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East Sussex Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011/12
December 2012
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Introduction
1.1 East Sussex County Council, as a Waste and Minerals Planning Authority, provides planning policies for waste management and minerals production. Current policies are contained in the existing Waste Local Plan and Minerals Local Plan and revised policies are being prepared jointly with Brighton & Hove City Council and the South Downs National Park Authority. The Council is required to monitor implementation of these policies by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, as amended by the Localism Act 2011(1), and does this by producing a Waste & Minerals Monitoring Report. This Monitoring Report covers the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012. Monitoring Reports from previous years can be found at the following website: www.eastsussex.gov.uk/environment/planning/development/mineralsandwaste/amr1.Htm
Planning Policy
Saved Policies in the Waste and Minerals Local Plans
1.2 All planning policies in the Waste Local Plan (WLP) and Minerals Local Plan (MLP) have been saved until they are replaced by those in the Development Plan Documents which will comprise the Waste & Minerals Plan and the Waste and Minerals Sites Document as set out in the Minerals and Waste Development Scheme. The Minerals and Waste Development Scheme can be found at the following website: http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/environment/planning/development/mineralsandwaste
Progress on the Waste & Minerals Local Plan
Minerals & Waste Development Scheme
1.3 In July 2011 a revised Minerals and Waste Development Scheme, containing the timetable for the preparation of the documents that form the Waste and Minerals Local Plan was approved by the County Council. A further update was agreed in July 2012. In light of changes to legislation(2), there is no longer a requirement to submit the Scheme to Government for approval.
Waste & Minerals Plan
1.4 During the monitoring period, work was undertaken on a Draft Waste and Minerals Plan. A revised approach was consulted upon from October to December 2011. The major change in approach was the removal of Areas of Search for land disposal and the inclusion of more challenging targets for the overall recovery of
1 In previous years this requirement was set out in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 which required the production of an Annual Monitoring Report. Changes, including the title of the report have been introduced by the Localism Act 2011. 2 Localism Act 2011, section 111. 2 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12
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waste. Following the consultation on the Draft Waste and Minerals Plan, the Authorities agreed the Submission Plan that was to be submitted to the Government for Public Examination. Representations were invited on the Plan's soundness and compliance with legal requirements.
1.5 In September 2012 Public Examination Hearings into the Plan were convened by independent Planning Inspector Mrs Susan Holland. This Examination is currently ongoing at this time and a final completed Report from the Inspector is expected in January 2013.
Waste & Minerals Sites Plan
1.6 The approved Minerals and Waste Development Scheme sets out a timetable for the preparation of the Waste and Minerals Sites Plan as follows:
Stage When
Public 'Call for Sites' Summer 2013
Public consultation on a shortlist of sites Spring 2014
Public consultation on a proposed Submission Summer 1015 Plan
Submission of Plan to Government Late 2015
Public Examination Early Spring 2016
Adoption Early Summer 2016
1.7 This document will include allocation of land to be needed for the management of waste and production of minerals.
Construction and Demolition Waste (C&D) Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
1.8 The C&D Waste SPD provides additional guidance on compliance with Waste Local Plan policies concerning the production and management of C&D waste. The SPD needs to be reviewed to ensure that it reflects the ongoing changes to planning policy and regulations relating to Site Waste Management Plans. However due to ongoing constraints on resources it has not yet been possible to complete this review.
Statement of Community Involvement
1.9 The Statement of Community Involvement indicates how the Council will engage with with the public and stakeholders in the development of any planning documents that the Council produces. It gives information as to when a consultation Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 3
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Local Aggregate Assessment
1.10 The new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states that mineral planning authorities should plan for a steady and adequate supply of aggregates by preparing a Local Aggregate Assessment (LAA) based on a rolling average of 10 years sales data and other relevant local information, including an assessment of all supply options including marine dredged, secondary and recycled sources. Recent government document "Guidance on the Managed Aggregate Supply System" published in October 2012 states that LAAs should be included in AMRs. Much of the information required in a LAA is set out in the detailed sections of this AMR. However, some of the LAA requirements are difficult to report in East Sussex as there are limited sites producing material in the Plan Area and therefore most production data is covered by confidentiality agreements.
Duty to Cooperate
1.11 A new section has been included in this Monitoring Report which is intended to satisfy a new statutory requirement(4) that requires local planning authorities to provide details in their monitoring reports of the steps taken to comply with the new 'Duty to Cooperate'. This duty(5) requires county councils, local planning authorities and other bodies (as prescribed(6)), to co-operate with each other while preparing plan documents. The Duty to Cooperate is limited to those topics that are considered as a strategic matters. Waste and Minerals has been identified as one such strategic matter. Cooperation has taken place with various bodies during the preparation of the Waste and Minerals Plan and this is outlined in Section 5.
Achievement of Waste and Minerals Policies
1.12 The performance of policies contained within the Waste and Minerals Local Plans is monitored using the indicators shown below.
W1 – Capacity of New Waste Management Facilities
1.13 The total new permitted capacity within the East Sussex and Brighton & Hove in the monitoring period is:
116,350 tonnes per annum (tpa) in transfer capacity (including 78,000 tpa as a result of the Newhaven ERF railhead facility for transferring bottom ash);
3 The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009. 4 Regulation 34 of The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 5 See Section 110 of the Localism Act 2011 6 See Regulation 34 of The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 4 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12
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25,200 tpa construction, demolition and excavation waste (CDEW) recycling/recovery; 4,650 tpa in commercial and industrial waste recycling/composting.
W2 - Municipal Waste Arisings and Management
1.14 Municipal waste arisings for the Plan Area in 2011/12 were 359,991 tonnes, a 1.6% decrease from the previous year. Municipal and household waste arisings are at their lowest level since combined data for East Sussex and Brighton & Hove was first made available in 2003/04.
1.15 The WLP has a target to recycle 40% of household waste and recover 67% of municipal waste by 31 March 2016. The current recycling rate for the East Sussex and Brighton & Hove stands at 35%. The target for combined recycling and recovery rates for East Sussex and Brighton & Hove of 67% has been met well in advance with a combined recycling and recovery rate of 79% being achieved in 2011/12.
M1 - The Production of Primary Land Won Aggregates
1.16 Actual data is confidential due to the small number of producers in the area. The outcome of the Review of Policy M3 of the South East Plan was considered by the Secretary of State in March 2010 and revised apportionment figure for the plan area was proposed at 100,000 tonnes per annum. Currently the increased apportionment and landbank requirement can still be met during the draft Plan Period (to 2026/27) through the quarry at Stanton’s Farm and production at Lydd Quarry on the Kent border. The existing permissions for extraction adjacent to the proposed Dungeness to Pett Level Special Protected Area (SPA) and Ramsar site will be subject to a Review of Consent once the designations have been confirmed. Further information on the requirement for landbanks is set out within the Guidance on the Managed Aggregate Supply System, published by the Government in October 2012.
