Buckinghamshire MWLDF Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11
Contents Page
1 The Role of the Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) ...... 8
2 The Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework ...... 10
3 Mineral Production in Buckinghamshire ...... 15 Annual Production & Sales...... 15 Reserves ...... 16 Aggregate Applications, Permission and Refusals...... 19 Secondary materials and aggregate recycling ...... 19
4 Waste Management Strategy ...... 25 Waste Communication, Reduction and Enforcement...... 25 Current and future recycling and composting...... 31 Waste Procurement (Energy from Waste Initiative) ...... 32 The Relationship of the MWLDF to the Municipal Waste Management Strategy and Procurement...... 34
5 Waste Generation and Existing Waste Management Capacity in Bucks...... 36 Total Waste Arisings ...... 36 Breakdown of actual waste stream tonnages managed in Bucks ...... 37 Municipal Solid Waste – management and disposal method ...... 37 Hazardous Waste...... 40 Commercial and Industrial Waste ...... 40 Construction and Demolition Waste ...... 41 Total and Additional Waste Management Capacity required by 2026...... 41 Municipal Solid Waste...... 42 HWRC end destination data...... 42 Commercial and Industrial Waste ...... 42 Construction and Demolition Waste ...... 42 Hazardous Waste Capacity...... 44 Additional Landfill Capacity ...... 44 Current capacity permissions ...... 45
6 Monitoring of Planning Applications ...... 46 2010/11 mineral and waste permitted applications ...... 47 Screening and Scoping Opinions ...... 49 Appeals against non determination, conditions attached to planning permission and refusals...... 51 S106 Agreements / Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) ...... 51
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7 Enforcement and Monitoring ...... 53 Planning Enforcement ...... 53 Monitoring of Active Minerals and Waste Sites ...... 58
8 Environment ...... 60 Natural Environment...... 60 Rights of Way...... 61 Influences of Sustainability into the Core Strategy process...... 62
9 Policy Analysis...... 64 Development Management Application decisions...... 64 Development of the Local Development Framework...... 67
Appendix 1: Minerals site locations in Buckinghamshire ...... 68
Appendix 2: Waste site locations in Buckinghamshire ...... 69
Appendix 3: HWRC site locations in Buckinghamshire...... 70
Appendix 4: Aftercare site locations in Buckinghamshire ...... 71
Appendix 5: Mineral Restoration Schemes in Buckinghamshire...... 72
Appendix 6: Schedule of proposed Minerals and Waste Development Documents for Buckinghamshire ...... 73
Appendix 7: HWRC Municipal Waste 2009/10 figures (tonnes) ...... 74
Appendix 8: Buckinghamshire Estimated waste capacity figures 2008 to end of 2010...... 75
Appendix 9: Planning and Lawful Development Certificate Applications for minerals and waste facilities in Bucks determined between 1st April 2010 and 31st March 2011...... 82
Appendix 10: Planning Enforcement Case Studies in Buckinghamshire...... 85
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Appendix 11: Environment – Agreed Mineral and Waste Restoration and Aftercare Schemes ...... 87
Appendix 12: Consented Waste sites and Biodiversity Opportunity Areas...91
Appendix 13: Consented Mineral sites and Biodiversity Opportunity Areas ...... 92
Appendix 14: Buckinghamshire: End destination HWRC data for 2010/11....93
Appendix 15: Relevant Contacts within Planning, Environment and Development Service ...... 95
Glossary ...... 96
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Figures Page
Figure 1: Buckinghamshire County boundary...... 7
Figure 2: The County Council’s current expectations of how the saved BM&WLP policies will be replaced...... 11
Figure 3: The suite of Minerals and Waste Development Plan Documents....14
Figure 4: Sales of Sand and Gravel in Buckinghamshire 1997 – 2010 (rounded)...... 15
Figure 5: Sales of Sand and Gravel in Buckinghamshire 1995 – 2010 ...... 16
Figure 6: Sand and Gravel Sales, Permissions and Reserves 2008 to 2010 (Tonnes) ...... 17
Figure 7: Active, Dormant, Ceased and Inactive Aggregate Sand, Gravel, Clay and Chalk Sites in Buckinghamshire, November 2011...... 17
Figure 8: Sales of aggregate at Rail Depots (tonnes)...... 20
Figure 9: Operational Aggregate Rail Depots included within the amalgamated sales tonnages for Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire ...... 21
Figure 10: Active and Inactive Sites Producing Recycled Aggregates in Buckinghamshire at November 2011...... 21
Figure 11: Agreed Mineral Restoration Schemes ...... 22
Figure 12: Bulky Waste Scenarios ...... 27
Figure 13 : Schools activities 2010/11 against previous years...... 28
Figure 14: Submitted cases – Calendar year ...... 29
Figure 15: shows the significant decrease in fly-tipping incidents as a result of the campaign...... 30
Figure 15a: Flytipping cases submitted between 2004 and 2011...... 31
Figure 17: Actual and Estimated Total Waste Managed in Bucks...... 36
Figure 18: Current and estimated percentages of waste managed in Buckinghamshire ...... 37
Figure 19: Buckinghamshire Municipal Waste Arisings (Tonnes) and Management method...... 38
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Figure 20: The management of Buckinghamshire’s Municipal Waste Arisings 2009/10 and 2010/11 ...... 38
Figure 21: Buckinghamshire Local Authority Household Recycling rates 2009/10 and 2010/11 (tonnes, rounded)...... 39
Figure 22: The Management of Buckinghamshire’s MSW Waste Arisings ....39
Figure 23: Total MSW landfilled for the period 2004/05 to 2010/11 ...... 40
Figure 24: Total, Existing and Additional Waste Capacity Required at 2026 (tonnes, rounded) ...... 43
Figure 25: Projected total Waste arising in Buckinghamshire to be managed at 2026 ...... 43
Figure 26: Progress on County Matter Planning Applications by Quarter between 1st April 2008 and 31st March 2011 ...... 46
Figure 27: Progress on Planning Applications by Quarter between 1st April 2008 and 31st March 2011...... 47
Figure 28: Full applications for waste management facilities approved between 1st April 2010 and 31st March 2011 ...... 48
Figure 29: Lawful Development determined between 1st April 2010 and 31st March 2011...... 49
Figure 30: Screening Opinions...... 49
Figure 31: Legal agreements relating to minerals and waste developments completed from 2010 to December 2011 ...... 52
Figure 32: Planning enforcement cases received and resolved by quarter in 2010/11 ...... 53
Figure 33: Planning enforcement cases received and resolved by month over 2010/11 ...... 54
Figure 34: Enforcement action taken during 1st April 2006 to 31st March 2011 ...... 54
Figure 35: Shows the change in where reported enforcement cases were located between 2009/10 and 2010/11 ...... 56
Figure 36: Spatial distribution of enforcement cases resolved during 2010/11 ...... 57
Figure 38 : The use of Saved Local Plan Policies relating to Minerals in Determining Applications during 2010/11 (principal factor)...... 64
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Figure 39: The Use Made of Saved Waste Local Plan Policies in Determining Applications during 2010/11 (principal factor)...... 65
Figure 40: The Use Made of Saved Environmental Local Plan Policies in Determining Applications during 2010/11 (principal factor)...... 65
Figure 41: The Use Made of Saved Development Management Local Plan Policies in Determining Applications during 2010/11 (principal factor) ...... 66
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Buckinghamshire Administrative County Boundary
Figure 1: Buckinghamshire County boundary
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1 The Role of the Annual Monitoring Report (AMR)
1.1 The Planning procedures currently require that an Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) is submitted to Government each December as part of the Local Development Framework (LDF). The primary role of the AMR is to monitor the effectiveness of the policies and proposals in Minerals and Waste Development Plan Documents (MWDPDs), and the current status of MWDPD production. This AMR covers the period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011. However, data for monitoring of mineral production relates to the calendar year of 2010, in accordance with the minerals industry monitoring period. The Council will use the outputs of the AMR to develop the necessary frameworks for each of the plans accompanying the MWLDF. The structure and data collated in the AMR reflects the data which is likely to be required to assist in the monitoring of the emerging policy framework, once adopted. Information which is included within the AMR will be influenced by the planning system which also relates to the Natural and Historic Environment. This 2010/11 AMR will also be available for public inspection on the Council’s website.
1.2 The objectives of this AMR as set out by the Government are to inform:
whether the targets set out in MWDPDs have been achieved, are on track to be met; and if not, the reasons why; what impact existing minerals and waste policies and those in the emerging MWLDF are having and to indicate the need for policy review; whether policies need to be replaced or amended to meet sustainable development objectives; what revisions may be necessary if policies need changing as a result of monitoring; any problems encountered in preparation of the AMR and how these may be dealt with in next year’s report.
1.3 However, the AMR will not be able to fully monitor achievement against these objectives until all of the development plans comprising the MWLDF are in place and together are providing the required policy context. Although some of the following indicators were originally proposed by the former Regional Planning body, the County Council considers that they remain of value (not least to provide continuity of data series). It has therefore continued to monitor some as Local Core Indicators (LOIs).
Localism Bill
1.4 The Localism Bill was given royal assent on 15 November 2011 (becoming the Localism Act). Under the Act, Local Planning Authorities will no longer have to submit Local Development Schemes and Annual Monitoring Reports to the Secretary of State. It is therefore a matter for each council to decide whether to prepare an AMR, and if so, what to include in their monitoring reports while ensuring that they are prepared in accordance with relevant UK and EU legislation.
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1.5 The Buckinghamshire AMR uses the following Local Output Indicators for waste: Waste generation and growth rates of major waste streams; Waste movements, particularly imports from London; Capacity of new waste management facilities and, Waste arisings and waste management capacity required within the county.
1.6 The following Local Output Indicators for minerals are monitored: Production of minerals within the county; The level of sand and gravel landbank and reserves; Production of recycled aggregate; and The effects of mineral working upon the natural and historic environment.
1.7 Other general output indicators monitored are: Performance in determining planning applications; Performance in enforcement action taken; Performance of “saved” minerals and waste local plan policy; Site Monitoring and enforcement of mineral and landfill sites; and Progress with enforcement cases at minerals and waste sites.
1.8 The use of National Indicators (NIs) is a nationally agreed method for collating data used to assist in the monitoring of plans and strategies and the effectiveness of their policies. The NIs set out above relate to the assessment of waste arisings and management which are monitored by DEFRA. The monitoring of waste arisings and how waste is managed is important to establish whether targets set out in the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy (JMWMS) for recycling, composting and diversion from landfill are being met. This in turn informs the preparation of the MWCS by providing a baseline against which the additional waste management capacity requirements can be identified. For further information please see the Glossary.
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2 The Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework
2.1 Under the planning system introduced by the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the former system of Regional Planning Guidance (RPG), and statutory structure and local plans was replaced by statutory Regional Spatial Strategies (RSSs) and Local Development Frameworks (LDFs). However, shortly after coming into office in May 2010, the new Coalition Government announced its intention to abolish RSSs (the one for South East England is the adopted South East Plan). The Localism Bill was given Royal Assent in November 2011, becoming the Localism Act. The Localism Act will enable the Government to revoke the RSSs. It is the Government’s intention that RSSs will be revoked by April 2012. The Act still requires Minerals and Waste Planning Authorities to prepare Minerals and Waste development plans.
2.2 In Buckinghamshire, the County Council is responsible for preparing a county-wide Local Development Framework for minerals and waste (the MWLDF). The purpose of the MWLDF is to set out the spatial strategies and detailed land use policies and proposals for the extraction of minerals and management of waste in the county. The MWLDF can be thought of as a “folder or suite” of documents that contains a number of Local Development Documents (LDDs). These include Development Plan Documents (DPDs) which are statutory documents subject to independent examination and, if necessary, non-statutory Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs). The MWLDF also contains other relevant documents such as the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) that sets out a programme for involving the public in the development of the MWLDF, and the Minerals and Waste Local Development Scheme (MWLDS).
2.3 The Secretary of State has directed that all of the policies (apart from policies 26 & 35) contained in the adopted Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan (BM&WLP), adopted April 2006, should be saved until replaced by policies in the adopted new DPDs and continue to inform development management decisions. This was confirmed by the Government 18th March 2009. Existing Supplementary Planning Guidance will be regarded as a material consideration in determining planning applications until such time as it is replaced or abandoned.
2.4 The Localism Act contains provisions in order to reform the planning system to make it clearer, more democratic and more effective. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) will provide the economic, social and environmental planning policies for England. A draft NPPF, subject to consultation during the summer of 2011, included changes to national policies for minerals, however it is proposed that existing national and local policy for waste will remain in force for the foreseeable future. The County Council will continue to prepare the MWLDF in conformity with existing national policy until superseded by the NPPF.
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Figure 2: The County Council’s current expectations of how the saved BM&WLP policies will be replaced.
BM&WLP Superseded in Programmed BM&WLP Policy Name Policy No. (Document)* adoption date 1 Overarching Minerals Extraction Principles MWCS July 2012 2 Aggregates Landbank MWCS July 2012 Preferred Areas for Sand and Gravel 3 MWCS July 2012 Extraction 4 Area of Search MWCS July 2012 December 5 Borrow Pits and other Windfall Sites MDPD 2013 6 Alternative Aggregates Production MWCS July 2012 December 7 Transport of Aggregates MDPD 2013 8 Other Minerals MWCS July 2012 December 9 Oil Exploration MDPD 2013 10 Overarching Waste Management Principles MWCS July 2012 11 Imported Wastes and Landfill Sites MWCS July 2012 12 Integrated Waste Management MWCS July 2012 13 Recycling/Composting Facilities MWCS/WDPD July 2014 Household Waste Recycling Centres 14 WDPD July 2014 (HWRCs) 15 Waste Transfer Facilities MWCS/WDPD July 2014 Anaerobic and Mechanical – Biological 16 WDPD July 2014 Treatment Plant 17 Energy from Waste Plant MWCS/WDPD July 2014 18 Landfill and Landraising MWCS/WDPD July 2014 19 Calvert Landfill Site MWCS/WDPD July 2014 20 Landfill Gas Collection and Energy Recovery WDPD July 2014
21 Hazardous Wastes WDPD July 2014 22 Inert Wastes & Inert Waste Recycling MWCS July 2012 Sewage Treatment Works & Management of 23 MWCS July 2012 Sewage Sludge 24 Protection of Key Environmental Assets MWCS July 2012 Protection of Other Environmentally Important 25 MWCS July 2012 Sites & Features 27 Protection of Green Belt MWCS July 2012 28 Amenity MDPD/WDPD July 2014 29 Buffer Zones MDPD/WDPD July 2014 MWCS/MDPD/ 30 Proximity Principle and Sustainable Transport July 2014 WDPD December 31 Restoration and Aftercare MDPD 2013 December 32 Restoration of Old Sites MDPD 2013 33 Groundwater and Floodplain Protection MWCS July 2012 34 Aviation Safeguarding Areas MDPD/WDPD July 2014 36 Planning Application Issues MDPD/WDPD July 2014 37 Environmental Assessment MDPD/WDPD July 2014 38 Planning Obligations MDPD/WDPD July 2014
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BM&WLP Superseded in Programmed BM&WLP Policy Name Policy No. (Document)* adoption date 39 Site Monitoring and Enforcement MDPD/WDPD July 2014 40 Plan Monitoring MWCS July 2012 Supplementary Planning Guidance SPD October 2015
* MWCS - Minerals and Waste Core Strategy MDPD - Minerals Development Plan Document WDPD - Waste Development Plan Document
How the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework Fits Together
2.5 Details of the development documents included in the current MWLDF for Buckinghamshire are set out below.
2.6 The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) (Local Development Document) – The SCI was adopted by the County Council in September 2007. It sets out standards and the approach to involving the wider community in Buckinghamshire in the production of all of the minerals and waste local development documents [and major minerals & waste planning applications]. The document is fundamental to all future production of development plans as it enables locally based requirements and community expectations to be addressed at an early stage within plan preparation. The Council currently has no plans to early review the SCI.
2.7 Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Development Plan Document (MWCS) – The Core Strategy sets out the guiding principles for the amount of mineral extraction and waste treatment that will take place in the county, identifies the locations where the most important of these activities will take place, and contains some broad principles that will apply when planning applications for minerals or waste development are being considered. The Core Strategy has been formally submitted and is now proceeding to Public Examination with a programmed date for adoption: July 2012.
2.8 Mineral Development Plan Document (MDPD) – The Minerals DPD will include more details regarding the locations where the extraction of minerals, and the recycling of materials to produce 'alternative minerals', may be permitted, and the planning issues that will need to be addressed at these locations. It will also include some more detailed development control policies for use in considering planning applications - programmed date for adoption: December 2013.
2.9 Waste Development Plan Document (WDPD) – The Waste Development Plan Document (WDPD) will provide policies and preferred areas for development of recycling and composting facilities, including maps and information on the allocated sites. It will also contain detailed development control policies - programmed date for adoption: July 2014.
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2.10 Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) – SPDs may be required in order to update and extend the Council's existing Supplementary Planning Guidance Notes.
2.11 The relationship between the MWLDF documents is shown in Figure 3 below. For the current timetabling of these documents as agreed by The Secretary of State, please see Appendix 6.
