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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. 3 Buckinghamshire County Council – Authority’s Monitoring Report 2011/12 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.