M2 – The Production of Secondary/Recycled Aggregates
1.17 Information continues to be limited by constraints in national and local surveys although background work for the Waste and Minerals Plan indicates that at present the best estimate is 240,000 tonnes per annum of recycled aggregate for the Plan Area. Around 10,000 tonnes of waste bricks are produced per annum and around 58,000 tonnes of bottom ash are produced per annum from the Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility. This gives a total estimated figure of around 310,000tpa. Adding this to glass and tyre waste, the Authorities currently have capacity for 0.63 mtpa of CDEW recycling. There is potential for growth in production of these materials. Sites with planning permission to produce recycled aggregates in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove are detailed in the Appendices of this document. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 5
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Local Indicator A - Aggregate Imports and Marine Dredged Material
1.18 Data is limited for the assessment of landings of marine dredged sand and gravel. Marine aggregate reserves within the licensed area serving the South East region are substantial and the level of imports of crushed rock to the county is considered to be significant. Principal constraints on the level of marine landings are considered to be: the security of port access; channel and berth restrictions in relation to the current fleet; vessel availability and the level of investment in modern wharf infrastructure.
1.19 The expectation is that future imports of aggregates and marine dredged materials will continue to be a major source for construction use in East Sussex.
Local Indicator B - Extraction of and Employment in Non-Aggregate Minerals
1.20 Employment in the non-aggregate minerals sector within East Sussex is relatively unchanged.
1.21 Since 2005, the Council has recorded brick clay output and reserves via a yearly survey of clay workings in the County. The data is currently too limited to reveal a definitive picture. Data from the Office of National Statistics confirms that clay production is stable, although some smaller sites are pooling physical resources.
1.22 The Gypsum mine at Robertsbridge has at least 20 years of reserves remaining. Demand for plasterboard products is still growing and the mined gypsum is complementing use of imported DSG (Desulphogypsum). In January 2012 a planning permission was granted for a strategic DSG storage area and associated development for a period of 10 years at the site.
1.23 There are no operational chalk quarries in East Sussex and the emerging Waste and Minerals Plan does not propose to safeguard chalk resources as there is little demand for the material.
Waste Local Plan Objectives for Sustainable Waste Management:
1.24 As well as targets for waste recycling and recovery, the Waste Local Plan includes six objectives for sustainable waste management, which are listed below together with key information which indicates progress towards meeting them.
Objective A – Reducing the Amount of Waste Disposed of to Land
1.25 The proportion of municipal waste disposed of to landfill decreased significantly from 40% to 21% over the monitoring period. This drop is due to the Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility becoming operational. 6 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12
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Objective B – Providing an Integrated Waste Management Strategy
1.26 This objective promotes the minimisation and reuse of waste, and to support new facilities to enable recycling, composting and energy recovery from waste to be maximised. Indicators W1 and W2 effectively measure progress towards this objective as set out above. Both show that progress continues to be made in this area.
Objective C – Increasing Recycling and Recovery and Achieving Targets
1.27 This objective is concerned with increasing the levels of waste recycling and recovery. Indicator W2, mentioned above, records progress towards meeting this objective for municipal waste. Targets for 2010/11 contained in the Waste Local Plan have been met. The 2015/16 overall recovery target has also been met.
1.28 Additional capacity for recycling C&I and CDEW waste has been permitted.
Objective D – Treating and Disposing of the Plan Area’s Waste Arisings
1.29 The purpose of this objective is for the Plan Area to aim for net self-sufficiency in waste management. The granting of planning permissions for waste management in East Sussex helps contribute to the County managing its own waste and Indicator W1 helps to measure progress against this objective.
1.30 Approximately 263,000 tonnes of MSW and C&I waste were exported for land disposal at facilities outside of the Plan Area during 2011, (175,000 tonnes of waste was sent to landfill inside the Plan Area). The amount of MSW being sent to landfill fell at the end of 2011 due to the Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility becoming fully operational. This is an improvement on 2010 when approximately 300,000 tonnes were sent for land disposal outside the Plan Area.
Objective E – Minimising Road Traffic
1.31 In 2011/12 a planning permission was granted for a waste transfer station railhead at the Newhaven ERF Site. This transfer station provides capacity for up to 78,000 tonnes per annum of Incinerator Bottom Ash to be transported out of county by rail for use in construction projects.
1.32 Newhaven port continues to be used for the export of a significant quantity of scrap metal from East Sussex by sea. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 7
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Objective F – Protecting the Environment and Communities
1.33 Increases to the permitted waste management capacity within East Sussex helps reduce the potential for unauthorised sites which cause harm to the environment and communities. The total enforcement caseload of the County Council has remained relatively low, with 16 cases outstanding at the end of the third quarter of 2012. 8 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12
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Key Findings
Key findings in this year's AMR are as follows:
Waste Management:
The total percentage (79%) of municipal waste being recycled (including composted) and recovered exceeded the 2015/16 Waste Local Plan targets (67%); The amount of household waste being recycled (including composted) has not yet met the 2015/16 Waste Local Plan targets; Annual municipal and household waste arisings again decreased in the monitoring period to 359,991 and 342,382 tonnes respectively; In 2011/12, 21% of MSW waste was sent for land disposal. This has decreased from 40% in 2010/11. In 2011 (1 Jan - 31 December) a total of 438,000 tonnes of waste were sent for land disposal. This was a reduction from 2010 when a total of 533,000 tonnes of waste were disposed to land.
Minerals Production:
Accuracy of monitoring performance against certain minerals indicators continues to be hampered by a lack of available data. This is due to the confidential nature of certain information and the poor response to surveys; The proposed sub-regional apportionment for aggregates production can be met; Clay and gypsum continued to be extracted at the levels set out within national policy; There continue to be no active working chalk quarries within the County.
Planning Process:
The number of outstanding enforcement cases has remained relatively low, with 16 cases outstanding at the end of the third quarter of 2012;
A revised Minerals and Waste Development Scheme, containing the timetable for the preparation of the documents was approved by the County Council. Progress on the Waste and Minerals Plan has taken plan in accordance with the timetable; October - December 2012 Consultation on the Draft Waste and Minerals Plan took place; On 1 April 2011, the South Downs National Park Authority took over full responsibility for waste and minerals planning for the area of the South Downs National Park in East Sussex; In June 2012 the Proposed Submission Waste and Minerals Plan was submitted to the Government for Public Examination; Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 9
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In September 2012 Public Examination Hearings into the Waste and Minerals Plan were held. 10 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 2Context and Role of the Monitoring Report 2 Context and Role of the Monitoring Report
2.1 East Sussex County Council, as a Waste and Minerals Planning Authority, provides planning policies for waste management and minerals production, which are prepared jointly with Brighton & Hove City Council and the South Downs National Park Authority. The Council is required to monitor implementation of these policies by the provisions in Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and does this by producing a Waste & Minerals Monitoring Report, which also provides data and commentary on trends in waste management and minerals production.