Minerals and Waste Local Development Scheme
2.12 The Minerals and Waste Local Development Scheme (MWLDS) is a statutory document that sets out how the MWLDF will be prepared over a three-year period and is submitted to Government for approval at the end of March each year. It includes a profile of each document (role, timescale, status, production arrangements) together with a composite timetable for all documents.
2.13 In June 2011, the Council agreed a revised MWLDS with the Government available at: http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/waste_mineral_plans/LDS.page
2.14 The amended timetable for the preparation of the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy is as follows:
Publication Consultation – September 2011 Submission to the Secretary of State – November 2011 Public Examination – February 2012 Estimated Date for Adoption – July 2012
2.15 Timetable for the preparation of the Minerals Development Plan Document:
Publication Consultation – October 2012 Submission to the Secretary of State – February 2013 Public Examination – June 2013 Estimated Date for Adoption – December 2013
2.16 Timetable for the preparation of the Waste Development Plan Document:
Public Consultation – June 2013 Submission to the Secretary of State – October 2013 Public Examination – February 2014 Estimated Date for Adoption – July 2014
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The Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework
Figure 3: The suite of Minerals and Waste Development Plan Documents
(Adapted from ODPM. Creating Local Development Frameworks, A Companion Guide to PPS12. 2004)
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3 Mineral Production in Buckinghamshire
3.1 The latest figures relating to minerals are for the calendar year of 2010 based on information provided by the minerals industry. The Submission MWCS Monitoring and Implementation Framework includes four Local Output Indicators (LOI) relating to the working of sand and gravel:
Production of primary land won aggregates (tonnes)
Production of Secondary/Recycled Aggregates (tonnes)
Remaining landbank at the end of each year
Remaining provision required over the plan period (to 2026)
Annual Production & Sales
Primary Sand and Gravel aggregate sites
3.2 At the end of 2010, there were 8 active and 4 inactive sand and gravel quarries in Buckinghamshire. Figures 4 and 5 provide the sales of sand and gravel in the County from 1997 to 2010. During 2010 709,950 tonnes of sand and gravel were produced and sold from the 8 working pits in Buckinghamshire. The sand and gravel sales consisted of soft sand, sharp sand and gravel and hoggin (see Glossary). This represented a further, albeit modest, decrease in sales compared to 713,000t in 2009.
Figure 4: Sales of Sand and Gravel in Buckinghamshire 1997 – 2010 (rounded)
Sales of sand % change on Year and gravel previous year
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
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Sales of sand % change on Year and gravel previous year
2008 785,000 - 28 2009 713,000 - 9 2010 709,950 0 Source: BCC and SEERAWP Aggregate Monitoring report data.
3.3 A falling trend in sand and gravel recorded sales since 2007 (Figures 4 and 5) is consistent with regional and national trends directly linked to a decline in the economy and the more prudent use of primary materials. During this period there has also been an increase in the use of recycled aggregate. However, from studying the relationship between the variation in sales between 1989 to 1992 (-58%) this equalisation of returns occurs prior to a rise in aggregate sales, this was followed by an increase of about 45% in 1993. These peaks and troughs are normally replicated to a smaller or larger extent across the south east region.
Figure 5: Sales of Sand and Gravel in Buckinghamshire 1995 – 2010
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Source: BCC and SEERAWP Aggregate Monitoring report data.
Reserves
3.4 At the start of 2010 the existing landbank was 12.79 mt million tonnes (mt) of sand and gravel from the 8 active mineral sites. As discussed above,
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sales have fallen again and there were no new permissions for sand and gravel working during 2010.
3.5 The County Council has sought a legal Opinion as to whether dormant sand and gravel sites should be included in, or excluded from the Landbank. The legal opinion concludes that the one dormant sand and gravel site in Buckinghamshire (Rammamere Heath) should not be included in the Landbank as it falls within the definition of “dormant site” as set out in the Environment Act 1995.
3.6 The County Council has accepted this Opinion and removed the relevant dormant site from the landbank calculation. The landbank at the end of 2010 stands at 10,917,400 tonnes. This figure also accounts for a revised calculation of reserves based upon annual monitoring returns from the minerals industry. This landbank equates to 10.4 years worth of supply at the currently agreed annual supply requirement of 1.05 million tonnes per annum (10.9 / 1.05 = 10.4).
Figure 6: Sand and Gravel Sales, Permissions and Reserves 2008 to 2010 (Tonnes)
Landbank Reserves Sales Permissions Reserves at (annual Year at start of during during year end of year supply year year requirement) 13.6 2008 12,097,100 785,300 2,190,000 13,501,800 (0.99 mtpa) 12.9 2009 13,501,800 713,000 0 12,788,600 (0.99 mtpa) 10.4 2010 12,788,600 709,950 0 10,917,400* (1.05 mtpa) Source: SEEAWP Aggregates Monitoring Reports 2008, 2009 and 2010. (* Numbers do not sum due to rounding of figures; revision to estimated reserves submitted by the minerals industry and the removal of reserves in an existing dormant site).
Figure 7: Active, Dormant, Ceased and Inactive Aggregate Sand, Gravel, Clay and Chalk Sites in Buckinghamshire, November 2011
Sand and Gravel Operator
Active Wapseys Wood/Hyde Farm, Gerrards Cross Aggregate Industries Park Lodge, Iver Heath Brett Aggregates The Lea, Denham Harleyford Aggregates Spade Oak/Little Marlow, Marlow Lafarge Aggregates Springfield Farm, Beaconsfield Springfield Farm Ltd All Souls Farm, Wexham Tarmac Southern New Denham, Denham Summerleaze Ltd Harleyford Marina, Danesfield Harleyford Estates Ltd
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Dormant Rammamere Heath, Soulbury Lafarge Aggregates Inactive Westhorpe Lake, Marlow Denham Park Farm, Denham Harleyford Aggregates Berry Hill Farm, Taplow Harleyford Aggregates Beechwood Nurseries, East Burnham Summerleaze Ltd Summerleaze Ltd Clay
Active Meadhams Farm Brickworks, Chesham Bellingdon Brickworks, Chesham Dunton Brothers Ltd Froghall, Chalfont St Giles H. G. Matthews Arrewig Lane, The Lee H. G. Matthews H. G. Matthews Active, Dormant, Ceased and Inactive Aggregate Sand, Gravel, Clay and Chalk Sites in Buckinghamshire, November 2011
Clay
Dormant Woodham Brickworks, Woodham Woodham Brick Co Ltd
Inactive Calvert, Calvert Green Waste Recycling Group
Chalk
Active Pitstone Quarry, Pitstone Clark Contracting
Inactive n/a Source: Buckinghamshire County Council, 2010/11
3.7 The spatial distribution of all permitted minerals sites listed in Figure 9 are shown in Appendix 1, along with sites within stages of Aftercare in Appendix 4 and agreed mineral restoration schemes in Appendix 5.
3.8 In Figure 7, “Active Sites” are those that are currently extracting mineral. “Dormant Sites” are sites which 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. “Inactive Sites” are sites which benefit from a planning permission for mineral extraction which have not yet been implemented or have temporarily ceased production. “Ceased Sites” are those which have ceased mineral extraction due to lack of remaining viable reserves.
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Aggregate Applications, Permission and Refusals
3.9 There were three mineral permissions to vary conditions during 2010/11, as shown in Appendix 9.
Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Plan Provision
3.10 Using the 2010 landbank as the baseline, the total MWCS plan provision should equate to 16 years worth of supply over the plan period, 2011-2026 inclusive.
The total plan requirement is calculated:
16 years x 1.05 mtpa (annual supply requirement) = 16.8 mt.
3.11 The landbank as at the end of 2010 is 10.9 mt. The existing reserves are to be extracted from the total plan requirement in order to calculate the additional plan provision:
16.8 – 10.9 = 5.9 mt of additional provision required to 2026.
3.12 Based upon the existing annual supply requirement of 1.05 mtpa, it is estimated the existing landbank could fall below the 7 year requirement of 7.35 mt (1.05 x 7 years) by 2014. Additional provision is therefore likely required from 2014, through to 2026. Under the existing programme, the MDPD1 is due to be adopted by end of 2013. Additional provision will therefore be made prior to 2014.
Secondary materials and aggregate recycling
3.13 Data for recycled/secondary aggregates was not requested by the South East England Aggregates Working Party (SEEAWP) and so has not been provided to Buckinghamshire County Council. However, four sites producing recycled aggregates (Figure 10) were active during 2010/11.
Clay and Chalk extraction sites
3.14 There are 5 permitted sites for the extraction of clay in Buckinghamshire. 1 inactive clay and 4 active clay quarry sites and 1 active chalk quarry site within Buckinghamshire. These are detailed in Figure 7 and Appendix 1. Data recorded for clay and chalk aggregates is incomplete and is not provided in this AMR.
Secondary and Recycled Aggregates
3.15 There are 6 active and 4 inactive sites with aggregate recycling facilities,. The secondary and recycled aggregates figure includes all those returns received by the Minerals Planning Authority. The majority of secondary and
1 Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Development Scheme 2011-2014 (Revised) June 2011
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recycled aggregate facilities are located upon existing primary aggregate sites.
Dormant Minerals sites
3.16 There are 2 dormant minerals site within Buckinghamshire. 1 sand and gravel site at Rammamere Heath, Soulbury; Great Brickhill and 1 clay extraction site at Woodham.
Rail Aggregate Depots
3.17 There is currently 1 safeguarded site located at Griffin Lane, Aylesbury and 1 active rail aggregate depot in Iver (Thorney Mill), both of which are safeguarded under ‘saved’ policy 7 (The Transport of Aggregates) in the BM&WLP. These two rail aggregate depot site safeguardings have been carried forward within the submission MWCS. Individual sales figures provided by the operators for rail aggregate depots in MPAs are confidential, however Figure 8 below sets out the joint figures from the SERRAWP aggregate study for Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire.
Figure 8: Sales of aggregate at Rail Depots (tonnes) Sales Year Counties (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 Source: AM2003-2009 regional surveys.2
3.18 The figure for 2009 of 447,000 tonnes includes the tonnage imported into the county and unitary areas of Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire. The latest report for 2010/11 has not yet been released by the South East England Aggregates Working Party (SEEAWP). Figure 5 lists the rail sites within Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes:
2 http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/1947546.pdf
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Figure 9: 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 rock Road, West Industries Drayton Oxfordshire Appleford Hanson SP 518 932 Crushed rock Sidings, Sutton Aggregates Courtney Oxford Road, Hanson SP 119 503 Crushed rock Kidlington Aggregates Hennef Way, Lafarge SP 461 419 Crushed rock Banbury Aggregates Oxfordshire Hinksey Network SP 513 045 Crushed rock Sidings, Oxford Rail Shipton on Kilbride SP 476 175 Crushed rock Cherwell Properties Milton Keynes Full Goods Cemex UK SP 869 338 Sand & Gravel Yard, Bletchley and Crushed Station rock Old Wolverton Lafarge SP 164 418 Unknown Rail Depot Source: AM2003-2009 regional surveys
Figure 10: Active and Inactive Sites Producing Recycled Aggregates in Buckinghamshire at November 2011
Active Little Marlow/Spade Oak, Little Lafarge Aggregates SU 871 880 Marlow * Thorney Mill Road, West Drayton Aggregate Industries TQ 049 795 Bison Industrial Estate, Iver Cappagh Public TQ 033 802 Works Ltd Corrib Industrial Park, Aylesbury Shanks Waste SP 805 141 Management Ltd Summerleys Farm, Princes C Putnam & Sons SP 796 037 Risborough
Inactive Wapseys Wood, Gerrards Cross Aggregate Industries SU 965 894 Park Lodge, Iver Heath * Brett Aggregates TQ 018 835 All Souls Farm, Wexham Tarmac Southern TQ 000 820 Coronation Road, High Wycombe Hawes Plant and - Tool Hire Westhorpe Farm, Little Marlow Donoghue SU 868 871 Source: SEERA, 2006 and BCC, 2010/11. * Tonnage unknown as no known capacity.
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3.20 To ensure that confidentiality of specific site tonnages are not revealed, all the reported secondary and recycled sites have been combined for Buckinghamshire. The secondary and recycled sales figure for 2010/11 is 174,248 tonnes.
3.21 The 2010 sales tonnages of secondary and recycled aggregates show that the current sites are not working close to their maximum site capacities. There are also a number of sites which have secondary and recycled permission but are currently inactive.
Figure 11: Agreed Mineral Restoration Schemes
Planned Operator Site Name Status Commodity after use of Name the site Berry Hill Farm Summerleaze Sand and Active Agriculture Quarry Ltd Gravel Waste Clay and Agriculture Calvert Recycling Inactive Shale and woodland Group Denham Park William Boyer Yet to Sand and Agriculture Farm & Sons Ltd begin Gravel Harleyford Sand and The Lea Aggregates Active Lakes Gravel Ltd Summerleaze Sand and East Burnham Inactive Agriculture Ltd Gravel Hyde Veolia Sand and Agriculture Farm/Wapseys Environmental Active Gravel and woodland Wood Quarry Services Plc Lafarge Little Marlow Sand and Aggregates Active Agriculture Quarry Gravel Ltd Harleyford Harleyford Yet to Sand and Aggregates Marina Marina begin Gravel Ltd Woodland Meadhams Dunton Clay and Active and Farm Quarry Brothers Ltd Shale Agriculture Summerleaze Sand and New Denham Active Lakes Ltd Gravel Brett Park Lodge Sand and Aggregates Active Agriculture Quarry Gravel Ltd Pitstone Clark Active Chalk Agriculture Quarry Contractors Lafarge Rammamere Aggregates Dormant Sand Woodland Heath Ltd
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Planned Operator Site Name Status Commodity after use of Name the site Tarmac Limited – Sand and All Souls Farm Active Agriculture Anglia and Gravel South East Springfield Springfield Sand and Active Agriculture Farm Quarry Farm Ltd Gravel The Clay and Agriculture Brickworks: H G Matthews Active Shale and woodland Arrewig Lane The Brickworks: Clay and H G Matthews Active Agriculture Dundridge Shale Manor The Clay and Brickworks: H G Matthews Active Woodland Shale Froghall The Clay and Birckworks: H G Matthews Active Woodland Shale Bellingdon Bardon West Drayton Aggregates - Active Crushed rock N/A Rail Depot southern Westhorpe Sand and Unknown Ceased Lake/landfill Farm Gravel Harleyford Westhorpe Sand and Aggregates Lake Lake Gravel Ltd Woodham Woodham Clay and Dormant Agriculture Brickworks Brick Co Ltd Shale Data correct as at November 2011.
3.22 There is a notable difference between restoration schemes agreed within the district areas especially with regard to the contribution from water and woodland restoration schemes respectively; as follows: Three of the four agreed site restoration schemes within Wycombe District involve a form of lake or marina development, which are all in proximity to each other. Six of the eight restoration schemes located within South Bucks District are for restoration to agriculture. Only that for Wapseys Wood included a significant woodland element. The remaining (2) schemes comprise lakes schemes (in proximity of each other). Restoration to a water body is often preferred in areas with a high water table where a former working would naturally fill with water. Within Chiltern District all restoration schemes are to agriculture and woodland (either solely or in combination).
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Restoration schemes within Aylesbury Vale District (2) schemes are predominately agriculture, 1 woodland and the other agriculture and woodland.
3.23 These agreed restoration schemes are shown within Appendix 5. A number of other sites are currently subject to their aftercare period, after completion of the agreed final restoration schemes, these are shown in Appendix 4.
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4 Waste Management Strategy
4.1 The Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy (JMWMS) for Buckinghamshire was adopted by the Joint Waste Committee (JWC) in September 2006, and by the five constituent councils of the waste partnership.
4.2 The JMWMS aims to tackle the County’s waste in three main ways. Waste Communication, Reduction and Enforcement: by reducing the growth in waste through waste minimisation initiatives such as home composting, real nappies and communication projects; Current and future recycling and composting: by collecting and processing more recyclable materials, by providing for example kerbside collection and reprocessing facilities, this should deliver a recycling rate of 45% by 2010/11 and aspires to a rate of 60% by 2025; and, Waste Procurement: by managing the residual waste left over after recycling: the purpose of the ‘Energy from Waste’ initiative’ is to procure a facility which will seek to divert waste that cannot be recycled or composted from being sent to landfill. The Waste Strategy is available at: http://www.bucksinfo.net/recycleforbuckinghamshire/waste-strategy
4.3 The policies of the JMWMS are backed up by an Action Plan Statement which sets out the specific tasks required over the coming years to deliver the strategy. The Action Plan also details an annual monitoring programme to help ensure the JMWMS stays on track.
Waste Communication, Reduction and Enforcement
Waste Prevention and Enforcement
4.4 Across the Waste Partnership all waste communication related messages (except the Illegal Dumping Costs campaign) use the “Recycle for Buckinghamshire” campaign. The campaign also links with the national ‘Recycle Now’ Campaign delivered by WRAP (Waste Resources Action Programme).
