. Wood-pasture and Parkland 17. Woodland (incl Lowland Beech and Yew Woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Wet Woodland) (for definitions go to http://www.ukbap.org.uk/library/UKBAPPriorityHabitatDescripti onsRevised20100730.pdf) For statements regarding these habitats in the Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes BAP go to http://www.buckinghamshirepartnership.gov.uk/sites/partnershi p/bmkbp/biodiversity_action_plan.page BM&WLP Buckinghamshire The adopted statutory plan that sets out polices for controlling Minerals and Waste minerals and waste development and proposals for particular Local Plan (2004-2016) areas/sites. On adoption it replaced the Buckinghamshire Minerals Local Plan and Buckinghamshire Waste Local Plan. C & D Waste Construction and Waste arising from construction and demolition activity and Demolition Waste 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. C & I Waste Commercial and Waste arising from premises used for industry, trade or Industrial Waste business, and hence may include a wide range of waste material – Commercial waste does not include sewage.
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Glossary Acronym Term Definition
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. 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. DEFRA Department for The UK Government department tasked with issues such as Environment, Food and the environment, rural development, the countryside, wildlife, Rural Affairs animal welfare and sustainable communities. DCLG Department for The job of this Department is to help create sustainable Communities & Local communities, working with other Government departments, Government local councils, businesses, the voluntary sector, and communities themselves. DPD Development Plan A Local Development Document which forms part of the Document statutory development plan, including the Core Strategy, Proposals Map and Area Action Plans. ERM model ERM waste capacity A waste model that projects future waste arisings and applies model 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. GOSE Government Office for The Government Office for South East England is the regional the South East arm of Central Government in the South East. GOSE works to develop government programmes and initiatives and influence integration of government policy at a regional and local level, by working in partnership with relevant organisations to meet local needs. Hazardous Hazardous waste is essentially waste that contains hazardous waste properties that may render it harmful to human health or the Environment. HIC waste Household, Industrial Waste stream incorporating domestic waste as well as that and Commercial waste produced by industrial and commercial areas. HWRC Household Waste Supervised Council facilities where the public can dispose a Recycling Centre 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. JMWMS Joint Municipal Waste The Buckinghamshire Joint Municipal Waste Management Management Strategy 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. Landfill The disposal of waste material by tipping into voids in the ground. 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.
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Glossary Acronym Term Definition
LDD Local Development As provided for by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act Documents 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 A folder containing a number of documents including Local Framework Development Developments setting out a local authority’s policies for meeting the economic, environmental and social aims of its area. LDS Local Development A timetable/project plan for the production of all the Local Scheme Development Developments 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. LNR Local Nature Reserve National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949
Local sites E.g. Local LPAs take account of local sites when formulating local plans Wildlife Sites Local and when considering planning applications. Government Geological Sites. 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. Monitoring Check of effectiveness of policies. Mt Million Tonnes (of minerals or waste) Minerals Minerals Detailed A Development Plan Document which provides the framework Development for development management decisions, including those Management Policies relating to preferred areas, on minerals matters. DPD and Preferred Areas for Development DPD MPA Minerals Planning Local Authority (either county councils or unitary authorities) Authority responsible for the preparation of Minerals Development Plan Documents and development management for minerals matters. MPS Minerals Policy National planning policy guidance for minerals development Statements produced by DCLG. MWLDF Minerals and Waste A collection of Local Development Documents (see above) Local Development relating to mineral and waste issues. Framework MWLDS Minerals and Waste A timetable/project plan for the production of all the Local Local Development Development Developments (see above) relating to mineral Scheme and waste issues. MWCS Minerals and Waste A Development Plan Document which sets out the County Core Strategy Council’s vision, objectives and overall spatial development strategy for minerals and waste matters. 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.
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MWMS Municipal Waste A strategy produced by local authorities to deliver more Management Strategies 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. NNR National Nature Taken from the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Reserve Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
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 The Act of Parliament which brought into force the new Compulsory Purchase planning system. Under the planning system introduced by Act 2004 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 Guidance issued by DCLG, setting out the Government’s Statements national policy on planning issues. 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. Re-Use Can be practised by the commercial sector with the use of products designed to be used a number of times, such as re- usable packaging. Householders can purchase products that use refillable containers, or re-use plastic bags. The processes contribute to sustainable development and can save raw materials, energy and transport costs. RSS Regional Spatial The statutory Strategic frameworks introduced by the Planning Strategies & 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 RWS Regional Waste Regional Strategy that sets targets for the diversion from Strategy landfill to recycling and composting.