2.2 Specific guidance on the content of monitoring reports was removed by the Coalition Government(7), and new requirements inserted by the Localism Act(8). The County Council intends to continue to publish Monitoring Reports annually in order to maintain consistency and enable easy comparison of indicators with previous years. In response to the changes in the Localism Act, the County Council will seek to make data available on it's website on an ongoing basis.
2.3 This Monitoring Report covers the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012. AMRs from previous years can be found at the following website: www.eastsussex.gov.uk/environment/planning/development/mineralsandwaste/amr1.htm
2.4 Some reporting of significant developments that have taken place between 31 March 2012 and the preparation of this document are also included.
2.5 This Monitoring Report covers only waste and minerals matters. Other forms of development and development planning in East Sussex, for example housing or employment land, are dealt with by the City, Borough, and District Councils, and National Park Authorities in their own existing and emerging Local Plans and Monitoring Reports.
2.6 The Monitoring Report reports against the following key monitoring tasks for the Plan Area which includes Brighton & Hove and part of the South Down National Park:
Assessing the extent to which saved policies in the Waste Local Plan and Minerals Local Plan are being implemented; reviewing progress in preparing the Development Plan Documents that form the Waste and Minerals Plan against the timetable and milestones in the Minerals and Waste Development Scheme; checking performance against indicators and local objectives for waste and minerals.
7 Letter from Bob Neill MP to Local Planning Authorities, 30 March 2011 8 Section 113 Localism Act 2011. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 11 Context and Role of the Monitoring Report2
Existing Planning Policy Framework
2.7 Current planning policy for waste management and minerals production in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove are set out in the South East Plan, Minerals Local Plan and Waste Local Plan. The Government has agreed to ‘save’ all policies contained within both Local Plans while new policies emerge as part of the Waste and Minerals Plan and Waste and Minerals Sites Plan, which are currently being prepared.(9)
South East Plan
2.8 The South East Plan is the Regional Spatial Strategy for the South East and forms part of the development plan for East Sussex. In May 2010 the new Coalition government stated that it intends to revoke the South East Plan and that this intention should be taken as a material consideration in planning decisions. An Order is now required to revoke the Regional Spatial Strategy. The Department for Communities and Local Government has issued limited guidance to planning authorities as follows:
2.9 "Planning Authorities should continue to press ahead with their waste plans, and provide enough land for waste management facilities to support the sustainable management of waste (including the move away from disposal of waste by landfill). Data and information prepared by partners will continue to assist in this process. For the transitional period this will continue to be the data and information which has been collated by the local authority and industry and other public bodies who currently form the Regional Waste Technical Advisory Bodies. We intend for this function to be transferred to local authorities in due course."(10)
2.10 Further guidance from Government is summarised below in so far as it relates to waste and minerals:
2.11 Minerals - Mineral Planning Authorities have responsibility for planning for a steady supply of aggregate minerals to support economic growth. In the South East the guidance states that Mineral Planning Authorities should work from the apportionment set out in the Secretary of State's Proposed Changes to the revision of Policy M3, published on 19 March 2010. Different figures can be used if the Authority has new or different information and robust evidence.
2.12 Waste - Planning Authorities should continue to plan to provide enough land to support the sustainable management of waste, including the move away from landfill. Data and information collected by local authorities, industry and other public bodies forming the Regional Waste Technical Advisory Bodies will help this process. However this function is to be transferred to Local Authorities in due course.(11)
9 Adoption of the Waste and Minerals Plan is expected in early 2013 10 Letter to Chief Planning Officers: Revocation of Regional Strategies, 6.7.10, available at www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/letterregionalstrategies 11 www.parliament.uk/deposits/depositedpapers/2010/DEP2010-1414.pdf 12 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 2Context and Role of the Monitoring Report
Waste Local Plan
2.13 2.13 Following a submission to Government in 2008/9, the County Council was allowed to save the Waste Local Plan until replaced by the emerging Waste and Minerals Plan (see section 4). The saved Waste Local Plan sets out an integrated strategy for waste management with targets to significantly reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. It proposes sites for key waste management and disposal facilities, having regard to environmental and transport criteria. It also includes six key objectives and progress towards achieving these is considered in Section 4.
2.14 2.14 Further details can be found on the Council’s website at: www.eastsussex.gov.uk/environment/planning/development/mineralsandwaste/wastelocalplan.htm
Minerals Local Plan
2.15 The saved Minerals Local Plan sets out sites and areas for future working of aggregates to contribute to meeting requirements from 1996 to 2006, and to maintain a seven year landbank thereafter. It protects and provides for facilities to import and process aggregates. Existing clay working sites are supported and new sites provided for, subject to environmental and other criteria. The Plan supports the continued working of gypsum at Brightling, near Robertsbridge. There are no proposals for new extraction sites for chalk. Further details can be found on the Council’s website at: www.eastsussex.gov.uk/environment/planning/development/mineralsandwaste/mineralslocalplan.htm
2.16 The Minerals and Waste Local Plans can be viewed on the East Sussex County Council website (see above) and hard copies are available for inspection at County Hall, Lewes or can be obtained from the Planning Service in the Economy, Transport and Environment Department by telephone on 01273 481846, or by email to [email protected]. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 13
Characteristics of East Sussex3 3 Characteristics of East Sussex
Environmental Designations
3.1 The South Downs National Park was officially designated on 31 March 2010, and replaces the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB). The boundary of the new designation is different to that of the AONB, including the town of Lewes and other areas to the north of the AONB. The National Park and the High Weald AONB together cover two thirds of the Plan area.
3.2 Other tracts of land are additionally designated as being of international and national environmental importance and are shown in Map 1 below.
Demography
3.3 The rate of production of waste and consumption of minerals has been shown to have a relationship with population growth; an increasing population produces more waste and has a greater demand for minerals.
3.4 The Plan Area has a total population of approximately 800,161, of which about two thirds live in East Sussex (see below) and the remainder in Brighton & Hove. Approximately 29,000 people live within the Plan Area part of the South Downs National Park. Over the period 2011-2021, the population in East Sussex is predicted to increase by 2.48%. The average household size is expected to decrease from 2.16 in 2011 to 2.06 in 2026.
Table 1 East Sussex and Brighton & Hove Population Projections 2011 to 2021
Year East Sussex Brighton and Hove Plan Area Population Population Population 2011 527,209 272,952 800,161 2016 530,061 282,753 812,814 2021 530,184 289,902 820,086
3.5 The figures in the table above are based on the Office for National Statistics: Sub-national population projections for England, Interim 2011-based, (released 28 September 2012)(12)
12 www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/snpp/sub-national-population-projections/Interim-2011-based/index.html
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Economy
3.6 The structure of the economy in the Plan Area is dominated by service industries, and this affects the nature of commercial and industrial waste arisings and the need for particular minerals.