In December 2010 the Joint Waste Committee agreed to focus resources aimed at Waste Prevention on three key areas
namely garden waste food waste bulky waste
This was on this basis of targeting those materials that had the potential for greatest tonnage diversion and easiest behaviour change.
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Garden Waste Prevention – Home Composting
4.5 The County Council continue to promote the sale of home compost bins via the national home compost framework contract. In 2011 the Council have focussed promotion where take up of previous offers has been poor. The compost bins that have been distributed across the County are:
diverting some 7,332 tonnes of waste per annum and preventing 2,786 tonnes carbon per annum.
4.6 With an extensive network of home compost bins already in place the primary focus the focus for this programme has been to support those households who own compost bins. This is being done primarily via the volunteer master composter scheme. The scheme consist of a network of local volunteers who we train and then provide them with resources and support for them to promote composting in their local communities
During 2011 some: 36 volunteers have been trained (total of 84 volunteers now supported). Over 700 volunteer hours completed. Direct contact with over 4,000 residents regarding composting related queries.
Food Waste – Love Food Hate Waste
4.7 Nationally 8.3 million tonnes of food every year is thrown away. The campaign, developed by WRAP, aims to reduce this wastage nationally. This communication campaign focused on reducing food waste at source and increasing the percentage of food waste reducers in Buckinghamshire.
4.8 In previous years the Council has been fortunate to have had the benefit of WRAP funding to promote the Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) Campaign. This year without the benefit of funding we have had to change our approach to the delivery of this programme.
4.9 A series of LFHW workshops have been delivered to local community groups across the County. In addition we have delivered in partnership with WRAP a LFHW workshop to 23 of our existing Master Composters.
4.10 We estimate that some 3,466 tonnes per annum of food waste is being currently being prevented which equates to 13,865 tonnes of carbon savings per annum.
Bulky Waste Prevention
4.11 During Winter 2010/11 Resource Futures were commissioned by WRAP Rotate to review the Buckinghamshire bulky waste collections and HWRCs to scope the options to maximise reuse of bulky waste.
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4.12 Whilst the work identified that there is already a significant amount of reuse occurring onsite at the 10 BCC HWRCs, the data reviewed suggests that more can be done. In addition there is currently no reuse of bulky items collected by the districts and there is little promotion of waste prevention and reuse in council literature and websites.
4.13 It is estimated that some 1,068 tonnes of waste could be prevented by additional reuse of bulky waste.
4.14 The report by Resources Futures considered a number of opportunities as to how the partner authorities could maximise reuse. These in turn led to a series of scenarios as set out in Figure 12.
Figure 12: Bulky Waste Scenarios
Scenario 1 - Strengthen existing arrangements at all sites.
Scenario 2 - Site staff to segregate items for collection and HWRC sale offsite by third party.
Scenario 3 - Site staff to segregate items for re-sale by third party (community group or other) onsite at Aston Clinton. Scenario 4 - Cherry Picking: Reusable bulky waste collected by DCs set aside items for Furniture Reuse Organisations(FRO) to reuse. This involves providing a facility Bulky waste to which a FRO can come and cherry pick items for re-use. collections Scenario 5 - Reusable bulky items referred to FRO by call centre via a revised script. The scenario involves encouraging residents to donate bulky items direct to FRO. Scenario 6 - Reuse Forum - Regular meetings of Reuse Forum representatives of the County, districts, contractor and FROs to discuss how reuse can be increased and develop solutions Scenario 7 - Councils provide details on their website, in council newspapers and to staff, of alternative options for Preventing the reuse (family and friends, online auction, online swap shop, item from charity shops/ reuse organisations.) entering the waste stream Encourage and educate the public to reduce the amount of bulky waste entering the municipal waste stream through education and awareness raising.
4.15 Not all scenarios were immediately available to the Waste Partnership and it was clear that a series of steps were required to get from current practice to the maximum reuse scenario.
4.16 The Joint Waste Committee agreed to progress those options that could be completed in the short term namely:
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Setting up a reuse forum through which future solutions could be developed. Raising awareness of reuse. Maximising reuse and District level. Monitoring.
Schools Education: Rethink Rubbish at School (RRatS)
4.17 The Waste Partnership has for some years run a dedicated schools education programme and continues to maintain a high level of activity see summary figure 13 below.
4.18 The RRatS programme is aimed to educate as many pupils as possible, while they are receptive, to enhance contributions to waste reduction while on School premises and to influence their actions when at home. The reduction in the number of pupils contacted has been as a result of the decrease in resource time dedicated to this education programme.
Figure 13 : Schools activities 2010/11 against previous years
Running Total Running Total Running Total Overall Summary 2009/10 2010/11 2008/09 of RRatS Work (Sept 09 to Aug (From Sept 10 (From Sept 08) 10) to Aug 2011) Total Number of 109 78 73 Schools Visited
Total Number of Community 10 4 4 Groups 3 Visited
Total Number of 308 241 192 Activity sessions 4
Total Number of 18,842 17,038 15,753 pupil contacts
Bucks Real Nappy Initiative
4.19 The real nappy initiative continued to be promoted by comprehensive support information as well as £30 cash back for those parents using real nappies on their babies. However in line with the decision to focus waste prevention resources on the areas highlighted above the joint waste committee decided to cease funding the real nappy cash back scheme at the end of March 2011.
3 Community Groups are defined as any pre-school or school aged group, for example Cubs, Brownies, Book Smart etc 4 An ‘Activity Session’ is defined as any waste-related activity undertaken with schools or community groups, including theatre visits and events.
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Illegal Dumping Costs Campaign
4.20 The Illegal Dumping Costs campaign which aims to promote preventative measures against illegal dumping has now been running for eight years. The main activities over the past year were: Further mobile waste carrier checks. Introduction of duty of care audits. Continued development of Regional Enforcement Group to involve Oxfordshire and the Berkshire unitary authorities. A total of 271 convictions to date.
4.21 Figure 14 shows the year on year increase in case files submitted to Buckinghamshire County Council legal services.
Figure 14: Submitted cases – Calendar year
4.22 The graph shows an upward trend in the number of prosecution cases progressed by the county as evidence collation methods have been successfully applied, which acts as a deterrent for persistent offenders.
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Figure 15: shows the significant decrease in fly-tipping incidents as a result of the campaign
Source – Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe District Councils The actual number of fly-tipping incidents. The change from red to blue occurs when Buckinghamshire County Council started proactive working. The overall trend in the fly-tipping incidents if no proactive action was taken (taking account of the rise in incidents before the Council started a proactive campaign.)
4.23 The graph shows that there is an overall downward trend in incidents of fly- tipping of around 30%, due to the continued increase in successful prosecutions which has a deterrent effect. Otherwise it is expected that fly- tipping incidents would be significantly higher.
4.24 During 2011 there was a recorded average of 149.3 clearances per month. This is a 55.3% reduction in clearances from the highest twelve month period on record [Oct 2002-Sep 2003] which recorded an average of over 333 clearances per month.
4.25 The County Council is now measuring performance by the ratio between the fly-tip clearance total and the number of cases submitted for prosecution. That currently shows that a casefile is submitted on average once per 26 incident clearances. This is ahead of the target ratio of 1:40. While this is not a strict ‘detection’ rate in the purest sense it does give a close approximation of the offender’s chances of being caught. The national average for this ratio on DEFRA’s Flycapture database
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[administered by the Environment Agency] was 1:688 for the period 2006- 2010 [Buckinghamshire figure for the same period was 1:88].
Figure 15a: Flytipping cases submitted between 2004 and 2011
4.26 The campaign has achieved net savings to the Buckinghamshire taxpayer of £315,000 since 2003. This equates to an average saving of £45,000 per annum and savings will increase with rising landfill tax costs
Current and future recycling and composting
4.27 In terms of monitoring waste diversion performance it is worth noting that in 2010 the new coalition Government announced that local authorities would no longer have to formally report against national waste indicators from 2011/12 onwards. However the Buckinghamshire local authorities will continue to collate data on the following National Indicators (NI) (detailed in Chapter 6):
NI191: Residual waste per household in Kg, NI192: Household waste sent for recycling, reuse or composting, NI193: Municipal Waste to Landfill, NI196: Improved street and environmental cleanliness (levels of fly- tipping).
4.28 National Indicators 191 to 193 will remain publicly available on Waste Dataflow.
4.29 Looking at future recycling and composting services the current Waste Strategy sets out a broad aim to enhance recycling and composting schemes. At the time of its publication this was planned to be achieved through what was termed a 'Twin Bin' scheme, a collection scheme based around mixed garden and food waste, alternating with residual waste collections. Following an extensive review on all aspects of service delivery, the Twin Bin scheme in its current format is unlikely to be implemented across the county. Instead the district councils in conjunction with the
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County Council have been examining a number of alternative recycling / composting collection services.
4.30 Subject to successful negotiations between the five authorities, the district councils aim to introduce high performing recycling / composting schemes. Aylesbury Vale DC have stated an intention to introduce a separate weekly food waste collection, supported by a charged garden waste service, a fortnightly collection of dry recyclable materials and a fortnightly collection of residual waste. South Bucks district council have shown an interest in a similar scheme, whilst Chiltern and Wycombe district councils have started a procurement for a joint contract which could see schemes either more like the Aylesbury Vale scheme or the original Twin Bin service.
Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs)
4.31 WRG (Waste Recycling Group) has been awarded the new contract for Buckinghamshire County Council’s ten household waste recycling centres which will come into place from 1st April 2012. The contract is for seven years, with the option to extend annually for a further three years.
4.32 The new contract will provide an improved customer experience, this will include enhanced signage, improved layouts of the recycling containers, ‘meet and greet’ attendants who will help customers unload waste to ensure items are recycled and there are also changes proposed for reuse of items. All HWRCs will open an hour later and have fixed summer and winter opening hours. From 1st April – 30th September summer opening times will be in place and all the sites will open to the public from 9am – 6pm. From the 1st October - 31st March, winter opening hours will be in place and the sites will open to the public from 9am – 5pm.
Waste Procurement (Energy from Waste Initiative)
4.33 In February 2011 the Cabinet reconfirmed their decision to award preferred bidder status to treat Buckinghamshire's residual waste to WRG (Waste Recycling Group) following the decision being reviewed in November 2010.
4.34 Since the decision, the project has moved into the Clarification and Confirmation of Commitments phase which requires the Council's Waste Procurement Team to work with WRG in reviewing and finalising the contractual documentation. This is a lengthy process which is due to finish in late 2011.
4.35 The next milestone of the project is that in January 2012 Cabinet will be asked with to award the contract to WRG. The contract will run for a term of 30 years once the facility is built and in operation. Once the contract has been awarded and signed (subject to planning and a potential Judicial Review) works will commence on the facility.
4.36 The planning application for the Energy from Waste (EfW) facility at Calvert Landfill Site, north Buckinghamshire was submitted to the Waste Planning
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Authority (WPA) in October 2010. This application is due to go the Planning Committee in early 2012 and comprises:
An Energy from Waste Facility to manage around 300,000 tonnes a year of residual waste and to generate 22MW of electricity; A bottom ash processing facility; An Air Pollution Control residue treatment facility; and A new access route from the A41.
4.37 The facility once built will produce enough electricity for 17,000 to 20,000 homes and will reduce the reliance on landfill thus reducing the impact of Greenhouse gases which are more harmful to the environment.
4.38 The planning applications for the two Waste Transfer Stations (WTS), Amersham and High Heavens, were submitted and validated in the Summer of 2011 and are due to go to the Planning Committee in early 2012.
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The Relationship of the MWLDF to the Municipal Waste Management Strategy and Procurement
4.39 The Buckinghamshire Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy, published in 2006, has been produced by the authorities responsible for waste collection and disposal within Buckinghamshire (i.e. the District Councils and the County Council respectively) and sets out proposals for the management of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) produced in the county to 2025. A major element in the Strategy is how to handle the refuse left over after recycling and composting (sometimes called 'residual waste'), as it cannot all be landfilled due to legislation. The research underpinning the Strategy indicated that refuse treatment is likely to require some thermal treatment to recover residual waste.
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4.40 The relationship of procurement to the plan-led system is through the policies in the adopted Buckinghamshire Minerals & Waste Local Plan (April 2006) and the emerging Minerals and Waste Core Strategy (MWCS).
4.41 Further information on the procurement process can be found following the path: Services > Environment > Waste recycling and treatment > Energy from Waste Project – where are we now.
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5 Waste Generation and Existing Waste Management Capacity in Bucks
5.1 This chapter shows the latest waste figures relating to the monitoring year 2010/11, in line with data collated by DEFRA, in conjunction with the Waste Disposal and Collection Authorities.
5.2 As part of the data gathering process, information is collated as a requirement of five waste related National Indicators (NI)
NI 191: Residual waste per household in Kg; NI 192: Household waste sent for recycling, reuse or composted; NI 193: Municipal Waste to Landfill; NI 195: Improved street and environmental cleanliness (levels of litter, detritus, graffiti and fly posting); NI 196: Improved street and environmental cleanliness (levels of fly-tipping).
5.3 The details of NI193 and NI196 to report to central government is now through the Local Area Agreement (LAA).
Total Waste Arisings
5.4 Data for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is collated by the County Council in accordance with the NI requirements set out above. Unlike MSW, there is currently a lack of recent actual data for the 2010/11 period regarding commercial and industrial (C&I) and construction and demolition (C&D) waste arisings in Buckinghamshire. One of the tasks in preparing the MWCS was to revise the regional waste capacity model, (originally used to inform the waste management capacity requirements set out in the South East Plan). The model was updated, and supplemented with local information, to ensure a robust assessment of estimated municipal waste management arisings and future waste management capacity for all waste streams in Buckinghamshire. The year-on-year projections have been used to provide estimates within Buckinghamshire for the period 2010/11 for both C&I and C&D wastes. Figure 17 and 18 below set out the total actual and estimated waste arisings in Buckinghamshire for 2010/11.
Figure 17: Actual and Estimated Total Waste Managed in Bucks
Total tonnes Total tonnes Waste Stream 2009/10 2010/11 Municipal Solid Waste 5 256,300 257,600 Commercial & Industrial Waste 6 1,018,000 1,038,000 Construction & Demolition Waste 7 1,032,000 1,032,000 Hazardous Waste 8 18,000 15,221 Total 2,324,300 2,342,821
5 Source: BCC data, Actual figure 6 Source: ERM waste capacity model estimated arisings extrapolated as at 2011 7 Source: ERM waste capacity model estimated arisings extrapolated as at 2011 8 Source: Actual figure: Hazardous Waste Interrogator 2010 Environment Agency
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5.5 The 2010/11 estimated total shown within figure 17 is a 0.8% increase from the total 2,324,300 tonnes of 2009/10.
Figure 18: Current and estimated percentages of waste managed in Buckinghamshire
2010/11 1% 11%
Municipal Solid Waste Commercial and 44% Industrial Waste Construction & Demolition Waste Hazardous Waste 44%
5.6 These individual percentage splits for the four waste streams have stayed constant for the years 2009/10 and 2010/11. This is supported by the actual MSW arisings.
Breakdown of actual waste stream tonnages managed in Bucks
Municipal Solid Waste – management and disposal method
5.7 During 2010/11 some 257,600 tonnes (actual figure) of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) was generated in Buckinghamshire in comparison to the 2009/10 figure of just under 256,300 tonnes. Of this, 237,600 tonnes was household waste. Household waste is the major component in the MSW waste stream. The remainder of this waste, (just over 19,000 tonnes) is sourced from other waste disposed by the County Council, such as from schools and Council offices).
5.8 Of the 257,600 tonnes of MSW arisings, 107,100 tonnes of household waste (41.6%) was recycled/composted/reused and 130,500 tonnes of household waste (50.7%) was sent to landfill. The remaining 8% of the MSW arisings was from non-household waste which was recycled, composted or landfilled. Biodegradable Municipal Waste (BMW) accounted for 94,500 tonnes. The comparison of data between 2009/10 and 2010/11 is provided in Figure 19 and Figure 20.
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Figure 19: Buckinghamshire Municipal Waste Arisings (Tonnes) and Management method (rounded) 2009/10 2010/11 Household landfilled 131,400 130,600 Household sent for reuse, recycling or composting 105,500 107,100
Total Household Arisings 237,000 237,670 2009/10 2010/11
Non-household recycling, composting 600 1,362 Non-household landfilled 18,800 18,624
Total Municipal Waste 256,300 257,600 Source: Municipal Waste Statistics – Local Authority data, 2008 and Buckinghamshire County Council, 2009.
5.9 Figure 19 above shows a reduction in the amount of MSW being sent to landfill, which is mainly due to the increase in the reuse, recycling and composting. This is in line with the aims of the Waste Strategy explained in Chapter 5.
Figure 20: The management of Buckinghamshire’s Municipal Waste Arisings 2009/10 and 2010/11
2009/10 2010/11
7% 7% 0% 1%
52% 50% 41% 42%
Household landfilled Household landfilled Household recycled, composting or reuse Household recycled, composting or reuse Non-household recycling, composting Non-household recycling, composting Non-household landfilled Non-hous ehold landf illed
Source: Municipal Waste Statistics – Local Authority data, DEFRA 2006/07 and Buckinghamshire County
5.10 These countywide household recycling rates have been broken down in Figure 21 by District and the County’s Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) waste tonnages and recycling rates for 2009/10 and 2010/11. The
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most important contribution that the County Council can make to achieving higher recycling rates within the county lies in the performance of its HWRC facilities. This continued to grow during the monitoring year.