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SSSIs Sites of Special The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Scientific Interest Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006. 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. SAC Special Area of Designated under EC Directive on Conservation of Natural Conservation Habitats and of Wild Flora and Fauna 92/43/EEC (‘the Habitats Directive’). Protected in the UK under the Habitats Regulations 1994.
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SCI Statement of Document setting out how the community will be consulted on Community major planning applications and in the preparation of the Local Involvement Development Framework SE Plan The South East Plan The current Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) for South East England. South East The area covered by both GOSE and SEEPB (refer above). This includes the geographical counties of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex. SPDs Supplementary Documents providing an elaboration of policies, design Planning Documents guidance and site development guidance. SPG Supplementary Predecessor of Supplementary Planning Documents. Planning Guidance The Conservation These implement the EU Habitats Directive in Great Britain. (Natural Habitats, &c.) The Regulations provide for the designation and protection of Regulations 1994 (as ‘European sites’ and the protection of ‘European Protected amended) Species’ (EPS). The provisions also include a statutory requirement for competent authorities to undertake an Appropriate Assessment of the potential impacts of projects likely to have a significant effect on European sites. The Conservation Following the European Court of Justice ruling in Oct 2005, the (Natural Habitats, &c.) 1994 Regulations were amended. The two most relevant (Amendment) amendments to planners concern the species protection Regulations 2007 regime, and an explicit requirement to carry out Appropriate Assessment (AA) for Development Plans and water abstractions: • Species - it is no longer a defence to show that the killing, capture or disturbance of EPS or the destruction or damage of their breeding sites or resting places was the incidental and unavoidable result of a lawful activity.
• Appropriate Assessment (AA)– the requirement to carry out AA is now expressly provided in relation to land use plans [new Part IVA of the amended Regulations and under Directive Articles 6(3) and (4)], and water abstractions [amended Regulations 48-51 and under Directive Articles 6(3) and (4)]. The Conservation Of relevance to planners is Regulation 7 which amends (Natural Habitat, &c.) Regulation 39 of the 1994 Regulations by: (Amendment) slightly rewording the terms of the offence in Regulation (England & Wales) 39(1)(b) of deliberately disturbing a European protected Regulations 2009 species of wild animal; and inserting a new paragraph, 39(1)(A), which refers to impact on hibernating and migratory species. The Countryside and The Act increased protection for SSSIs and strengthened Rights of Way Act 2000 wildlife enforcement legislation. With regard to SSSIs, it includes provisions to extend powers for Statutory Nature Conservation Organisations (SNCOs) to enter into management agreements with landowners, and it extends the range of offences and increases the penalties for breaches of legislation. In particular, it provided for a new offence of reckless disturbance. The Hedgerow These make provision for the protection of hedgerows in Regulations 1997 England and Wales, making it an offence in certain circumstances to remove a hedgerow without notifying the local planning authority. For appeals under The Hedgerow Regulations see IH Chapter PT10.
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The Natural This places a statutory duty on all public bodies and statutory Environment and Rural undertakers in England and Wales to have due regard to the Communities Act 2006 conservation of biodiversity in all their functions. It also requires publication of a list of habitats and species of primary importance for the conservation of each country’s biodiversity. The Protection of This protects badgers and their setts. The Act currently Badgers Act 1992 precludes the use of heavy machinery within 30m of a sett. 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 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’. Wildlife and This is the principal wildlife-protection legislation in Great Countryside Act 1981 Britain. It includes provisions for important habitats to be (as amended) designated and protected as Site of Special Scientific Interests, and protects individual species and the places they use for shelter and protection. All birds, their nests and eggs, are also protected. WPA Waste Planning Local Authority (either county councils of unitary authorities) Authority responsible for the preparation of Waste Development Plan Documents and development management for waste matters. Waste DPD Waste Detailed A Development Plan Document which provides the framework Development for development management decisions, including those Management Policies relating to preferred areas, on waste management matters. and Preferred Areas for Development DPD WCA Waste Collection The District Councils are Waste Collection Authorities (WCAs) Authority and decide when, how and by whom waste will be collected. WCAs work with their communities and Waste Disposal Authorities to increase the amount of waste that is recycled. WDA Waste Disposal Local authority responsible for the disposal of waste within its Authority administrative boundary. 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.
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