3.7 In 2009, 85% of jobs in the County were in the service sector, 7% in manufacturing, 7% in construction and 1% in agriculture, fishing, mining and utilities. One-third of all people who work in East Sussex are employed in public administration, education or health. Wholesale and retail trade; and accommodation and food service activities account for 27% of people who work in the County. In Brighton & Hove the employment structure is dominated by higher value sectors such as health, business & public administration, professional, scientific & technical sectors & education.
3.8 The economy in East Sussex is characterised by its high number of small businesses. The average business in the UK had just over seven employees in 2008, whereas in East Sussex three-quarters of businesses employ five or less people, and 88% of companies employ 10 or fewer people. The situation is similar in Brighton & Hove, with 86.4% of businesses employing less than ten people in 2010.
3.9 Tourism and the conference trade is a key element in the local economy, contributing around 10 million visitors per annum and significantly increasing the amount of waste to be managed.
3.10 The South Downs within the Plan Area has a predominantly rural economy, with the exception of the busy market town of Lewes.
3.11 Two Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) cover the Plan Area. The 'Coast to Capital' LEP includes Brighton & Hove, while East Sussex is part of the South East LEP that also covers Kent and Essex. LEPs are partnerships between local authorities and businesses that aim to drive economic growth and job creation.
3.12 Further detail on the environmental and social characteristics of East Sussex and Brighton & Hove is available at www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk and in the Authorities’ Information Paper 6 - 'Spatial Portrait of East Sussex and Brighton & Hove', published to accompany the Waste & Minerals Development Plan. It is available to download at: www.eastsussex.gov.uk/environment/planning/development/mineralsandwaste/downloadpapers.htm Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 17 Progress of the Waste & Minerals Local Plan4 4 Progress of the Waste & Minerals Local Plan
4.1 The Waste & Minerals Local Plan (WMLP) is made up of a number of planning documents that are currently being prepared to replace the Waste Local Plan and Minerals Local Plan. It will consist of two documents and two maps as follows:
Waste & Minerals Plan (WMP) (formally known as the Core Strategy) Waste & Minerals Sites Plan Waste Proposals Map Minerals Proposals Map
4.2 The WMLP is being jointly produced by East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council and now also the South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) which took up its statutory planning responsibilities on 1 April 2011.
4.3 The WMLP also includes a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) that covers the production and management of construction and demolition waste. Separately the Authorities produce Statements of Community Involvement.
4.4 A Minerals and Waste Development Scheme (MWDS) is produced by the County Council to provide a timetable for the production of these documents which is mirrored by Brighton & Hove City Council and the South Downs National Park Authority.
The Minerals and Waste Development Scheme
4.5 During 2011/12 a revised Minerals and Waste Development Scheme, containing the programme for the preparation of the Waste and Minerals Plan (WMP) was approved by the County Council in July 2011.
4.6 A further update was agreed in June 2012. In light of changes to legislation (13), there is no longer a requirement to submit the Scheme to Government for approval. In order to confirm the timetable for the preparation of policy allocating sites for waste management and minerals production (to be included in the Waste and Minerals Sites Plan), a revised scheme was agreed in June 2012. This revised scheme did not make changes to the timetable for the preparation of the Waste and Minerals Plan. The relevant timetables are set out below:
13 Localism Act, Section 111. 18 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 4Progress of the Waste & Minerals Local Plan
Timetable for Production of the Waste and Minerals Plan
October - December 2011 Consultation on draft Waste & Minerals Plan Early 2012 Proposed Pre-submission WMP consultation Summer 2012 Submission to Government Autumn 2012 Public Examination Early 2013 Adoption
Timetable for Production of the Waste and Minerals Sites Plan
Summer 2013 Public ‘Call for Sites’ Spring 2014 Public consultation on a shortlist of sites Summer 2015 Public consultation on proposed Submission Plan Late 2015 Submission of Plan to Government Early Spring 2016 Public Examination Early Summer 2016 Adoption
4.7 Work on the Waste Sites and Minerals Sites DPDs will commence following the adoption of the Waste & Minerals Plan.
Waste & Minerals Plan
4.8 The Waste & Minerals Plan (WMP) will contain the over-arching strategic policies that will guide the management of waste and production of minerals in the Plan Area until 2026. The WMP will also include development management policies intended to ensure development does not have an adverse impact on the environment and communities.
4.9 During the monitoring period, work was undertaken on a Revised Preferred Strategy (known as the 'Draft Waste and Minerals Plan'). This revised approach was consulted upon from October to December 2011. A major change in approach was the removal of Areas of Search for land-disposal and the inclusion of more challenging targets for the overall recovery of waste. Following the consultation on the draft Waste and Minerals Plan the Authorities agreed the final Plan that was submitted to the Government for Examination, (The Proposed Submission Waste and Minerals Plan). The Proposed Submission Plan was published and representations on its soundness and compliance with legal requirements were invited. This resulted in 50 representations being made. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 19 Progress of the Waste & Minerals Local Plan4
4.10 Subsequent to the monitoring period (post 2011/12), the Proposed Submission Plan was submitted to the Secretary of State (CLG). In September 2012 a Public Examination into the Waste and Minerals Plan was convened by independent Planning Inspector Mrs Susan Holland. The Public Hearings lasted two weeks. As a result of the Hearings one 'main modification' to the plan was proposed relating to the 'presumption in favour of sustainable development' as set out in the new National Planning Policy Framework. A consultation on this modification began in October 2012, the results of which will be considered by the Inspector. It is anticipated that the Inspector will report in early 2013. If the Inspector finds the Plan 'sound' the Council, together with Brighton & Hove City Council and the South Downs National Park Authority will subsequently adopt the Plan.
Construction & Demolition Waste SPD
4.11 The Site Waste Management Plans Regulations 2008 make it a legal requirement for Site Waste Management Plans to be produced for any project, on any one construction site, with an estimated cost greater than £300,000 (excluding VAT). The SPD provides guidance as to how to produce a site management plan (to be submitted when planning permission is sought), and provides examples of good waste management practises for construction, demolition and excavated waste. The SPD needs to be reviewed to ensure that this document does not duplicate the requirements of these Regulations. However due to constraints on resources it has still not been possible to carry out this review.
Statement of Community Involvement
4.12 The Statement of Community Involvement indicates how the Council will engage with with the public and stakeholders in the development of any planning documents that the Council produces. It gives information as to when a consultation takes place, when and where planning documents will be available for inspection, and how the public will be notified about consultations. In light of revised Regulations(14), a review of the SCI began in 2012 and the reviewed SCI was subject to consultation over the summer of 2012. The Council aims to adopt the revised document in early 2013.