Figure 21: Buckinghamshire Local Authority Household Recycling rates 2009/10 and 2010/11 (tonnes, rounded)
Total Household Total Household Household Waste Waste Recycled / Waste Recycling Rate Composted / reuse 2009/10 2010/11 2009/10 2010/11 2009/10 2010/11 BCC – HWRCs 59,500 60,600 42,700 44,400 72% 73% only
AVDC 56,200 55,500 12,500 12,300 22% 22% CDC 32,900 33,000 15,300 15,500 47% 47% SBDC 23,700 24,000 7,900 8,000 33% 33% WDC 64,600 64,600 27,200 27,000 42% 42% Buckinghamshire 237,000 237,700 105,500 107,100 44.5% 45% Total Source: Municipal Waste Statistics – Local Authority data, DEFRA 2009 and Buckinghamshire County Council 2010.
5.11 The total tonnage figures collected at each of the 10 HWRCs (locations of which are shown in Appendix 3) throughout 2010/11 have been broken down into the different material types within Appendix 7.
5.12 The figures within Figure 21 show that the overall rate of increase has slowed pending further extension to recycling / composting collection services.
Figure 22: The Management of Buckinghamshire’s MSW Waste Arisings
600000
500000
400000 MSW Landfilled MSW Recycled/ Composted/ Reused 300000 MSW Arisings MSW Landfilled MSW Recycled/ Composted/ Reused 200000
100000
0 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Source: Municipal Waste Statistics – Local Authority data, DEFRA 2004 to 2011.
5.13 Figure 22 illustrates the proportion of the amount of Buckinghamshire MSW sent to landfill over a 7 year period, in accordance with NI 193. Since
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2004/05 there has been an overall increase of recycling, composting and reuse of waste of some 22% and a corresponding decrease in MSW landfilled over the same period.
Figure 23: Total MSW landfilled for the period 2004/05 to 2010/11
Total MSW Year Landfilled (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 Source: Buckinghamshire County Council, 2004 to 2011.
5.14 Future waste management will increasingly divert waste from landfill, so policies will seek increased recycling and composting of waste, and where this is not possible, the recovery of value through generating energy. For further details please see the sections on waste procurement and the waste management strategy, Chapter 5.
Hazardous Waste
5.15 The majority of hazardous wastes are specialist in nature and are managed at appropriate facilities outside the county. There is currently no capacity for the management of hazardous waste in Buckinghamshire (although it is not a major generator of such wastes having a relatively small industrial base). At 2009, Environment Agency data9 indicates that Buckinghamshire exported some 21,535 tonnes of hazardous waste. At the same time, the county imported some 1,377 tonnes of hazardous waste. The hazardous waste interrogator 2010, shows 14,928 tonnes of hazardous waste arose in Bucks with an additional 293 tonnes of hazardous waste deposited in Bucks.
5.16 Of the hazardous waste exported from the county in 2009, some 8,203 tonnes (38%) was landfilled (99% of this was C&D waste and asbestos). The biggest single flow was some 5,222 tonnes of C&D waste and asbestos exported from the county to landfill in the West Midlands.
Commercial and Industrial Waste
5.17 Limited information is available on C&I waste (actual figures are not available). BCC estimates from the waste capacity model used to inform the preparation of the MWCS, just over 1 million tonnes (mt) of C&I waste was generated within Buckinghamshire in 2010/11. The model applies an
9 Hazardous Waste Interrogator 2009, Environment Agency
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estimate of 51% (529,380 tonnes) of this waste to have been recycled and composted.
Construction and Demolition Waste
5.18 It is also the case that limited information is available on C&D waste arisings than for MSW. It is estimated that a total of over 1 mt of construction and demolition waste was generated within the county during 2010/11. The waste capacity model applies an estimated recycling rate of 50% (516,000 tonnes) of C&D waste.
Total and Additional Waste Management Capacity required by 2026
5.19 To inform the preparation of the MWCS, the County Council undertook a review of how much existing waste management capacity was operational in Buckinghamshire. The County Council used a baseline of 2007/08 to help establish how much additional waste management capacity should be planned for to 2026. Table 24 and 25 below set out how much baseline waste management capacity is currently available in Buckinghamshire, an estimate of the total waste arisings to be managed by 2026 and the estimated additional waste capacity required over the Plan period. Appendix 2 illustrates the location of consented waste management facilities within Buckinghamshire.
5.20 The capacity of existing waste management facilities in Buckinghamshire was analysed and classified according to whether they contribute towards recycling, composting or recovery. An estimate of remaining landfill capacity was also included.
5.21 Amendments to the classification of ‘recycling’ facilities and the capacities included within the waste capacity model have been applied. It is the County Council’s view that the contribution of waste transfer to recycling goes beyond sorting and most of the remainder of capacity is either already serving the “recycling chain” (i.e. it is contributing to recycling to facilities within the wider market catchment), or will increasingly do so through the plan period. This is because increasingly the majority of materials will be bulked up for onward movement to final recycling (reprocessing) rather than, as is traditional, for disposal. This is in response to the “drivers” identified earlier that will drive waste up the waste hierarchy. BCC has not sought to “apportion” transfer capacity in this way but rather to acknowledge that it all has the potential to contribute to the “recycling chain”, and therefore final recycling/reprocessing – usually out of county. For practical purposes, when considering local capacity, BCC assumes that “recycling” capacity should include both dedicated recycling facilities and waste transfer facilities to avoid underestimating available capacity (which could lead to overestimating the need for further capacity). Both will contribute to meeting recycling targets.
5.22 The Minerals and Waste Core Strategy (MWCS) and the subsequent Waste Development Plan Document (WDPD) will make provision for the equivalent
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of Buckinghamshire’s waste management needs for MSW, C&I and C&D wastes whilst meeting the relevant recycling and diversion targets. Additional waste management capacity is required as alternative to landfill capacity in line with the Waste Hierarchy and the Council’s waste management objectives set out in Section 5 above.
Breakdown of estimated waste stream tonnages to be managed in Buckinghamshire
Municipal Solid Waste
5.23 The waste capacity model calculates how much capacity will be needed by applying a number of nationally and locally derived recycling, and landfill diversion targets. As discussed in Section 5 above, for MSW, the Buckinghamshire Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy sets a target to recycle and compost 60% of MSW by 2025. The MWCS therefore supports this target. Taking account of the indicative “procurement” requirement for diverting residual MSW from landfill (Section 5), it is estimated that a maximum of 374,000 tonnes of MSW will need to be managed at 2026, this is shown in figure 24 below.
HWRC end destination data
5.24 Current mapping shows that the majority of waste dealt with at the HWRCs within Buckinghamshire is recycled out of county at specialist processing facilities. There are a few which are dealt within county and these are listed below: Green, Textiles (majority of), Non-hazardous, and Ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
5.25 The maps provided in appendix 15 illustrate the destinations of the waste streams after they are collated and bulked at the HWRCs.
Commercial and Industrial Waste
5.26 For C&I waste, the model applied a recycling target of 65% and an energy recovery target of 19% by 2025. It is estimated that 1.3 million tonnes of C&I will need to be managed at 2026.
Construction and Demolition Waste
5.27 For C&D waste, the MWCS uses a recycling target of 70%10 by 2020 in line with the Government’s review of waste policy. In the absence of any contrary indication, the Council assumes that this emerging target will apply through to 2026. This target equates to approximately 700,000 tonnes from just over 1 million tonnes expected to arise as at 2026.
10 ‘Government Waste Policy Review 2011’, paragraph 47.
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Figure 24: Total, Existing and Additional Waste Capacity Required at 2026 (tonnes, rounded)
MSW C&I C&D Total Recycling Total Capacity to achieve target 135,000 752,000 700,000 1,587,000 Baseline capacity (2007/08) 75,00011 332,00012 422,000 829,000 Additional capacity needed by 60,000 420,000 280,000 760,000 2026
Composting Total Capacity to achieve target 89,000 84,000 N/A 173,000 Baseline capacity (2007/08) 38,000 0 N/A 38,000 Additional capacity needed by 51,000 84,000 N/A 135,000 2026
Recovery Total Capacity to achieve target 112,000 245,000 N/A 357,000 Baseline capacity (2007/08) 0 0 N/A 0 Additional capacity needed by 112,000 245,000 N/A 357,000 2026
Total 223,000 749,000 280,000 1,252,000
5.28 Figure 25 below sets out the projected total waste to be managed in Buckinghamshire based on projected arisings from the waste airisngs and capacity model13.
Figure 25: Projected total Waste arising in Buckinghamshire to be managed at 2026
Waste Stream Total (tonnes) Municipal Solid Waste14 372,000 Commercial & Industrial Waste15 1,285,000 Construction & Demolition Waste 1,032,000 Hazardous Waste 26,25016 Total 2,715,250
11 This includes existing recycling processing capacity of 25,000 tonnes and the 50,000 tonnes of HWRC capacity referred to above. 12 This includes all existing commercial transfer capacity referred to above 13 Waste Arisings and Management Capacity Model devised by ERM, 2007 14 BCC Internal Data 15 ERM waste capacity model, estimated arisings extrapolated as at 2011 16 Higher figure represents the ‘worst case’ scenario
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Hazardous Waste Capacity
5.29 The County Council has been informed by a study of hazardous waste undertaken at the regional level in 2008. This estimated that, for Buckinghamshire, between 22,500 tonnes and 26,250 tonnes of hazardous waste will require management at 202617. If the split at 2009 were to continue then the majority of hazardous waste arisings at 2026 (corresponding to some 14,600 to 16,850 tonnes) will be unsuitable for landfill and will be exported for specialist management at appropriate facilities beyond the county, as at present. However it is possible that that some 7,900 to 9,400 tonnes of hazardous waste arising within the county at 2026 could be managed by landfill.
5.30 Figure 24 below sets out how much existing waste management capacity is currently available in Buckinghamshire (baseline capacity), total additional waste management capacity and estimated additional waste capacity required (from 2010) over the Plan period to 2026. Appendix 2 illustrates the location of consented waste management facilities within Buckinghamshire.
5.31 The Submission draft MWCS seeks to allocate Calvert Landfill Site for the co-location of a number of waste management activities (Strategic Waste Complex) including an energy recovery facility. The supporting policy requires the provision of a hazardous waste facility to allow for the disposal of any ‘Air Pollution Control’ residues generated by an energy recovery process.
Additional Landfill Capacity
5.32 As a result in the change to waste management in accordance with the waste hierarchy, landfill will only be used as a last resort, but it is recognised that provision still needs to be planned for. Nevertheless there will always be a requirement for a small but continuously declining amount of waste which will be required to be landfilled over the Plan period. This would include MSW and C&I which is not recycled, composted or recovered; or the non-hazardous residues from energy recovery processes which cannot be recycled into construction materials (inert waste).
5.33 At end of 2010 it was estimated18 that there was a total of 18.2 million cubic metres of non-hazardous and inert landfill capacity in Buckinghamshire. Of this, some 13 million cubic metres (13 mt) was estimated to accept non- hazardous waste and 5.2 million cubic metres (7.8 mt) as inert capacity. Most of these sites will gradually become filled over the period to 2026. BCC has calculated that if all diversion targets are achieved, available capacity for both waste streams is estimated by 2021 to be 8.6 million cubic metres (10.7 mt) and by 2026 4.8 million cubic metres (6.7 mt). The Council
17 Summarised in ‘Task B: Verification of the Plan Provision’ Jacobs, 2009 18 All capacity figures extrapolated from the ERM Waste Capacity Model for the South East Region as set out in ‘Task B Verification of the Plan Provision’ Jacobs November 2009
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has therefore concluded that no additional landfill provision needs to be planned for to 2026. In addition, new void for inert waste materials will be created from the working of minerals in the county over the period.
Current capacity permissions
5.34 The Monitoring and Implementation Framework in the Submission MWCS seeks to monitor the amount of newly permitted capacity through the following Core Output Indicators:
Capacity of new waste management facilities: i) new permitted capacity; ii) new operational capacity.
5.35 There has been no change in the capacities at the Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) or Biological Treatment facilities during the 2010/11 period.
5.36 Recycling facility tonnage capacity has been increased by 15.4%, which will ensure that the options for all waste streams i.e. municipal solid waste (MSW), commercial and industrial (C&I), construction and demolition (C&D) waste have facilities available within the proximity of waste generation to recycle rather than directly dispose.
5.37 The permitted waste transfer stations tonnage capacity within Buckinghamshire has increased by 0.6% due to a small increase in new planning consents within Aylesbury Vale and Wycombe district authority areas. The new consent for Westcott Venture Park does not include the proposal for a 27,000 tonne Waste Transfer Station.
5.38 Additional capacity has been gained within Rail Waste Transfer and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) sites.
5.39 An overall decrease of 3.3% in landfill capacity has occurred during 2010/11, which is due to no new sites coming forward during this period.
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6 Monitoring of Planning Applications
Development Management: Monitoring of Planning Applications
6.1 The data below outlines the Council’s performance in determining planning applications during 2008/09 to 2010/11 (figure 26). This data fulfils the requirements of the Government set National Indicator (NI 157).
6.2 The outturn figure for NI157, ‘percentage of Planning Applications determined within 13 weeks’ was 76.5% for 2010/11, exceeding the target of 60%.
Figure 26: Progress on County Matter Planning Applications by Quarter between 1st April 2008 and 31st March 2011
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total County Matter applications on 7 15 14 15 11 11 7 8 8 8 8 12 hand at beginning of quarter Received 12 6 7 6 7 3 5 1 4 4 11 4 during quarter Withdrawn/call ed in/turned 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 away during quarter
Number of County Matter applications 4 5 6 9 4 7 4 1 1 3 7 7 determined during quarter
Number of County Matter applications 2 7 1 5 3 0 5 5 determined 4 5 1 3 (100%) (50%) (100%) (86%) (25%) (71%) (75%) (100%) (0%) (100%) (71%) (83%) within 13 weeks (Non EA*)
Applications on hand at end 15 14 15 11 11 7 8 8 8 8 12 9 of quarter * County Matter applications accompanied by an Environmental Assessment are not included in this calculation.
6.3 Figure 26 shows that there was a rise during the second half of 2010/11 in the number of applications being determined. This was followed by a distinct peak in planning applications received during the third quarter of 2010, a trend previously experienced in 2008, also following a previous
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continuous drop in the numbers of planning applications received per quarter. This could be reflective of prevailing market conditions.
6.4 Through pre-application meetings the planning authority seeks to ensure that any relevant planning concerns are identified before an application is brought forward by the operator, which can help to speed determination times and reduce the levels of withdrawn applications.
6.5 At the end of March 2011 there were three remaining applications which had not been determined within 13 weeks. All three of these were awaiting the completion of outstanding legal agreements.
Figure 27: Progress on Planning Applications by Quarter between 1st April 2008 and 31st March 2011
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Applications Received during 10 Quarter
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6.6 During 2009/10 there was a steady fall in applications received and determined, which was followed by a large increase in applications received in December 2010.
2010/11 mineral and waste permitted applications
6.7 Figures 28 and 29 show the main waste applications determined during the 2010/11 period including estimated capacities, as stated on the planning application form. No new mineral applications have received permission in 2010/11. Planning conditions or the Environment Agency waste licence will specify maximum permitted capacities.
6.8 Monitoring the existing waste capacity permitted by the Planning Authority is important to inform the emerging Minerals and Waste Local Development Framework which is planning for future waste provision. This waste capacity data will continue to be monitored once the future plans are adopted.
6.9 During the 2010/11 period, the County Council also determined a number of smaller applications relating to existing minerals and waste sites, including applications for variations of conditions attached to existing planning permissions, applications for increases in vehicle movements and applications for buildings, plant or small ancillary facilities. A full list of minerals and waste applications determined by the County Council during the financial year 2010/11 is included in Appendix 9. This also shows which
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‘saved’ policies from the adopted Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan were used in the decision making process.
Figure 28: Full applications for waste management facilities approved between 1st April 2010 and 31st March 2011
Site & Waste Annual Proposal Reference Operator Stream Capacity Erection of hire shop, store electrical maintenance workshop and administration Formerly offices building; vehicle occupied by maintenance workshop building George Worley and heavy plant storage and Transport Ltd, waste material separation C&I / 09/06549/CO Coronation Road, 75,000 building. Erection of wash down C&D NCC High Wycombe enclosure, waste separation
bays and additions to and Hawes Plant modification of existing site and Tool Hire roads, hardstanding and site entrance and roadside boundary fence Unit F2 Airfield Industrial Estate, Change of use from waste Long Marston transfer station to tyre 10,000 10/20003/AW baling, sorting and storage C&I tonnes D Amalgamated (retrospective Industrial Park application) Ltd Westcott Venture Proposed development of an in- Park, Westcott Municipal, vessel composting and 48,000 10/20001/AW C&D & anaerobic digestion facility and tonnes D Shanks Waste C&I ancillary development Management Ltd Proposed use of land for New Denham recycling and recovery of Quarry, New construction, demolition and 40,000 Denham excavation materials and soils C&D 10/01665/CC tonnes including minor amendment of Summerleaze Ltd approved quarry phasing scheme Alderbourne Farm, Iver Heath 5,000 Green waste composting facility C&I 09/01346/CM tonnes Mr and Mrs Keen Retrospective part change of Dunton Road, use from agricultural to Stewkley 10/20005/AW commercial sui generis C&I 300 tonnes D (material recovery facility) TWM Ltd (0.371 hectare)
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Figure 29: Lawful Development determined between 1st April 2010 and 31st March 2011
Waste Site Operator Proposal Reference Types Application for a Lawful Development DB Certificate for deposition of material Thorney Mill Schenker Inert 10/00739/CM including inert waste material prior to Sidings, Iver, Rail (UK) material loading onto rail wagons and Ltd movement by rail.
6.11 A certificate of Lawful Development is not the same as planning permission but confirms that relevant development is lawful and as such qualifies as permitted development (PD). Thorney Mill Sidings, Iver proposal amounts to a development that is deemed to have been granted planning permission by Part A, Class 17, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995, which permits development by railway undertakers on their operational land required in connection with the movement of traffic by rail, shown in figure 29 above.
6.12 Appendix 8 summarises the permitted waste management capacities for different waste processes i.e. Landfill, Waste Transfer Station or Biological treatment.
Screening and Scoping Opinions
6.13 During the 2010/11 period, a total of 19 requests for screening opinions were received. 15 of these were completed within three weeks of the date of the request. None of the 19 screening opinions completed were referred to the Secretary of State, which means the operators did not request a Screening direction, effectively an appeal against a screening opinion.
Figure 30: Screening Opinions
Date of Application no. or EIA Applicant Proposed Development screening Site Name required opinion Veolia Wapseys Wood, Proposed variation of condition Environmental Gerrards Cross 63 of consent SBD/8201/99 No 07/04/2010 Services Springfield Farm, Proposed erection of a new David Jarvas Beaconsfield mortar plant and associated No 09/04/2010 Associates Ltd ancillary development Stephen Bowley New Denham Quarry, Proposed extraction of sand and Yes 27/04/2010 Planning Uxbridge gravel reserves beneath the Consultancy utilities corridor Veolia ES SBD/8201/99 Proposed Waste Transfer Station No 17/05/2010 Wapseys Wood, Gerrards Cross Stephen Bowley Meadhams Farm Proposed variation of phasing No 08/06/2010 Planning Brickworks, Ley Hill scheme and extension of time Consultancy Suzi Coyne CC10/9001/CM New processing plant and No 10/06/2010 Unit 53 Binders Yard building, extension to existing skip waste transfer and recycling
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Date of Application no. or EIA Applicant Proposed Development screening Site Name required opinion Veolia Wapseys Wood, Proposed variation of condition Environmental Gerrards Cross 63 of consent SBD/8201/99 No 07/04/2010 Services Springfield Farm, Proposed erection of a new David Jarvas Beaconsfield mortar plant and associated No 09/04/2010 Associates Ltd ancillary development facilities and installation of wood burner Waste Recycling 10/20002/AWD Proposed application to extend No 18/06/2010 Group Calvert Landfill Site, time period of commencement of Calvert existing permission (07/20010/AWD) for In-vessel Composting Facility at Pit 7 Quarryplan (GB) 08/00689/CM & Proposed variation of condition 1 No 15/07/2010 Ltd 08/00815/CM attached to 08/00815/CM and All Souls Farm Quarry, variation of condition 3 attached Slough to 08/00689/CM to allow completion of the development to be deferred until 31st December 2012 D K Symes On land adjacent to Proposed Waste and Recycling No 15/07/2010 Associates Long Crendon Transfer Facility Industrial Estate, Long Crendon Dunstall Brothers WY/ENF/09/01 Unauthorised change of use to a No 20/07/2010 Green Barn Farm, Waste Transfer Station Marlow Quarryplan (GB) 08/00815/CM & Proposed variation of condition 1 No 25/08/2010 Ltd 08/00815/CM attached to consent 08/00815/CM and condition 3 attached to consent 08/00689/CM; proposed extraction of the remaining 15,000 tonnes of sand and gravel from existing site and infilling of the void with inert waste, and proposed importation of up to 50,000 tonnes of sand and gravel from Heathrow Airport London Dorney Rowing Lake, Proposed variation of Condition No 08/09/2010 Organising Dorney 15 attached to planning Committee of the permission SBD/8201/05 Olympic Games SBD/8201/06 Proposed recycling and recovery New Denham Quarry, facility for soil and construction, Stephen Bowley Uxbridge demolition and excavation waste Planning No 27/09/2010 materials including minor Consultancy amendment of approved phasing scheme
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Date of Application no. or EIA Applicant Proposed Development screening Site Name required opinion CH/2010/60002/BCC Proposed variation of condition Froghall Brick Froghall Brick and Tile 33 of consent CH/1322/00 to and Tile No 28/09/2010 Company, Chalfont St enable extraction of brickearth to Company Giles extend until 15/09/2012 CC10/9002/CM Retrosopective change of use Green Barn Farm, from agricultural yard to Waste Waste Transfer Marlow Transfer Station, demolition of 2 No 22/12/2010 Solutions existing farm buildings & erection of tipping shed, weighbridge, trammel and picking line 10/20005/AWD Retrospective part change of use Dunton Road, from agricultural to commercial TWM Ltd No 22/12/2010 Stewkley Sui Generis (Waste Transfer Station) The Lea Quarry, Infilling of mineral void with inert Denham waste, imported by barge, restoration to agricultural land use D K Symes with amenity access and No 17/01/2011 construction of vehicular and pedestrian access bridge at The Lea Quarry, Denham D K Symes The Lea Quarry, Variation of conditions to allow No 18/03/2011 Denham completion of mineral extraction to be deferred until 30 September 2012 and to allow completion of restoration to be deferred until 31 December 2012 D K Symes 11/20001/AWD Proposed change of use from No 24/03/2011 Land adjacent to agricultural land to a waste Drakes Drive, Long recycling and transfer facility. Crendon Industrial
6.14 During 2010/11 no scoping opinions were requested. All screening and scoping opinions carried out by the County Council since 1st January 2008 can be viewed on the County Council Website by using the link below: http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/development_control/scoping_reports.page
Appeals against non determination, conditions attached to planning permission and refusals
6.15 During the 2010/11 period no appeals were lodged against non- determination or refusal of a planning application or conditions attached to planning permissions.
S106 Agreements / Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
6.16 The current negotiated basis for seeking contributions from developers towards physical and social infrastructure is set out in Government guidance (Circular 05/2005 Planning Obligations).
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6.17 These planning obligations, or developer contributions, will normally be secured through an agreement under S106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (As Amended).
6.18 In Buckinghamshire contributions are currently secured in planning agreements between developers and the County Council as service provider/facilitator, e.g. a financial contribution may provide capital for additional highway capacity to be built, minor road layout changes to be made or additional school places to be provided as a result of a new development. The majority of S106 agreements for minerals and waste facilities are used for lorry routing agreements.
6.19 The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations came into force in April 2010 and Wycombe District Council have recently consulted on plans to adopt a CIL charging schedule in 2012, the CIL itself is not yet being applied in any of the four Buckinghamshire districts.
Figure 31: Legal agreements relating to minerals and waste developments completed from 2010 to December 2011
2010 The Lea Quarry, Denham 16.04.2010 Unit F2, Marsworth Airfield Industrial Estate, Long 21.10.2010 Marston Cressex Business Park, Coronation Park, High Wycombe 26.10.2010
2011 All Souls Farm Quarry, Wexham Park Lane, George 21.06.2011 Green, Slough Alderbourne Farm, Iver Heath 04.01.2011 Summerleys Farm, Summerleys Road, Princes 11.05.2011 Risborough (Deed of Variation) Westcott Venture Park, Westcott 30.11.2010
PENDING COMPLETION Wapseys Wood Landfill Site, Gerrards Cross. Chiltern View Nursery, Wendover Road, Stoke Mandeville.
6.20 Some of the above agreements will relate to highway improvements or routing agreements relating to larger developments. The majority of S106 agreements are used for routing agreements as this cannot be covered adequately within planning conditions for sites. A section 278 highways agreement may be used if a development requires further works to be carried out on an existing adopted highway. Both Wycombe and Aylesbury Vale districts have schemes which require financial contributions for highway improvements within their areas, if a scheme triggers this.
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7 Enforcement and Monitoring
Planning Enforcement
7.1 As Minerals and Waste 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. The Council seeks to resolve breaches of planning control in line with planning legislation, government guidance, and also “saved” Policy 39 of the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan.
7.2 During the 2010/11 period, the Planning Enforcement Team received 38 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 32 reveals that the majority of these reports were received in the first and last quarters of the financial year. Figure 32 also shows that over the same period, 41 breaches of planning control were resolved. This number is greater than those received as a number of reported breaches were still unresolved prior to the 2010/11 period, and were then later resolved during the period.
Figure 32: Planning enforcement cases received and resolved by quarter in 2010/11
Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Total
Number of enforcement 17 6 5 10 38 cases received Number of enforcement 16 12 5 8 41 cases resolved
7.3 Figure 33 shows this information in more detail, displaying the numbers of received and resolved cases for each month of the 2010/11 period. It reveals that April and June were the busiest months in terms of receiving enforcement cases. This could be expected as weather conditions were conducive for construction work, which would have resulted in increased amounts of waste to be disposed of, and also for earth works or land raising, which are often carried out without planning permission and involve the deposit of waste materials. Fewest reports were received in November and December, and again could be explained by weather conditions not being favourable for works as previously described.
7.4 Figure 33 also shows that May to July were the most successful months for resolving enforcement cases. This shows an approximate time-lag of a month from when the larger volume of cases was received to when some of
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these were resolved. This is a reasonable period of time to expect to resolve smaller scale or less contentious breaches of planning control.
Figure 33: Planning enforcement cases received and resolved by month over 2010/11
10 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 333 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11
Cases Received Cases Resolved
7.5 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 its effects on local amenity. Where breaches of planning control were substantiated, officers would proceed with appropriate action. This included negotiations with landowners to promote voluntary remedy of breaches, as well as formal enforcement action, such as the service of Notices. Over the period, formal action taken included the service of five Planning Contravention Notices to gain further information about activities taking place on site. One Breach of Condition Notice, four Enforcement Notices, and one Temporary Stop Notice were also served to secure compliance with planning control. Three High Court Injunctions were obtained to stop breaches occurring and to ensure that the harm caused by breaches was remediated. Figure 34 compares the enforcement actions taken over the past five years.
Figure 34: Enforcement action taken during 1st April 2006 to 31st March 2011
Enforcement Action 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/2011 Enforcement cases 68 34 48 47 38 received during the period Breach of Condition 2 3 0 0 1 Notices Planning Contravention 12 9 6 2 5 Notices
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Enforcement Action 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/2011 Enforcement Notices 10 7 3 2 4 Temporary Stop Notices 0 2 0 0 1 Stop Notices 3 1 0 0 0 Injunctions 2 0 0 0 3 Prosecutions 3 1 3 1 0 Enforcement cases resolved during the 48 29 42 57 41 period
7.6 The figures show that the number of reports of unauthorised minerals and waste developments received decreased in the 2010/11 period. This was due to the ongoing economic climate, (which resulted in less waste needing to be disposed of, and a reduced need for minerals) in contribution with the success of the Planning Enforcement Team over the previous year in resolving a large number of cases, (proactive work undertaken to both resolve breaches and to deter people from breaching planning control in the first instance).
7.7 More formal action was taken during 2010/11 in comparison to 2009/10, including the service of a higher number of Notices. This was due to an increase in the number of large-scale cases reported where negotiation to resolve the breach amicably was not possible. However, the approach taken, whilst being dictated by the circumstances of individual cases, can be viewed as successful as, for the second year running, a greater number of cases were resolved than were received.
Outcome of Enforcement Notices
7.8 Of the four Enforcement Notices that were issued during 2010/11, two were appealed. One appeal was dismissed by the Planning Inspectorate following a Public Inquiry. The Council are currently still awaiting the period for compliance with that Enforcement Notice to lapse before considering whether further action is necessary. The other appeal was withdrawn following negotiation with the appellant outside the appeal process where the Council agreed to vary the Enforcement Notice to extend the period for compliance. One Enforcement Notice was not complied with and the Council is now working towards prosecuting those served with the Notice for non-compliance. The final Enforcement Notice was subsequently complied with.
7.9 It is essential that the Council pursue these cases through to completion as the number of appeals dismissed, and the costs granted to the Planning Authority as a result, act as a deterrent to unauthorised and inappropriate waste or mineral development or workings. For the same reason it is also essential to ensure that planning conditions are enforced.
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Spatial Analysis
7.10 Figure 35 compares the numbers of breaches of planning control reported within each of Buckinghamshire’s four Districts in 2009/10 and 2010/11 respectively. The inner ring shows the percentage of total cases received that were within each of the Districts during the 2009/10 period. This shows that over half of all the reports received were located within Aylesbury Vale, the largest of the County’s Districts. The rest of the reports were fairly evenly split between the other three Districts within Buckinghamshire.
7.11 Figure 36 shows the spatial distribution of the cases that were resolved during 2010/11 period, and those that were still unresolved at the end of the period. It shows the disproportionately high number of cases arising in South Bucks District, particularly around the M25 and M40 corridors, and the villages on the outskirts of Slough, Hillingdon and Heathrow. This might be expected due to the proximity of this area to Greater London, and the major transport links. It also shows the lower level of reported cases in the Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern and Wycombe Districts.
7.12 The outer ring shows this information for the 2010/11 period. This shows that over half of all the reports received were located within South Bucks District. This shows a spatial shift in reported breaches of planning control from the north to the south of the county from 2009/10 to 2010/11. This could be due to a number of factors, including the location of that District in comparison to major settlements and transport routes. It could also be due to the effectiveness of the enforcement action taken in previous years in other Districts which may have influenced those who are prepared to breach planning control in deciding where to commit the breach. Another factor could be awareness raising of planning enforcement issues conducted by officers in the area, so people are now more likely to know how, and to whom, they should report such issues.
Figure 35: Shows the change in where reported enforcement cases were located between 2009/10 and 2010/11
13% 21% 13% Cases received 2010/11
Cases received 2009/10
19% 51% 13%
17% Ayl es bury Val e 53% Chiltern South Bucks Wycombe
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Figure 36: Spatial distribution of enforcement cases resolved during 2010/11
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Monitoring of Active Minerals and Waste Sites
7.13 The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006 provide for the charging of fees for monitoring of mineral extraction and waste disposal sites. This is carried out by the Planning Development Management section of the County Council’s Planning, Environment and Development Service.
7.14 Site monitoring inspections examine how well the site operators are running the site in accordance with the planning permission and associated planning conditions attached to the site. If breaches of conditions are identified, the County Council will liaise with the operator and/or other agencies to resolve the problem or proceed with formal enforcement action as appropriate, depending on the severity of the breach.
7.15 The regulations provide for a maximum of eight chargeable site monitoring visits to active mineral extraction and waste disposal sites per year, and a maximum of two for those sites that are dormant. Within Buckinghamshire the number of scheduled visits allocated to each site is determined by factors such as size, complexity, past compliance and stage of the development, in accordance with the monitoring service standards endorsed by the Development Control Committee on 12th June 2007. Additional visits may also be carried out as a direct response to concerns raised by local residents and relevant agencies and authorities. This enables officers to vary the number of visits during the year if there is a change in circumstances such as, for example, a rapid deterioration or improvement in compliance with planning conditions.
7.16 During the 2010/11 period, 20 chargeable sites for mineral extraction and landfill were identified and monitored for compliance with planning conditions. A total target of 64 visits was set for these sites, 58 of which were carried out. This equates to 91% of the targeted visits being completed, an increase compared to the 89% achieved in the previous year.
7.17 In addition to this, site monitoring visits are also carried out to sites not covered by the charging scheme. 36 non-chargeable waste management facilities were identified and monitored. Out of a total target of 85 visits, 44 were completed. This equated to 52% of the scheduled visits for 2010/11, a drop from the 66% of the completed visits in 2009/10. This was due to the prioritisation by Development Control of the chargeable visits over non chargeable monitoring visits and the implications of bad weather conditions at the end of the quarter. During 2010/11 a more flexible monitoring schedule was implemented which reflected the scheme in place for the monitoring of chargeable sites. This set the number of visits for the majority of the sites at four per year, but allowed for visit frequency to be increased or decreased dependant on the performance or stage of development of the site. The compliance ratings for each individual site are not available for 2010/11.
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7.18 In addition to site monitoring visits, officers also attended annual aftercare visits at seven sites which have undergone partial or full restoration and are now in their five year aftercare period. These visits are attended by case officers, operators and a representative of Natural England in order to ensure a high standard of aftercare at restored sites. These are shown within Appendix 4.