14 The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009. 20 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 4Progress of the Waste & Minerals Local Plan
Key Findings:
A revised MWDS including a timetable for the preparation of a Waste and Minerals Sites Plan was approved in summer 2012; Consultation on a draft Waste & Minerals Plan occurred between October and December 2011; Formal consultation on the Proposed Submission Waste and Minerals Plan took place in early 2012, followed by submission of the Plan to Government in summer 2012. Examination of the plan commenced and a report on the soundness of the plan is expected in early 2013. Adoption of the Plan by the Authorities is anticipated in early 2013; Work on the Waste and Minerals Sites Plan will commence following the adoption of the Waste & Minerals Plan in accordance with the MWDS; The Construction & Demolition Waste SPD and the has not yet been reviewed due to constraints on resources. Consultation on a revised SCI took place in August 2012. The aim for adoption in early 2013. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 21
Duty to Co-operate5 5 Duty to Co-operate
5.1 This section is intended to satisfy a new statutory requirement(15) that requires local planning authorities to provide details in their monitoring reports of the steps taken to comply with the new 'Duty to Cooperate'. This duty is set out in Section 110 of the Localism Act 2011 and requires county councils, local planning authorities and other bodies (as prescribed(16)), to co-operate with each other while preparing plan documents. The Duty to Cooperate is limited to those topics that are considered as a strategic matters. Waste and Minerals has been identified as one such strategic matter.
Regional Fora
5.2 The Authorities' membership of waste and minerals planning fora which cover the whole of the South-East (as described below) has been an important basis for cross boundary on key strategic waste management and minerals production matters.
5.3 The South East Waste Planning Advisory Group (SEWPAG) provides a regular opportunity for cooperation on planning for waste management across administrative boundaries in the South-East.
5.4 The South East England Aggregates Working Party (SEEAWP) exists to co-ordinate the steady and adequate supply of aggregate across the South-East.
Waste and Minerals Plan
5.5 During the production of the Waste and Minerals Plan there was ongoing co-operation between East Sussex County Council, Brighton & Hove City Council, and the South Downs National Park Authority and the other prescribed bodies. Cross boundary matters requiring particular attention included the following:
Potential export of residual waste to land disposal Importation of London’s Waste Minerals West Sussex
5.6 Further information on cooperation associated with these matters is set out below:
Potential export of residual waste to land disposal
5.7 The Waste and Minerals Plan does not allocate any additional landfill capacity within the Plan Area and envisages, if necessary, landfill sites outside of the Plan area being utilised to provide for the rapidly diminishing amount of waste that will
15 Regulation 34 of The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 16 See Regulation 34 of The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 22 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12
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require disposal over the Plan period. As such, it was appropriate to examine the extent of existing permitted and allocated landfill capacity in other waste planning areas where there was not an unreasonable chance (based on proximity) of waste from the Plan Area being sent during the Plan period.
5.8 The following Waste Planning Authorities were contacted: Bedfordshire; Buckinghamshire; Cambridgeshire; Derbyshire; Dorset; Essex; Gloucestershire; Hampshire; Hertfordshire; Kent; Leicestershire; Lincolnshire; Medway; Milton Keynes; Norfolk; Northamptonshire; Nottinghamshire; Oxfordshire; Rutland; Somerset; Staffordshire; Suffolk; Surrey; Thurrock; Warwickshire; West Berkshire; West of England Waste Partnership area; West Sussex; Wiltshire; and Worcestershire.
5.9 Correspondence by letter and email took place and responses were received from 26 out of 29 WPAs contacted. and responses were received from 26 of the 29 WPAs contacted. This correspondence allowed for the identification of existing and planned land disposal capacity within the areas considered. The results were published in a report titled: Landfill, Landraise and Surcharging in East Sussex, South Downs and Brighton & Hove.(17)
Importation of London's Waste
5.10 The Authorities’ position on the importation of London’s residual waste for land disposal was informed by a report titled “Residual Waste from London” (Public Examination Reference: CD/38). Production of this report involved contacting organisations which had an interest in the disposal of London's residual waste at land disposal facilities in the Plan Area. This included those bodies the Authorities are obliged to co-operate with under the Duty to Co-operate. The study was published in October 2009 and involved engagement additionally with the following: London Waste and Recycling Board; Western Riverside Waste Authority; West London Waste Authority; South London Waste Partnership; London Borough of Bexley; and London Borough of Bromley.
5.11 The Greater London Authority (GLA) was consulted by the Authorities at each consultation stage of the East Sussex and Brighton & Hove Waste and Minerals Plan’s development, no responses were received from the GLA.
5.12 Through this work it was shown that the circumstances point to it being unlikely that London's waste would be exported to the Plan Area.
5.13 Through SEWPAG the Authorities have also been trying to engage with the GLA and the London Waste Authorities on the matter of London’s waste although the outcomes of this have been limited.
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Minerals
5.14 As mentioned above, the Authorities primary engagement mechanism relating to the aggregates apportionment of has been through SEEAWP. The Authorities also discussed the implications of development plan proposals for aggregates production with the relevant District Councils.
5.15 Landings of marine aggregates at Shoreham Harbour are cross border issue and this is being considered as part of the work on the Joint Area Action Plan being undertaken by Brighton and Hove City Council,Adur District Council, West Sussex County Council (WSCC), the Environment Agency and the Shoreham Port Authority.
5.16 The following outcomes on minerals has resulted:
5.17 Aggregates Apportionment: East Sussex was viewed as a ‘special case’ through the Review of Policy M3 of the South East Plan. The apportionment for the Plan Area reflects actual availability of resources.
5.18 Soft Sand: The Authorities are working with Hampshire and West Sussex County Councils to establish appropriate provision of soft sand across the whole area of the Counties and the National Park.
5.19 Mineral Wharves: The policies within the Plan include flexibility to ensure that existing capacity can be maintained within regeneration proposals for each Port. Additionally, the Assent for activities in Rye Harbour was updated to allow working for another five years, in response to concerns relating to the proposed extension to the Dungeness to Pett Level SPA.
West Sussex
5.20 As there are existing shared interests been the Authorities and West Sussex County Council, there is ongoing engagement with WSCC on aggregates and the provision of soft sand, movements of waste across boundaries, and the Joint Area Action Plan at Shoreham.
Waste and Minerals Sites Plan
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Waste in East Sussex
6.1 It is currently estimated that around 1.7 million tonnes of solid waste are handled in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove each year. The main types are:
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) - Due to the wider EU Waste Framework Directive definition of MSW, a new definition has been brought into use in England which relates to the waste previously recorded by English Local Authorities as Municipal Solid Waste and this is 'Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste'. However, for reasons of comparability and consistency with previous documents, the term Municipal Solid Waste will be used in this Monitoring Report to mean waste that is collected by local authorities and is estimated to make up about 21% of all wastes in the Plan Area. Household waste comprises approximately 95% of municipal waste, the remainder coming from sources such as street sweepings and public parks and gardens. In future the term 'Local Authority Collected Waste' will be used to describe the waste in this category. Commercial and Industrial Waste (C&I) - This is produced from shops, food outlets, businesses, and manufacturing activities and comprises about 27% of wastes in the Plan area. Construction, Demolition and Excavation Waste (CDEW) - Produced from building activity, with a considerable proportion of it is considered to be inert. CDEW comprises an estimated 51% of all waste arisings. Other wastes - This includes hazardous waste, liquid waste (other than wastewater), and wastes arising from the agricultural sector. Although hazardous waste streams only make up approximately 1% of the total waste stream, they still need to be planned for and often require specialist treatment facilities and include stringent environmental controls. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 25
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Figure 3 Proportion of Solid Waste Arising in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove
6.2 The County Council monitors the quantity of municipal waste but it does not directly monitor the quantity of commercial and industrial waste or construction, demolition and excavation waste arisings. No direct monitoring of C&I and CDEW waste management is undertaken but estimates of arisings can be derived from data provided by the Environment Agency and other surveys.