7.19 Case officers also attended liaison meetings for the major minerals and waste developments, held bi-annually or quarterly. These meetings are also attended by District and Parish Council representatives, Local Members, local residents and resident associations and also the operators themselves. The aim of these meetings is to address any impacts the development has on the locale and seek mitigating solutions to these.
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8 Environment
Natural Environment
8.1 Buckinghamshire is a place of high natural value, recognised for the Chilterns Chalk Grasslands, Ancient Woodlands of South Bucks and extensive wetland areas of the 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. This recognition is further supported in the Council’s Corporate Plan which identifies the need to Manage, Improve and Protect our Exceptional Environment as one of the authority’s 10 priorities.
Possible Mineral site restoration benefits
8.2 The mineral industry, through appropriate restoration, has potential to positively contribute to the creation, enhancement and or restoration of BAP habitats on mineral sites. (See glossary for full details and explanation of BAP habitats.)
8.3 Historically most restoration projects have resulted in the creation of agricultural land or open water. However, an increasing proportion of mineral workings are now being restored to amenity use and habitats of high conservation value. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Minerals Restoration Potential Project (2005) established there being around 1,300 active mineral sites in England. Of this number, only 173 were classified as being ‘not suitable’ for BAP habitat creation. The remaining sites, equating to around 55,794 Ha of land, have good potential for supporting one or more BAP habitats. Due to the large areas of mineral working within Buckinghamshire these sites can make a significant contribution to creation of BAP habitat within appropriate restoration schemes which benefit the neighbouring communities.
8.4 Restoration schemes needs to be forward looking to provide restored areas which can adapt to the changing climatic conditions and needs of the surrounding areas, i.e. through flood alleviation. Mineral restoration schemes have the potential to provide important habitats for wildlife and can act as links to the surrounding countryside. This provides a sustainable approach to mineral extraction/restoration and can help to support and offset impacts relating to climate change. Mineral restoration schemes can also play an important role in securing the future for some of the UK’s rare species. Through the provision and management of BAP species habitat the migration of species from surrounding areas can be encouraged. One example of such provision is the planting of Dark Mullein in appropriate areas in order to provide suitable food plants for the Striped Lychnis Moth.
Habitat creation in Buckinghamshire
8.5 Restoration plans for mineral and waste sites in Buckinghamshire should ensure that opportunities to create priority habitats are fully explored. A
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topic paper has been produced for the emerging Mineral and Waste Core Strategy which details the principles for restoration of sites in Buckinghamshire. See www.buckscc.gov.uk/MWCSconsult or the Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) 2009/10 at www.buckscc.gov.uk/amr . The principles will be considered in the minerals and waste site allocations and form the basis for encouragement of more appropriate restoration schemes through the pre-application process.
8.6 Biodiversity Opportunity Areas (BOAs) identify where the greatest opportunities for habitat creation and restoration lie. A network of BOAs has been identified in South East England and 23 such BOAs are located in Buckinghamshire. A map of these areas and associated mineral and waste sites can be seen in Appendix 12 and 13. Each area presents the opportunity for the creation of a number of habitats and details of targets for individual BOAs can be found on: http://www.buckspartnership.co.uk/sites/partnership/bmkbp/biodiversity_opp ortunity_areas.page Mineral site restoration schemes must strive to deliver habitats suitable for the Biodiversity Opportunity Areas in which they are be located.
8.7 The creation of habitats in minerals sites depends on the geographic location of the site, on its geology, natural soils and hydrology. Sand and gravel extraction is usually carried out in river valleys, and most of these are designated as BOAs. The habitats created on minerals sites are most likely to be those associated with the bottoms of river valleys, being Lowland Meadows, Purple-moor Grass and Rush Pastures, Reedbeds, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland and Wet Woodland. Each BOA has its own targets for the creation of BAP habitat and in the planning of the restoration of minerals sites, the habitats planned for creation should be appropriate to the BOA.
Current status and future Monitoring Appendix 11 provides a summary of mineral sites in Buckinghamshire with details of their restoration, stage of restoration and associated BOA to which they relate. It is envisaged that this table will be updated in future with more detailed descriptions of restoration schemes, information about BAP habitats restored on site, as well as details of suitable habitats for individual mineral restorations. In addition to this we will monitor:
The number of proposals granted planning permission in designations
of international / national / local importance.
As well as the contribution from restoration to the creation of priority
habitats.
Rights of Way
8.8 Partnership working between Rights of Way Strategic Access and the Minerals, Waste and Strategic Planning Teams has resulted in a number of
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added benefits for the walking, cycling and riding public of Buckinghamshire.
8.9 Through good planning consultation work, commodious alternatives have been negotiated to allow greater public access around minerals and waste sites during the operation phase, such as Meadhams Farm Brickworks, Latimer and All Souls Farm, Wexham. Moreover, during discussions on restoration, new footpaths bridleways have been agreed which link with the surrounding strategic network and which provide a better network of public rights of way. Good examples include Wapseys Wood, Gerrards Cross and Greatmoor Farm, Calvert. At both sites, the work outlining the ‘area specific’ and restoration principles for 5 sites across Buckinghamshire, led to a much better outcome for the rights of way network.
8.10 Through working in partnership it has been possible to achieve a greater network of new paths, both in terms of length and status, than would have been otherwise provided. In many cases the initial restoration proposals only suggested permissive footpaths around the perimeter of each site, but after consultation and negotiation, definitive footpaths and bridleways were proposed connecting through and around each site, complementing the surrounding network of footpaths, footways, quiet lanes and cycle ways.
8.11 In some cases the operator has provided options for restoration, such as at The Lea Quarry, Denham. Through consultation, a network of new paths was suggested that linked the walking public between surrounding settlements, Denham Country Park, public footpaths and canal towpath; all of which were accepted by the operator.
8.12 In many cases, the daily operation of minerals and waste sites must accommodate the needs of the public using the rights of way network. Footpaths may cross or be shared with vehicular access to the site, and only through the planning process have we have been able to highlight areas of good health and safety practice and protection or improvement of surfaces eroded by heavy goods vehicles on public footpaths. Examples include Meadhams Farm Quarry, Latimer and Denham Park Farm, Chalfont St Peter.
Influences of Sustainability into the Core Strategy process
8.13 The County Council have commissioned a number of reports to be carried out ensuring that the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Submission is appraised against social, environmental and economic effects of a plan. This ensures that decisions made contribute towards achieving sustainable development. A further study has been completed to highlight the likely impacts upon Climate Change.
8.14 Below are the monitoring indicators which Buckinghamshire County Council currently monitor and will report on in the following AMR. The results are recorded within or to the following organisations.
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Waste facilities – Carbon emissions from waste facility sites which fall under the remit of the Carbon Reduction Commitment are monitored annually and reported to the EA. Waste facilities – Biomass fuel consumption in waste facility sites (currently no waste facility sites have biomass) which fall under the remit of the Carbon Reduction Commitment are monitored annually and reported to the EA. HWRC (Household Waste Recycling Centres) and Composting Facilities Transport emissions – BCC HWRC Transport and Waste Composting is recorded under the Greenhouse gas report annually and reported to DECC and Defra.
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9 Policy Analysis
Development Management Application decisions
9.1 The basis of the usage of policies listed below have been in relation to the reasons used for determining the application with planning permission. Please see Appendix 9 to view what policies have been used in determining each application. The main “saved” policies from the adopted Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan (BM&WLP) policies used during 2010/11 have been:
Policy 10: Overarching Waste Management Principles, Policy 28: Amenity, and Policy 29: Buffer Zones
9.2 As discussed in chapter 3 all the above policies have been saved until the Local Development Framework has been fully adopted.
9.3 The main “saved” policies which have been used are listed below within Figures 38 to 41.
Figure 38 : The use of Saved Local Plan Policies relating to Minerals in Determining Applications during 2010/11 (principal factor)
Number of Saved Policy times used 1 Overarching Minerals Extraction Principles 2 2 Aggregates Landbank 1 3 Preferred Areas for Sand and Gravel Extraction - 4 Area of Search 1 5 Borrow Pits and other Windfall Sites - 6 Alternative Aggregates Production - 7 Transport of Aggregates - 8 Other Minerals 1 9 Oil Exploration -
Minerals policies used during Development Management Application decisions
9.4 There were 3 mineral planning applications, all of which were made to vary existing conditions. Due to the few applications it is not possible to assess the use of minerals policy.
9.5 To fully understand the use of Policy 1 the number of applications determined by districts within the Minerals Consultation Area (MCA) should be monitored.
9.6 No new sand and gravel site applications have been considered between 2010/11.
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Figure 39: The Use Made of Saved Waste Local Plan Policies in Determining Applications during 2010/11 (principal factor)
Number of Saved Policy times used 10 Overarching Waste Management Principles 10 11 Imported Wastes and Landfill Sites 1 12 Integrated Waste Management 4 13 Recycling/Composting Facilities 7 14 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) - 15 Waste Transfer Facilities 5 16 Anaerobic and Mechanical – Biological Treatment Plant - 17 Energy from Waste Plant - 18 Landfill and Landraising - 19 Calvert Landfill Site - 20 Landfill Gas Collection and Energy Recovery - 21 Hazardous Wastes - 22 Inert Wastes & Inert Waste Recycling 2 Sewage Treatment Works & Management of Sewage 23 - Sludge
Waste policies used during Development Management Application decisions
9.7 Out of the 14 waste applications there were two policies which were most referred to, these were: Policy 10: Overarching Waste Management Principles and Recycling and Composting Facilities. This is due to the number of recycling and composting facility applications received during 2010/11. This is following the same trend seen in 2009/10.
9.8 Policy 10: Overarching Waste Management Principles has been applied to all of the relevant waste management applications (apart from an application for variation of condition application, retrospective temporary buildings and lawful use certificate). This is unsurprising as it relates to most waste management proposals in terms of site suitability.
Figure 40: The Use Made of Saved Environmental Local Plan Policies in Determining Applications during 2010/11 (principal factor)
Number of Saved Policy times used 24 Protection of Key Environmental Assets 4 Protection of Other Environmentally Important Sites & 25 4 Features 27 Protection of Green Belt 6 28 Amenity 14 29 Buffer Zones 11 30 Proximity Principle and Sustainable Transport 9 31 Restoration and Aftercare 3
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Number of Saved Policy times used 32 Restoration of Old Sites 1 33 Groundwater and Floodplain Protection 9 34 Aviation Safeguards 1
Environmental policies used during Development Management Application decisions
9.9 The most commonly used General Environmental Policies was Policy 28: Amenity, which follows the same trend as 2009/10, equating to 14 out of the 18 applications received during 2010/11. Many of the policies are being used considerably and have been performing well.
Figure 41: The Use Made of Saved Development Management Local Plan Policies in Determining Applications during 2010/11 (principal factor)
Number of Saved Policy times used 36 Planning Application Issues 3 37 Environmental Assessment - 38 Planning Obligations - 39 Site Monitoring and Enforcement 1 Supplementary Planning Guidance Note 3 - Supplementary Planning Guidance Note 5 - Supplementary Planning Guidance Note 6 - Supplementary Planning Guidance Note 7 -
* The supplementary planning guidance note should reflect the effectiveness of the saved policies.
Development Management policies used during Application decisions
9.10 Policies 36 and 39 were referred to during 2010/11, which allows the Authority to apply conditions to safeguard the local amenity and environment where necessary.
Conclusion and Areas for Improvement
9.12 Development Management believe that the policies are adaptable and flexible enough to effectively control current development proposals. No planning appeals have been ‘lost’ due to an inappropriate policy framework.
This monitoring is vital as it will influence the development of the policy for the Local Development Framework, either through amendments or entire policy changes. The review will highlight areas where there is a policy void. This information will be considered along with changes in or new legislation, guidance or regional spatial strategies.
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Development of the Local Development Framework
Minerals and Waste Core Strategy
9.14 The Core Strategy Submission has been consulted upon and the relevant evidence base and topic papers are available at www.buckscc.gov.uk/MWCSconsult
9.15 The Core Strategy Examination is available at www.buckscc.gov.uk/examinationMWCS
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Appendix 1: Minerals site locations in Buckinghamshire
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Appendix 2: Waste site locations in Buckinghamshire
Warren Farm and Westhorpe Farm are sites currently under enforcement action. If the Enforcement action is enacted Westhorpe Farm may (in the future) become listed as an active waste site.
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Appendix 3: HWRC site locations in Buckinghamshire
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Appendix 4: Aftercare site locations in Buckinghamshire
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Appendix 5: Mineral Restoration Schemes in Buckinghamshire
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Appendix 6: Schedule of proposed Minerals and Waste Development Documents for Buckinghamshire
Document Brief Description Chain of Informal Public Public Public Submiss- Pre- Examin - Inspector’s Programme Title Conformity Stakeholder Consultation Consultation Consultation ion to Hearing ation Report date for Questionnaire on Issues & on Preferred on Publish- Secretary Meeting received Adoption Options Options ed Plan of State (Reg 25) (Reg 26) (New (New Reg 27) Reg 30) Statement of To set out the Must be in 10 April to 26 17 July to 8 4 December N/A 8 May to N/A July 2007 July 2007 ADOPTED Community County Council's conformity May 2006 September 2006 to 19 22 June (written) September Involvement policy on with the 2006 January 2007 2007 2007 (SCI) community regulations involvement in the preparation of MWDDs [and planning applications] Minerals and Sets out the County Must be in 30 October to 8 9 July to February September November January February May 2012 July 2012 Waste Core Council's vision, general December 31 August 2008 2011 2011 2012 2012 Strategy objectives and conformity 2006 2007 (MWCS) overall spatial with development Regional strategy for Spatial minerals and waste Strategy matters Minerals Provide the With Core 17 July to 8 5 February to 17 October February April 2013 June 2013 October December Development framework for Strategy September 16 March September 2012 2013 2013 2013 Plan development 2006 2007 to Document control decisions, 26 October ("Minerals including those 2007 DPD") relating to preferred areas, and replace save plan policies Waste Provide the With Core 24 April to 2 30 October to 22 June to June 2013 October December February May 2014 July 2014 Development framework for Strategy June 2006 8 December 3 August 2013 2013 2014 Plan development 2006 2007 Document control decisions, ("Waste including those DPD") relating to preferred areas, and replace save plan policies
NB Dates shown in bold font reflect 2008 Planning Amendment Regulations.
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Appendix 7: HWRC Municipal Waste 2009/10 figures (tonnes) * Green signifies either composted, recycled or reuse.
Aston Bledlow High 2010/11 Amersham Clinton Aylesbury Beaconsfield Ridge Buckingham Burnham Chesham Heavens Langley All Sites Vegetable Oil 1.08 1.692 1.395 0.45 0.5463 0.5634 0.5508 0.72 1.5777 1.476 10.0512 Mineral Oil 7.47 9.63 8.91 11.052 6.345 4.32 5.49 8.64 10.8 12.06 84.717 Domestic Batteries 1.893 1.935 2.887 1.936 2.72 1.013 0.72 0.909 2.852 0.761 17.626 White goods 49.76 143.66 29.24 58.68 63.04 66.55 30.8 164.38 239.07 158.38 1003.56 Fridges 29.19 43.216 38.536 29.16 25.473 24.06 13.68 38.812 64.976 25.998 333.101 TVs/Monitors 5.62 5.7 44.44 6.94 26.68 13 20.12 25.26 64.54 5.62 217.92 Misc electrical 4.94 21.23 3.8 10.35 0 0 0 35.47 62.21 0 138 Fluorescent tubes and other energy saving light bulbs 0.637 1.079 0.587 0.592 0.39 0.44 0.29 0.603 0.667 0.441 5.726 Plastic Bottles n/a 20.28 16.62 34.52 n/a 10.16 3.8 5 1.88 6.06 98.32 Gas bottles (reuse) 2.48 6.2 7.36 3.22 5.38 4.62 3.84 5.16 7.94 5.9 52.1 Other re-use 134.036 81.137 193.328 124.044 127.393 146.888 79.664 54.854 189.392 148.601 1279.337 Engine Filters 0.3 0.45 0.15 0.3 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 2.1 Glass 31.26 131.81 85.19 208.7 100.06 107.89 41.79 90.92 182.96 40.65 1021.23 Tyres 12.42 10.2 11.14 5.7 8.48 6.06 7.04 7.84 11.92 14.56 95.36 Ferrous Metal 507.39 629.86 586.95 744.54 434.92 331.28 295.51 424.79 744.13 506.55 5205.92 Non-Ferrous Metal 75.95 35.45 58.697 50.025 52.95 52.33 56.76 46.61 40 57.52 526.292 Car Batteries 32.86 19.76 10.352 8.879 8.146 5.186 6.308 18.92 16.42 7.554 134.385 Textiles 40.63 54.76 87.29 39.73 54.01 51.31 45.94 69.84 65.2 64.67 573.38 Cardboard 170.2 349.5 346.26 346.08 175.46 231.28 118.66 221.04 338.34 208.5 2505.32 Green 2130.13 2519.09 2216.7 2886.21 1526.37 1406.94 1472.43 2218.28 1741.79 1665.04 19782.98 Man Made Wood 708.04 767.4 821.14 683.6 410.34 339.12 293.92 552.82 1083.07 698.77 6358.22 Paper 166.68 209.46 220.1 311.96 139.22 175.32 95.06 218.32 264.08 143.94 1944.14 Plasterboard 122.52 126.32 147.56 135.34 n/a n/a n/a n/a 180 90.59 802.33 Wood 244.98 366.64 409.9 373.86 313.14 210.24 258.94 301.46 568.48 404.5 3452.14 Hardcore (part of rubble) 1003.68 1152.68 1211.5 1198.26 763.98 641.66 705 954.86 1388.08 1360.16 10379.86 Soil (part of rubble) 297.46 285.44 375.04 399.42 174.6 135.86 152.46 319.58 195.22 186.36 2521.44 Non Hazardous Landfill 1502.68 1705.13 1896.66 2160.72 1129.74 1030 973.44 1796.52 2452.76 1946.18 16593.83 Asbestos - Hazardous landfill 13.86 11.88 9.86 11.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.36 5.52 59.38 Chemicals 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 1 5 Total Arisings for Site 7299.146 8712.589 8842.592 9846.168 5549.533 4996.240 4682.363 7581.758 9925.865 7767.511 75203.765
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Appendix 8: Buckinghamshire Estimated waste capacity figures 2008 to end of 2010
HWRCs
Capacity Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status 2009/10 (tpa) 2010/11 (tpa) Buckingham H W R C, Ring Road Industrial Estate, Buckingham, Buckingham Operational 5,400 5,400 Bucks. MK18 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 HWRC, Langley Park Road, Wexham, Langley, Bucks. Langley Operational 7,400 7,400 SL3 6DD. 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, High Heavens Operational 15,000 15,000 Bucks, SL7 3DJ. Rabans Close HWRC, Rabans Lane, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP19 3RT. Operational 12,000 12,000 Beaconsfield HWRC, A40 London Road, Lower Pyebushes, Beaconsfield Operational 15,000 15,000 Beaconsfield, Bucks. HP9 2XB. Aston Clinton HWRC, College Road North, Aston Clinton, Aston Clinton Operational 15,000 15,000 Bucks.HP22 5EZ Total Capacity 103,350 103,350 Net gain or loss of capacity +5.4% 0%
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Landfill Sites * All landfill capacity figures are shown as estimated remaining void space
Non- Capacity 2009/10 Hazardous Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status hazardous Inert (t) (t) (t) 2010/11 (t) (t) Meadhams Meadhams Farm, Ley Hill, Operational. Not 217,000 217,000 - - 217,000 Farm Chesham, Bucks, HP5 1TN, actively landfilling. Springfield Farm, Broad Lane, Springfield Farm Operational 3,800,000 3,700,000 - - 3,700,000 Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 1XD, (Closed most of year) Wapseys Wood, Oxford Wapseys Wood Road,Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 Operational 3,600,000 3,450,000 - - 3,450,000 8TG, Wexham Park Lane, George Green, All Souls Farm Operational 111,000 - 74,000 - 74,000 Slough, Bucks, SL13 6LX, Park Lodge Park Lodge Farm, Pinewood Road, Operational 261,666 - 174,444 - 174,444 Farm Iver Heath, Bucks, SL0 0NE. Spade Oak Marlow Quarry, Area 6 Little Marlow, Operational 100,000 - 50,000 - 50,000 Quarry Bucks, SL7 3SB. Calvert Landfill Site, Brackley Lane, Calvert Operational 18,100,000 12,327,567 5,283,243 - 17,610,810 Bucks. MK18 2HF. Westhorpe House, Little Marlow, Westhorpe Lake Non-operational. 70,000 - 70,000 - 70,000 Bucks. ROMP consent. Denham Park Denham Park Farm, Denham. Non-operational. 1,300,000 - 1,300,000 - 1,300,000 Farm Bucks. Not implemented. New Denham Quarry, Denham New Denham Operational 467,000 - 424,545 - 424,545 Road, Uxbridge, Bucks. UB9 4EH. East Burnham Quarry (Beechwood East Burnham Nurseries), Farnham Lane, East Closed 433,300 - 433,300 - 433,300 Quarry Burnham, Slough, Bucks SL2 3RY. Iver Golf Club, Hollow Hill Lane, Iver, Closed Iver Golf Club Capacity all used by - - 3,750 - 3,750 Buckinghamshire. SL0 0JJ end of 2011 Total Capacity 28,459,966 19,694,567 7,813,282 0 27,507,849 Net gain or loss of capacity + 1.4% n/a - 3.3 In AMR 2009/10 shown as + 1.1%
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Recycling facilities * Recycling figures are 20% assumption of the estimated maximum waste transfer capacity
Capacity Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status 2010/11 2009/10 (tpa) (tpa) Wycombe Trade Waste 44 Binders Industrial Estate, Cryers Hill, High Wycombe, Bucks,HP15 Operational 1,000* 1,000* and Skip Hire 6LJ 53 Binders Industrial Estate, Cryers Hill, High Wycombe, Bucks,HP15 Wycombe Skip Hire Operational 2,000* 3,000* 6LJ 54 Binders Industrial Estate, Cryers Hill, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP15 Clear Up Skips Operational 2,040* 2,040* 6LJ. 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. Operational 667* 667* & 12 HP22 5PF. Units 8a, Harebridge Lane Industrial Estate, Halton, Bucks. HP22 Harebridge Lane- unit 8a Operational 2,000* 2,000* 5PF. Summerleys Farm, Summerleys Road, Princes Risborough, Bucks. Summerleys Farm Operational 12,000* 12,000* HP27 9QD. Lockharts Farm Compound, South Tinkers Hole, Cublington, Bucks. Lockharts Farm Operational 3,750* 3,750* LU7 0LB Field End Farm (lawful Field End Farm, Sevenhills Road, Iver Heath, Bucks. Operational 1,205* 1,205* use) Spurlands End Farm, Spurlands End Road, Great Kingshill,Bucks. Spurlands End Farm Operational 900* 900* HP156PF Spade Oak Quarry (S&R) Marlow Quarry, Area 6 Little Marlow, Bucks, SL7 3SB. Operational 75,000 75,000 Non-Operational Westhorpe Farm Westhorpe Farm, Little Marlow, Marlow. Bucks. Enforcement 37,500 37,500 action Aggregates Industries UK Ltd, Thorney Mill Road Iver, West Drayton, Thorney Mill Lane Operational 20,000 20,000 Bucks. Unit 13 Bisons Industrial Cappagh Public Works Ltd, Unit 13 The Bison Industrial Estate, Iver, Operational 200,000 200,000 Estate Bucks. SL0 9HQ Park Lodge Farm, Iver Park Lodge Quarry, Pinewood Road, Iver, Buckinghamshire. SL0 Non-operational no limits No limits Heath (S&R) 0NE. Home Farm Home Farm Yard, Bourton Road, Buckingham, Bucks. MK18 7DP Non-operational 365 365
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Capacity Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status 2010/11 2009/10 (tpa) (tpa) Griffin Lane (ASM) Griffin Lane, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP19 8BB. Operational 40,000* 40,000* Unit F. Marsworth Airfield, Cheddington Lane, Long Marston, Bucks, Tyrebale Operational 8,000* 8,000* HP23 4QR. Land at Coronation Road, Cressex Business Park, Cressex, High Coronation Road Operational 75,000 75,000 Wycombe. Bucks. HP12 3RP. Chiltern View Nurseries, Wendover Road, Stoke Mandeville, Chiltern View Nurseries Non-operational 20,000* Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. HP22 5GX All Souls Farm, Uxbridge Road, George Green, Wexham, All Souls Farm (S&R) Non-operational 22,000 Buckinghamshire. SL3 6AW New Denham Quarry New Denham Quarry, Denham Road, New Denham, Non-operational 40,000 (S&R) Buckinghamshire. UB9 4EH Hawes Plant and Tool Land Formerly Occupied By George Worley Ltd. Coronation Road, Operational 15,000 Hire Cressex Business Park, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. HP12 3RP Camiers : Unit 32 Airfield Unit 32 Airfield Industrial Site, Cheddington Lane, Marsworth, Operational 12,000 15,000 Industrial Site Buckinghamshire. HP23 4QR Dunton Road, Stewkley, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire. LU7 Dunton Road, Stewkley 300 0LU Total Capacity 554,303 655,603 Net gain or loss of capacity + 16.8% + 15.4% In AMR 2009/10 shown as + 15.4%
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WTS * 20% Recycling figures assumption has been deducted from the maximum waste transfer capacity, shown in brackets
Capacity Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status 2009/10 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 8,000 12,000 Clear Up Skips 54 Binders Industrial Estate, Cryers Hill, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP15 6LJ Operational 8,160 8,160 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 27,000 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 Chiltern View Nurseries, Wendover Road, Stoke Mandeville, Non- 5,000* Nurseries Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. HP22 5GX operational Hawes Plant and Tool Land Formerly Occupied By George Worley Ltd. Coronation Road, Operational 60,000* Hire Cressex Business Park, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. HP12 3RP Camiers : Unit 32 Unit 32 Airfield Industrial Site, Cheddington Lane, Marsworth, Operational 60,000* 60,000* Airfield Industrial Site Buckinghamshire. HP23 4QR Total Capacity 610,955 652,955 Net gain or loss of capacity + 11% + 0.6% In AMR 2009/10 it showed +3.7%
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Biological Treatment: Thermal and Composting facilities
Capacity Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status Type 2009/10 2010/11 (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 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 + 17.7% 0 In AMR 2009/10 it showed +2%
Rail Waste Transfer sites
Capacity Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status 2009/10 2010/11 (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
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New Electrical treatment sites
Capacity Capacity Facility Name Facility address Status 2009/10 2010/11 (tpa) (tpa) Unit 1, CR Bates Industrial Unit 1 C R Bates Industrial Estate Wycombe Road Stokenchurch High Wycombe Operational 2,000 Estate (WEEE) Buckinghamshire HP14 3PD
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Appendix 9: Planning and Lawful Development Certificate Applications for minerals and waste facilities in Bucks determined between 1st April 2010 and 31st March 2011
Applicant Site Proposal Reference Bucks Decision Decision Number MWLP Date Policies*1&2 Harleyford Lea Quarry, Denham Resubmitted application to vary condition 3 of 08/01785/CM 1, 2, 4, 24, 25, Permitted 16/04/2010 Aggregates Ltd Court Drive, Denham, consent SBD/204/89 to extract the mineral in the 27, 28, 29, 31, Buckinghamshire buffer zone 32, 33, 36 & 39 DB Schenker Thorney Mill Sidings, Application for a Lawful Development Certificate 10/00739/CM n/a Certificate of 2/08/2010 Rail (UK) Ltd Thorney Mill Road, Iver, Schedule 2, Part Proposed Buckinghamshire. UB7 17, Class A of the Lawful Use or Town and Country 7EZ Planning (General Development Permitted Development) Order 1995 Waste Pit 7 Calvert Landfill Application to extend time period for 10/20002/AWD 10, 12, 13, 25, Permitted 2/08/2010 Recycling Group Site, Brackley Lane, commencement of existing planning permission 28, 29, 30, 33 Calvert, (07/20010/AWD) for in-vessel composting facility & 36 Buckinghamshire. of 40,000 tonnes per annum, including erection of MK18 2HF reception building and composting clamps, plus wood chippings Amalgamated Unit F2 Airfield Change of use from waste transfer station to tyre 10/20003/AWD 10, 15, 28, 29, Permitted 21/10/2010 Industrial Park Industrial Estate, baling, sorting and storage (retrospective 30 & 33 Ltd Cheddington Lane, application) Long Marston. HP23 4QR Wycombe Unit 53 Binders Yard, New processing plant and building extension to CC10/9001/CM 10, 13, 15, 24, Permitted 25/08/2010 Recycling Ltd Cryers Hill Road, existing skip waste transfer and recycling facility 27, 28, 29, 30 Cryers Hill, High & 33 Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. HP15 6LJ Hawes Plant Land Formerly Erection of hire shop, store electrical 09/06549/CONC 10, 12, 13, 15, Permitted 29/10/2010 and Tool Hire Occupied By George maintenance workshop and administration offices C 22, 28, 29, 30 Worley Ltd, Coronation building; vehicle maintenance workshop building & 33 Road, Cressex and heavy plant storage and waste material Business Park, High separation building. Erection of wash down
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Applicant Site Proposal Reference Bucks Decision Decision Number MWLP Date Policies*1&2 Wycombe, enclosure, waste separation bays and additions Buckinghamshire. HP12 to and modification of existing site roads, 3RP hardstanding and site entrance and roadside boundary fence Veolia E S Wapseys Wood, Oxford Variation of conditions 3 and 63 of consent 10/01302/CC 28 & 31 Refused 4/11/2010 Landfill Ltd Road, Gerrards Cross, SBD/8201/99 Buckinghamshire. SL9 8TE H G Matthews Froghall Brick And Tile Proposed variation of condition 33 of consent CH/2010/60002/ 1, 8, 24, 27, Permitted 26/11/2010 Company Bottrells Lane CH/1322/00 to enable extraction of brickearth to BCC 28, 29, 30, 31 Chalfont St Giles extend until 15/9/2012 & 33 Buckinghamshire HP8 4EQ Shanks Waste Areas 10, 11 And 12 Proposed development of an in-vessel 10/20001/AWD 10, 13, 15, 24, Permitted 1/12/2010 Westcott Venture Park, composting and anaerobic digestion facility and 25, 28, 29, 30 Westcott, Aylesbury, ancillary development & 33 Buckinghamshire. HP18 0XB Summerleaze New Denham Quarry, Proposed use of land for recycling and recovery 10/01665/CC 10, 11, 12, 13, Permitted 22/12/2010 Ltd Denham Road, New of construction, demolition and excavation 22, 25, 27, 28, Denham, materials and soils including minor amendment of 29, 30, 33 & Buckinghamshire. UB9 approved quarry phasing scheme 34 4EH ASM Metal Site A, ASM Metal Retrospective relocation of Leimbach Shear Plant 10/20004/AWD 10, 12, 13, 28 Permitted 30/12/2010 Recycling Ltd Recycling Centre, & 29 Griffin Lane, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. HP19 8BP Mr and Mrs Alderbourne Farm, Green waste composting facility 09/01346/CM 10, 13, 27 & Permitted 6/01/2011 Keen Alderbourne Lane, 30 Fulmer, Slough, Buckinghamshire. SL3 6JB
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Applicant Site Proposal Reference Bucks Decision Decision Number MWLP Date Policies*1&2 TWM Ltd Dunton Road, Stewkley, Retrospective part change of use from agricultural 10/20005/AWD 10, 15, 28, 29, Permitted 27/01/2011 Leighton Buzzard, to commercial sui generis (material recovery 30 & 33 Buckinghamshire. LU7 facility) (0.371 hectare) 0LU Waste Bletchley Landfill Site, Application to vary condition 1 of planning 10/20007/AWD 28 Permitted 27/01/2011 Recycling Group Bletchley Road, permission 09/20001/AWD (dated 21st April Bletchley, Milton 2009) in order to amend the permitted layout of Keynes. MK3 5JU the site Waste Transfer Green Barn Farm, Change of use from agricultural yard to waste CC10/9002/CM 10, 27, 28 & Refused 27/1/2011 Solutions Ltd Marlow Road Marlow transfer station at Green Barn Farm, , demolition 29 Buckinghamshire SL7 of two existing farm outbuildings and erection of a 3DQ tipping shed, weighbridge, trommel and picking line Waste Calvert Landfill Site, Retrospective application for two temporary 10/20008/AWD 28 & 36 Permitted 3/02/2011 Recycling Group Brackley Lane, Calvert, buildings Buckinghamshire. MK18 2HF London 2012 Land At Eton Dorney, Variation of condition 15 of consent SBD/8201/05 10/01820/CM None used Permitted 3/02/2011 Dorney Lake, Court to allow increased noise levels between 28th July Lane, Dorney, 2012 and 2nd September 2012 for the Olympic Buckinghamshire. SL4 and Para Olympic Games, in parallel with a 6QP request Pursuant to clause 2 of Schedule 3 of the section 106 Agreement dated 29th June 1993 to allow for an event to be held which exceeds the defined criteria for a Major Event
*1 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). *2 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
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Site: Hog Lane, Ashley Green
Issue:
It was reported to the Council that this site was being operated as a waste transfer station. Investigations corroborated this allegation, and substantiated that it was unauthorised as it was operating without planning permission or a permit from the Environment Agency. Skips were being brought to the site with the waste then sorted and processed, before being taken away for recycling or disposal.
Action Taken:
A joint investigation was conducted with the Environment Agency. The landowners and operators were informed that the operation constituted a breach of planning control, and that a permit was also required. The operators discussed the situation with Council officers, who advised that a retrospective application would only be likely to succeed if an overriding need for, or demonstrable benefit of the development could be proven, as it was located with the Green Belt and Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The operators therefore decided that it would therefore not be worthwhile to apply for permission and undertook to clear the operation from the site.
Outcome:
The unauthorised operations at the site ceased, and all waste materials and plant were removed, as required by both Council and Environment Agency officers. The site was returned to its authorised use as an agricultural yard.