6.3 There are various facilities to treat and dispose of waste, including recycling centres, transfer stations, treatment sites and landfill sites. A list of current sites with planning permission for the management of waste in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove, together with their estimated capacities, is provided in Appendix I. 26 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12
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Municipal Solid Waste - Arisings and Management
This section records progress against Waste Indicator W2 - amount of municipal waste arising, and managed by management type, and the percentage each management type contributes to the overall management of waste.
Arisings
6.4 Municipal waste arisings and management for the Plan Area for the years 2003/04 to 2011/12 are shown in Figure 2 below. The downward trend in arisings noticeable in previous years has returned in 2011/12, with arisings down 1.6% on the previous year. Detailed figures for both municipal and household waste are shown in Tables 2 and 3 below. Figure 4 Municipal Waste Arisings and Management for the Plan Area 2003/04 - 2011/12
6.5 The individual level of municipal waste arisings for East Sussex showed a small decrease (3,126 tonnes). Brighton & Hove also showed a decrease (2,622 tonnes). An overall decrease in arisings has been therefore recorded(18). Municipal and household waste arisings are at their lowest level since combined data for East Sussex and Brighton & Hove was first available in 2003/04.
6.6 The economic downturn is likely to be continuing to depress levels of arisings(19). Campaigns and media coverage aimed at reducing waste and a wider awareness amongst the public of the need to minimise waste are likely to be continuing to have an effect. In addition, the County Council’s Permit Scheme for reducing the amount of commercial waste being deposited at household waste sites remains in operation.
18 A breakdown of the figures for East Sussex and Brighton & Hove is included in Appendix C,and a further breakdown by districts in East Sussex is available on the East Sussex in Figures website: www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk 19 Historically there has been a relationship between economic growth and growth in waste arisings. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 27
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Key municipal waste arisings figures:
359,991 tonnes produced in 2011/12; 1.6% decrease over one year from 2010/11; 5.7% decrease over five years from 2007/08.
6.7 Data for East Sussex, excluding Brighton & Hove, covering a longer period is available to better show long term trends, and this is graphically represented in Figure 5 below.
Figure 5 East Sussex Municipal and Household Waste Arisings 1998/00 - 2010/11
6.8 Variations in the trend exist across the districts and boroughs of the County, as shown in Figure 6 below. 28 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12
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Figure 6 MSW Waste Arisings by Waste Collection Authority in East Sussex
6.9 These variations can reflect factors such as the differences in waste collection arrangements of the district and borough councils, for example the introduction of alternate weekly collections and provision of home composters in some areas which seem to have resulted in a reduction in the amount of waste being collected.
6.10 Over the long term municipal waste arisings are still expected to grow with increased population and number of households. Any return to significant economic growth may also have an impact. The County Council has identified a number of possible scenarios for future municipal waste growth, and current estimates suggest that the level of municipal waste in future years will be between the range shown in Table 2(20).
Table 2 Estimated Future Arisings for MSW
Year Min Growth Max Growth 2015/16 361,000 392,000 2020/21 356,000 414,000 2025/26 352,000 437,000
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Management
6.11 Tables 3 and 4 on the following pages, together with Figure 5 above, show the total municipal and household waste arisings in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove by management approach and the percentage for each management type over the last five years(21).
6.12 Table 3 shows that the proportions of municipal waste by each management type remained broadly similar to those in 2010/11 with regards to reuse, recycling and composting. But there was a significant increase in the amount of waste being diverted to energy recovery. This is due to the Newhaven ERF coming on stream. This facility also allows waste previously exported to ERFs and landfills in neighbouring areas to be treated within the County's boundaries and reduce the considerable distance it currently travels by road, in line with Objectives D and E of the Waste Local Plan (see below).
6.13 It is important to note that for the first time landfill no longer accounts for the largest proportion by management of municipal waste. In the Plan Area the site at Pebsham is the only remaining landfill, it had an estimated 150,000m3 of capacity remaining as of January 2012. There are currently no proposals for the development of further non-inert landfill capacity within the Plan Area.
In East Sussex and Brighton & Hove in 2011/12:
The municipal waste recycling/composting rate was 34% The recovery rate for municipal waste was 79% Land disposal of municipal waste decreased significantly to 21%
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Table 4 Household Waste Arisings in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove (tonnes)
2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 Recycled 81,108 (22%) 80,463 (23%) 76,899 (22%) 76,740 (22%) 73,248 (21%) Reused (22) N/A N/A N/A 1,480 (0.4%) 2,111 (1%) Composted 33,311 (9%) 37,027 (10%) 41,010 (12%) 43,542 (12%) 47,856 (14%) Energy Recovery 37,973 (10%) 73,806 (21%) 96,198 (28%) 89,917 (26%) 153,670 (45%) Disposal to Land 210,601 (58%) 161,435 (46%) 134,107 (39%) 136,910 (39%) 65,497 (19%) Total 362,993 352,731 348,214 348,590 342,382
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Commercial & Industrial Waste - Arisings and Management
Arisings
Figure 7 Estimated and Predicted C&I Waste Arisings
6.14 Accurate records of total C&I waste arisings are very difficult to obtain. As reported in the Annual Monitoring Report for 2010/11 the 'AEA Review of Future Waste Management Capacity Requirements - East Sussex and Brighton & Hove' concluded that the most reliable estimate of C&I Waste in 2008/09 was 475,000 tonnes, (this was based on an average of two approaches - the 'management approach' and the 'point of production'). This report also made predictions of the anticipated arisings which are reflected above. There has been no new information since the publication of that report. This information is illustrated in the figure above. It is hoped that an updated estimate will be made available and reported in next years Monitoring Report. 32 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12
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Management
6.15 The estimated management routes for C&I waste in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove are shown in Figure 8:
Figure 8 Management of Commercial and Industrial Waste in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove
6.16 Accurate records of total C&I management methods are very difficult to obtain. As reported in the Annual Monitoring Report for 2010/11 the 'AEA Review of Future Waste Management Capacity Requirements - East Sussex and Brighton & Hove' concluded that the most reliable estimate of C&I Waste management methods in 2008/09 were: 67% material recycled and composted; 29% disposed to land; and 4% reused. This information is illustrated in the figure above. There has been no new information since the publication of that report, but, as stated above, it is hoped that an updated estimate will be made available and reported in next years Monitoring Report. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 33
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Construction, Demolition & Excavation Waste - Arisings & Management
Arisings
Figure 9 Estimated Actual and Predicted CD&E Waste Arisings
6.17 Information relating to CDEW has been very difficult to obtain. As reported in the Annual Monitoring Report for 2010/11 the 'AEA Review of Future Waste Management Capacity Requirements - East Sussex and Brighton & Hove' concluded that the most reliable estimate of CDE Waste arisings in 2008/09 was 906,000 tonnes. This report also made predictions of the anticipated arisings which are shown above. There has been no new information since the publication of that report. This information is illustrated in the figure above. It is hoped that an updated estimate will be made available and reported in next years Monitoring Report. 34 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12
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Figure 10 Management of Construction, Demolition and Excavation Waste in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove (2008/09)
6.18 Information relating to CDEW has been very difficult to obtain. As reported in the Annual Monitoring Report for 2010/11 the 'AEA Review of Future Waste Management Capacity Requirements - East Sussex and Brighton & Hove' concluded that the most reliable estimate of CDE Waste management methods in 2008/09 were: 45% of all material being recycled; 15% being sent to landfill and the remainder (40%) being disposed of using alternative methods. Alternative methods include management of waste outside the recorded system such as reuse on site, use in small scale landscaping projects etc.. This information is illustrated in Figure 10. There has been no new information since the publication of that report, but it is hoped that an updated estimate will be made available and reported in next years Monitoring Report. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 35
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Waste Management Capacity
6.19 The current total capacity provided by facilities managing waste in the Plan Area is set out in Table 5 below. This table identifies different types of activity which represent the key differences between the ways in which waste is managed. It includes facilities that are operating or currently not operating, but could be re-opened. It includes all facilities with planning permission, but excludes those which have closed permanently.