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Site: Orchard Herbs, Dorney
Issue:
Local residents and the Parish Council reported that the landowners of this agricultural site in a rural area of southern Buckinghamshire had imported large amounts of construction waste, soils, hardcore and other household waste and constructed a bund adjacent to the M4 motorway.
Action Taken:
The landowners were identified and contacted. It was explained that what they had carried out was an unauthorised change of use, and to resolve the issue they would either need to obtain 85 Buckinghamshire MWLDF Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11 planning permission, which would be unlikely in these specific circumstances, or remove the material to regularise the breach of planning control. No further communication from the landowners was forthcoming, and so a Planning Contravention Notice was served to obtain further information about the breach. This enabled officers to ascertain the precise nature of the breach, and what enforcement action was necessary in this instance.
A reasonable deadline was set for the landowners to remove the waste, but this was not met. Therefore, as no further negotiation was possible, an Enforcement Notice was served requiring the cessation of waste importation to the site, the removal of what had already been imported, and the restoration of the affected land back to its lawful agricultural use. The Notice was appealed and the landowners opted for the appeal to be heard at a Public Inquiry by the Planning Inspectorate.
The Council prepared its case for the Inquiry, and continued to negotiate with the landowner to try to regularise the breach. On the day of the deadline for supply Proofs of Evidence to the Planning Inspectorate, the landowners withdrew their appeal and agreed to comply with the Enforcement Notice. The Enforcement Notice came back into effect when the appeal was withdrawn, and it was subsequently complied with.
Outcome:
The landowners cleared the site of the waste and returned it back to an agricultural use. The Enforcement Notice was therefore complied with. However, because the Council had incurred a great deal of expense in preparing for an appeal that was withdrawn very late in the appeal process, the Council successfully applied for costs against the landowners. The Council was awarded approximately £9,600, which was subsequently paid.
Before: After:
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Appendix 11: Environment – Agreed Mineral and Waste Restoration and Aftercare Schemes
Site Planned after Stage of Site Name Operator Name Status Commodity Details of Restoration BOA Area use of the site Restoration Site worked part wet (partly Progressive Tarmac Limited South Bucks All Souls Sand and above water table). The site is restoration of – Anglia and Active 22 ha Agriculture Heaths and Farm Gravel land filled with waste and most of extracted South East Parklands restored to agriculture. area Site worked dry (above water Berry Hill Summerleaze Sand and table). Restoration to Area extracted to Farm Active 2.3 ha Agriculture Ltd Gravel agriculture at the excavated date restored None Quarry level. Site worked dry (above water Waste Clay and 280.85 Agriculture and Calvert Inactive table). Restoration to Unrestored Bernwood Recycling Group Shale ha woodland agriculture and woodland. Site worked dry (above water Denham William Boyer & Not yet Sand and table). The site to be landfilled Not yet 34.6 ha Agriculture None Park Farm Sons Ltd commenced Gravel with waste and restored to commenced agriculture. Site worked wet (adjoins River Harleyford Harleyford Not yet Sand and Not yet Adjacent to 3.9 ha Marina Thames). The site to be Marina Aggregates Ltd commenced Gravel commenced Medmenham restored to a Marina. The eastern part of the site (approximately 10.0ha) to be restored to agriculture and handed back to the Buckinghamshir landowner. Block on the High Agriculture and e County Aftercare N/A 9 ha southern boundary (approx Site restored Medmenham Heavens woodland Council 2.5ha) to be restored to woodland. Woodland belts to be created on adjoining land on southern and northern boundary.
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Site Planned after Stage of Site Name Operator Name Status Commodity Details of Restoration BOA Area use of the site Restoration Hyde Farm/ Wapseys Site worked dry (above water Progressive Adjacent to Veolia Wood Sand and table) and restored to restoration of South Bucks Environmental Active 146 Agriculture Quarry Gravel woodland and agriculture. greater part of the Heaths and Services Plc site Parklands
Ashridge & Ivinghoe Clark Site restore to agriculture and Aftercare N/A 7.8 ha Agriculture Site restored Ivinghoe Aston Contracting agricultural grassland Beacon Meadhams Site worked dry (above water Dunton Brothers Clay and Woodland and Small area Farm Active 9 ha table). The site to be restored None Ltd Shale Agriculture restored Quarry by landfill to woodland. Small area New Summerleaze Sand and Site worked wet (below water restored as part Active 60.3 ha Lakes Colne Valley Denham Ltd Gravel table) and restored to lakes. of progressive restoration Approximately Site worked wet (partly below one-half of site South Bucks Park Lodge Brett Sand and water table). The site is Active 29.7 ha Agriculture restored as part Heaths and Quarry Aggregates Ltd Gravel landfilled with waste and of progressive Parklands restored to agriculture. restoration Site worked partly wet (Partly Ashridge & Pitstone Clark Agriculture and below water table). Active Chalk 62 ha Unrestored Ivinghoe Quarry Contractors grassland Restoration to lake and chalk Beacon grassland at excavated level. Site worked dry (above water Rammamer Lafarge Dormant table). The site to be restored Not yet Greensand Sand 5.6 ha Woodland e Heath Aggregates Ltd * ROMP site at excavated level to commenced Ridge woodland. Greater part of Spade Site worked part wet (partly site restored as Oak/Little Lafarge Sand and below water table). The site is Active 31 ha Agriculture part of None Marlow Aggregates Ltd Gravel land filled with waste and progressive Quarry restored to agriculture. restoration
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Site Planned after Stage of Site Name Operator Name Status Commodity Details of Restoration BOA Area use of the site Restoration Site worked dry (above water table). The site to be partially Small part of site Adjacent to Springfield Springfield Farm Sand and land filled with waste and restored as part South Bucks Farm Active 104.8ha Agriculture Ltd Gravel restored to agricultural of progressive Heaths and Quarry pasture with some woodland restoration Parklands and scrub plantings. Site worked dry (above water Arrewig table). Restoration using on Adjacent to Clay and Agriculture and Lane H G Matthews Active 2.5 ha site excavated materials to Unrestored Wendover Shale woodland Brickworks agriculture and remaining void Woodlands to woodland. Site worked dry (above water table). Restoration using on Bellingdon Clay and Agriculture and Small part of site H G Matthews Active 3.3 ha site excavated materials to None Brickworks Shale woodland restored agriculture and 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 Site worked by dewatering Harleyford Sand and The Lea Active 16 ha Lakes and restored to lakes (below Partly restored Colne Valley Aggregates Ltd Gravel water table). Restoration to Warren Sand and 31.29 Site worked dry and restored Earthline Enforcement Agriculture be finished mid None Farm action Gravel ha to agriculture. Summer 2011. East Burnham Adjacent to Quarry Sand & Site worked dry and restored South Bucks Summerleaze Inactive 52.2 ha Agriculture partly restored (Beechwoo Gravel to agriculture Heaths and d Parklands Nurseries) Site worked dry and Froghall H. G. Matthews Active Clay loam 7 ha woodland excavations graded out using partly restored None on-site materials
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Site Planned after Stage of Site Name Operator Name Status Commodity Details of Restoration BOA Area use of the site Restoration Site worked by dewatering, Westhorpe Harleyford Sand and Inactive 7.5 ha Agriculture tipped with waste and Unrestored None Lake. Aggregates Ltd Gravel restored to agriculture Inactive - Site worked dry and tipped Dryers H. G. Matthews end date Clay & Shale 9.25 ha Agriculture with waste and restored to Unrestored. None Field has expired agriculture
ROMP = Review of Old Minerals Permissions: Planning conditions need to be agreed prior to site being worked.
*1 A average location of the permitted site has been taken and whether a site or proposal is located within a Biodiversity Opportunity Area (BOA) will be determined during pre- application discussions or when the Natural Environment team are consulted on a specific proposal.
90 Buckinghamshire MWLDF Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11 Appendix 12: Consented Waste sites and Biodiversity Opportunity Areas
91 Buckinghamshire MWLDF Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11 Appendix 13: Consented Mineral sites and Biodiversity Opportunity Areas
92 Buckinghamshire MWLDF Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11 Appendix 14: Buckinghamshire: End destination HWRC data for 2010/11
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94 Buckinghamshire MWLDF Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11 Appendix 15: Relevant Contacts within Planning, Environment and Development Service
Position Contact Telephone Email address number Acting Head of Marcus Rogers 01296 387 132 [email protected] Service
Minerals and Waste Planning Group Chris Kenneford 01296 382 453 [email protected] Manager Minerals and Graham Waste LDF Team 01296 382 114 [email protected] Liddiard Leader Project Manager Robert Stewart 01296 382 993 [email protected] Planning Officer – Minerals and Chris Colbourn 01296 382 747 [email protected] Waste Planning Officer – Rebecca Minerals and 01296 387 020 [email protected] Williams Waste Relevant webpage: http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/waste_mineral_plans/plans.page
Development Management Planning Group Chris Kenneford 01296 382 453 [email protected] Manager Development Control Team David Periam 01296 382 111 [email protected] Leader Relevant webpage: http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/sites/bcc/development_control/planning_applications.page
Enforcement Planning Group Chris Kenneford 01296 382 453 [email protected] Manager Enforcement Richard Jenkins 01296 387 377 [email protected] Officer Relevant webpage: http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/development_control/enforcement.page
Waste Management Waste Management Gill Harding 01296 382 853 [email protected] Group Manager Relevant webpage : http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/sites/bcc/waste/waste.page
Further contacts Minerals and [email protected] Waste LDF Mailbox
95 Buckinghamshire MWLDF Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11 Glossary Acronym Term Definition
AMR Annual Monitoring A report that presents an analysis of Minerals and Report Waste trends policies, progress on the Local Development Scheme (see below) and identifies any need for review of policies. BVPI Best Value Superseded by National Indicators (N.I’s). Performance Indicators BMW Biodegradable Waste from households, that is capable of Municipal Waste undergoing anaerobic or aerobic decomposition, such as food and garden waste, and paper and paperboard. Biodiversity Action Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats are listed in Plan Priority response to Section 74 (2) of the Countryside and Habitats 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/UKBAPPriorityHabit atDescriptionsRevised20100730.pdf) For statements regarding these habitats in the Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes BAP go to http://www.buckinghamshirepartnership.gov.uk/sites /partnership/bmkbp/biodiversity_action_plan.page BM&WLP Buckinghamshire The adopted statutory plan that sets out polices for Minerals and Waste controlling minerals and waste development and Local Plan (2004- proposals for particular areas/sites. On adoption it 2016) replaced the Buckinghamshire Minerals Local Plan and Buckinghamshire Waste Local Plan. 96 Buckinghamshire MWLDF Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11 Glossary Acronym Term Definition
C & D Construction and Waste arising from construction and demolition Waste Demolition Waste activity and often referred to as inert. It forms a sub- group of Industrial Waste.
Although often described as inert, that can be misleading as C & D waste may include material such as timber, paper and paint, which need to be separated out if the waste is to be re-used, e.g. as inert fill, or if disposed of at a site licensed only for inert waste. C & I Waste Commercial and Waste arising from premises used for industry, trade Industrial Waste or business, and hence may include a wide range of waste material – Commercial waste does not include sewage. 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 A measurement used to monitor the effectiveness of Indicator local plan policies and delivery of their spatial strategies as required by the Government. DEFRA Department for The UK Government department tasked with issues Environment, Food such as the environment, rural development, the and Rural Affairs countryside, wildlife, animal welfare and sustainable communities. DCLG Department for The job of this Department is to help create Communities & sustainable communities, working with other Local Government Government departments, local councils, businesses, the voluntary sector, and communities themselves. DPD Development Plan A Local Development Document which forms part of Document the 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 model and applies waste recycling and recovery targets sequentially to identify new waste facility requirements. Devised by Environmental Resource Management (ERM) consultants for the former Regional Assembly and used by many Waste Planning Authorities within the region. GOSE Government Office The Government Office for South East England is for the South East the regional 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.
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Hazardous Hazardous waste is essentially waste that contains waste hazardous properties that may render it harmful to human health or the Environment. HWRC Household Waste Supervised Council facilities where the public can Recycling Centre dispose a variety of household waste. HWRCs typically cater for paper, plastic, metal, glass and bulky waste such as tyres, refrigerators, electronic products, waste from DIY activities and garden waste. Indicator Measurement of change to a system or objective. Inert landfill Waste which does not give rise to significant quantities of toxic leachate or landfill gas and which does not easily decompose. This generally consists of clean excavated materials from civil engineering projects, construction and demolition wastes. JMWMS Joint Municipal The Buckinghamshire Joint Municipal Waste Waste Management Management Strategy (JMWMS) sets out proposals Strategy 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. LDD Local Development As provided for by the Planning and Compulsory Documents Purchase Act 2004, Local Development Documents comprise both statutory Development Plan Documents and non-statutory Supplementary Planning Documents. Local Development Documents are likely to include core policies, area action plans, proposal map, site-specific policies and a Statement of Community Involvement. LDF Local Development A folder containing a number of documents Framework including Local 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 Scheme Local Development Developments relating to a LDF.
98 Buckinghamshire MWLDF Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11 Glossary Acronym Term Definition
LOI Local Output A measurement devised by the Local Planning Indicators Authority to monitor the effectiveness of local plan policies and delivery of their spatial strategies. LNR Local Nature National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act Reserve 1949
Local sites E.g. LPAs take account of local sites when formulating Local Wildlife Sites local plans and when considering planning Local Geological applications. Government guidance requires LPAs Sites. 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 DPD Development framework for development management decisions, Management including those relating to preferred areas, on Policies and minerals matters. Preferred Areas for Development DPD MPA Minerals Planning Local Authority (either county councils or unitary Authority authorities) responsible for the preparation of Minerals Development Plan Documents and development management for minerals matters. MPS Minerals Policy National planning policy guidance for minerals Statements development produced by DCLG. MWLDF Minerals and Waste A collection of Local Development Documents (see Local Development above) relating to mineral and waste issues. Framework MWLDS Minerals and Waste A timetable/project plan for the production of all the Local Development Local Development Developments (see above) Scheme relating to mineral and waste issues. MWCS Minerals and Waste A Development Plan Document which sets out the Core Strategy County Council’s vision, objectives and overall spatial development strategy for minerals and waste matters. MSW Municipal Solid More commonly known as rubbish, trash or garbage Waste — 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 Management more sustainable waste management and break the Strategies 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 Compulsory new planning system. Under the planning system Purchase Act 2004 introduced by the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the former system of regional planning guidance, and statutory structure and local plans has been replaced by statutory Regional Spatial Strategies (RSSs) and Local Development Frameworks (LDFs). PPS Planning Policy Guidance issued by DCLG, setting out the Statements Government’s 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. 100 Buckinghamshire MWLDF Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11 Glossary Acronym Term Definition
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 Strategies the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 setting out the Government’s planning and transport policy for each region for a 15-20 year period. The one for South East England is called The South East Plan RWS Regional Waste Regional Strategy that sets targets for the diversion Strategy from landfill to recycling and composting. 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 A single appraisal tool which provides for the Appraisal 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 Conservation Natural 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 Community consulted on major planning applications and in the Involvement preparation of the Local Development Framework SE Plan The South East The current Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) for Plan 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, Planning design guidance and site development guidance. Documents SPG Supplementary Predecessor of Supplementary Planning Planning Guidance Documents. The Conservation These implement the EU Habitats Directive in Great (Natural Habitats, Britain. The Regulations provide for the designation &c.) Regulations and protection of ‘European sites’ and the protection 1994 (as amended) of ‘European Protected 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 (Natural Habitats, Oct 2005, the 1994 Regulations were amended. &c.) (Amendment) The two most relevant amendments to planners Regulations 2007 concern the species protection 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)].
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The Conservation Of relevance to planners is Regulation 7 which (Natural Habitat, amends Regulation 39 of the 1994 Regulations by: &c.) (Amendment) slightly rewording the terms of the offence in (England & Wales) Regulation 39(1)(b) of deliberately disturbing a Regulations 2009 European protected species of wild animal; and inserting a new paragraph, 39(1)(A), which refers to impact on hibernating and migratory species. The Countryside The Act increased protection for SSSIs and and Rights of Way strengthened wildlife enforcement legislation. With Act 2000 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 Regulations 1997 hedgerows in 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. The Natural This places a statutory duty on all public bodies and Environment and statutory undertakers in England and Wales to have Rural Communities due regard to the conservation of biodiversity in all Act 2006 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 Badgers Act 1992 currently 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 Countryside Act Great Britain. It includes provisions for important 1981 (as amended) habitats to be 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.
103 Buckinghamshire MWLDF Annual Monitoring Report 2010/11 Glossary Acronym Term Definition
WPA Waste Planning Local Authority (either county councils of unitary Authority authorities) 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 Development framework for development management decisions, Management including those relating to preferred areas, on waste Policies and management matters. Preferred Areas for Development DPD WCA Waste Collection The District Councils are Waste Collection Authority Authorities (WCAs) 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 Authority within its administrative boundary. WTS Waste Transfer A facility where waste is unloaded in order to permit Station its preparation for further transport for recovery, treatment or disposal elsewhere.
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