Table 5 Waste Management Capacity
Type of Activity Total Capacity as of 01/04/2012 (tonnes per annum)
Recycling & Composting 502,320
Bulk Metal (e.g. Scrapyards) 440,323
Recovery 210,000
CDEW Recycling 648,995
Specialist Treatment (Hazardous) 71,429
Inert Landfill 15,000
Non-Hazardous (including Stable 150,000 Non-Reactive Hazardous Wastes) (total void space in cubic metres)
Hazardous Landfill 0
6.20 Specialist Treatment are facilities that only take a very specific type of waste that must be dealt with in a specialised way. Examples in the East Sussex and Brighton & Hove area are plasterboard recycling, oil recycling and waste solvent recovery.
The Location of Waste Facilities in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove
6.21 The illustrations on the following pages illustrates the various locations across the Plan Area where waste is being managed.
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New Waste Management Capacity
This section records progress against Waste Indicator W1 - Capacity of new waste management facilities.
6.22 Details of planning permissions granted within the monitoring period which provide new waste management capacity are shown in Table 6 below. In many cases there is limited information available regarding capacity, however Appendix J provides a summary of the permitted waste management capacity in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove.
Table 6 Planning Permissions Granted for New Waste Management Capacity in the Monitoring Period (1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012)
Site Planning Permission Details New Throughput Capacity / tonnes per annum (if known) Church Farm, Retrospective application for one 200 tpa until July 2015 Chalvington. emergency worm bed and erection of 19 new vermiculture beds (total (WD/660/CM) of 600msq), in association with the vermiculture business, on land to the south of Church Farm. Goods Yard, North Extension of permitted activities 78,000 tpa Quay Road, to include the receipt storage and Newhaven. management of Incinerator Bottom Ash (IBA) from the (LW/666/CM) adjacent Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility, with associated buildings, surfacing and ancillary development. Unit 2G/H, Change of use of industrial unit 30,000 tpa Hawthorne Estate, into waste transfer station. Avis Way Industrial Area, The Drove, Newhaven, BN9 0DJ.
(LW/669/CM)
North Quay Road, Change of use of an existing 35,000 tpa (approx) Newhaven, BN9 building (Use Class B2) to a 0AB. Materials Recovery Facility.
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Site Planning Permission Details New Throughput Capacity / tonnes per annum (if known) North Yard, Change of use of groundwork estimate 1,000 tpa Pennybridge Lane, contractor's yard and office to Mayfield, TN20 6QB include use as a waste transfer station (Retrospective), and (WD/672/CM) construction of fence.
Compound 13, SM Retrospective change of use of 2,000 tpa Tidy Estate, premises for baling and Ditchling Common, distribution of end-of-life vehicle BN6 8SG. tyres.
(LW/673/CM)
British Gypsum Provision of a strategic 50,000 tonnes DSG Limited, Desulphogypsum (DSG) storage import; 23,000 tonnes Robertsbridge area and associated development of inert soils to be Works, Mountfield, for a period of 10 years, with imported post 2021 Robertsbridge, TN32 subsequent restoration to locally 5LA. occurring habitats and landscape (one time values, not features, through the importation annual throughput) (RR/678/CM) of soils, at the former Ready Mixed C Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 41
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Minerals and Waste Planning Applications
6.23 The chart below shows the number of minerals and waste planning applications received and determined between 1 January 2004 and 30 September 2012. It includes those received and determined on behalf of the South Downs National Park Authority. 42 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Figure 14 Planning Applications Received and Determined in East Sussex (including those on behalf of South Downs National Park Authority) 6 Waste Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 43
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Progress on Major Waste Infrastructure
Waste Water Treatment Works & Sludge Recycling Centre, Peacehaven
6.24 Planning permission was issued on 23 October 2008 for a new Waste Water Treatment Works, Sludge Recycling Centre and associated infrastructure at Lower Hodden Farm, Peacehaven. The facility has been built and is now undergoing a commissioning process. It is anticipated to be completed in spring 2013. Once operational, it will provide significantly enhanced waste water treatment for the Brighton & Hove and Peacehaven catchment area, in line with the requirements of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.
Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility and Waste Transfer Station
6.25 Planning consent was issued on 12 November 2007 for an Energy Recovery Facility with the capacity to recover 210,000 tonnes per annum of non-hazardous, non-inert waste, on land at North Quay Road, Newhaven. Ancillary infrastructure includes a Waste Transfer Station and an administration and visitor centre. A pollution prevention and control permit was issued by the Environment Agency and the facility is now fully operational. It received its first waste delivery in May 2011.
6.26 Planning consent has also been granted for development that will enable bottom ash from the facility to be removed by rail, removing the need for an estimated 24 HGV movements per day(23). This has been constructed and is now operational.
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Disposal to Land
6.27 There are times when waste can not be reused, recycled or recovered. This may be because there is insufficient capacity to recycle or recover the material, it may be uneconomical, or it may be impractical do to so. In these instances it must be disposed of to landfill or land-raise sites, collectively known as land-disposal. The information below illustrates where waste produced in the Plan Area, when destined for land disposal, is sent to. It also illustrates the source of waste sent for land disposal in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove, where it has come from. This information is based on Environment Agency data. It should be noted that unlike the information elsewhere in this document this data is based on the calendar year 1 January to 31 December, and not the financial year 1 April to 31 March.
Figure 15 Destination of waste from East Sussex and Brighton & Hove destined for land disposal by year. (Sites receiving 1,000 tonnes or more in any single year only)
6.28 Location of land disposal sites listed above:
Greatness Quarry - Kent Redhill - Surrey Lidsey - West Sussex Brookhurst Wood - West Sussex Beddingham - East Sussex Pebsham - East Sussex Horton - West Sussex Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 45
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Figure 16 Origin of waste disposed of in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove land disposal sites, by year.
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Enforcement
6.29 The Waste Local Plan states that individual waste management sites that have been granted planning permission will be monitored on a regular basis to ensure compliance with planning conditions, and Policy WLP40 of the Plan states that the WPA will use its statutory enforcement powers to maintain the environmental quality of the Plan area. Figure 17 below shows the total caseload of the Council’s enforcement team, as well as the number of cases received and resolved per quarter, since the start of 2004. Figure 17 Enforcement Caseload in East Sussex at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Waste 6 47 48 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12
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6.30 The number of cases outstanding has remained low, with the caseload standing at 16 in the third quarter of 2012. This remains well below the peak of 89 cases outstanding in the second quarter of 2007.
6.31 The general trend for the number of enforcement cases received in any given quarter, once allowing for seasonal variation, is in general conformity with that of the performance with the local economy. It is suggested that while there is more economic activity, there is a greater possibility for conflict between uses of land. Similarly, the number of minerals and waste planning applications appears to follow a similar trend albeit with a delay, as economic changes take time to impact on activity. Achievement of Minerals and Waste Policies
Waste Local Plan Objectives
6.32 Six objectives for sustainable waste management are identified in the WLP. These are listed below together with key information which indicates progress towards meeting them.
Objective A – Reducing the Amount of Waste Disposed of to Land
6.33 Disposal to land is the least preferred option for waste disposal. A principal aim of the WLP is to reduce the proportion of waste that is disposed in this way and to ensure the maximum amount of waste practicable is recycled, recovered or reused, so that only residual waste is disposed of to land.
6.34 In 2011/12 the proportion of both municipal and household waste disposed of to landfill decreased significantly compared to the previous twelve months, due to the Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) becoming operational.
6.35 There are no new estimates for the management of C&I and CDEW waste. Previous estimates show the progress that has been made in diverting these waste streams from landfill. It is estimated that in the year 2008/09 only 29% of C&I and 15% of CDEW is disposed of to land.
6.36 For the first time landfill no longer accounts for the single largest proportion management method of municipal waste.
Progress towards objective: Positive
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6.37 The purpose of this objective is to promote the minimisation and reuse of waste, and to support new facilities to enable recycling, composting and energy recovery from waste to be maximised. Demand for land disposal can therefore be reduced, complementing the aim of Objective A.
Progress towards objective: Positive
Objective C – Increasing Recycling and Recovery and Achieving Targets
6.38 The Landfill Directive requires an increasing amount of waste to be diverted from land disposal and the Government has set overall targets in the National Waste Strategy for recovery and recycling which will achieve this aim. This objective is concerned with increasing the levels of recycling and recovery.
Waste Local Plan Targets for recycling and recovery
6.39 Policy WLP1 in the WLP includes targets for minimum levels of household waste that should be recycled and levels of municipal waste that should be recovered, as set out in Table 7 below:
Table 7 Waste Local Plan Targets for the Management of Household and Municipal Waste
Treatment 2010/11 2011/12 2015/16 Target Achieved Target Household Recycling/ 33% 35% 40% Waste Composting Municipal Recycling/ 31.4% 34% 38% Waste Composting Other Recovery 18.6% 43% 29% Disposal to 50% 21% 33% Land
6.40 The WLP has a target to recycle 40% of household waste and recover 67% of municipal waste by 31 March 2016. The current recycling rate for the Plan Area stands at 35%. The target for combined recycling and recovery rates for the Plan Area of 67% has been met well in advance with a combined recycling and recovery rate of 79% being achieved in 2011/12.
Progress towards objective: Positive
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6.41 The purpose of this objective is for the Plan Area to aim for self-sufficiency in waste management. The granting of planning permissions for, and subsequent development of, new waste management capacity in East Sussex helps ensure East Sussex can manage its own waste. The amount of additional capacity that was permitted during the monitoring period is detailed in Table 6, above.
6.42 Approximately 263,000 tonnes of MSW and C&I waste were exported for land disposal at facilities outside of the Plan Area during 2011, (175,000 tonnes of waste was sent to landfill inside the Plan Area). The amount of MSW being sent to landfill fell at the end of 2011 due to the Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility becoming fully operational. This is an improvement on 2010 when approximately 300,000 tonnes were sent for land disposal outside the Plan Area.
Progress towards objective: Positive
Objective E – Minimising Road Traffic
6.43 In 2011/12, Newhaven port continued to be used for the export of a significant quantity of scrap metal from East Sussex by sea. The increase in waste management capacity in East Sussex in 2011/12 will help reduce the need for waste to be transported out of the County by road.
6.44 Planning consent has been granted for development which is now operational that will allow bottom ash produced by the Newhaven ERF to be removed by rail, significantly reducing HGV movements at the site.
6.45 Furthermore, the development of additional transfer capacity enables bulking of wastes and therefore reduces the number of vehicle movements involved in its transportation.
Progress towards objective: Positive
Objective F – Protecting the Environment and Communities
6.46 Increases to the permitted waste management capacity within East Sussex will help reduce the potential for waste management at unauthorised sites which can cause harm to the environment and communities. The enforcement caseload of the County Council has remained relatively low, with 16 cases outstanding at the end of the first quarter of 2012.
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Waste Key Findings
The household waste recycling/composting rate for East Sussex and Brighton & Hove is 34%, and the total recovery rate (i.e. diversion from landfill) for municipal waste is 79%. 2015/16 targets for both in the Waste Local Plan have been met. For the first time landfill no longer accounts for the largest proportion of the management method for municipal waste. There is only one land disposal site remaining within East Sussex and Brighton & Hove. This is located at Pebsham, and is expected to reach capacity during 2013. This lack of capacity has led to residual waste being exported from East Sussex for landfilling elsewhere. Municipal waste arisings for 2011/12 for the Plan Area are 359,991, a 1.6% decrease from the previous year. No new estimates of C&I and CDEW were established. The Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility is fully operational and provides 210,000 tpa of recovery capacity. Construction of a new waste water treatment works at Peacehaven to achieve improved levels of treatment in the Brighton & Hove/Peacehaven catchment area is continuing, with full operation due in 2013. The enforcement caseload for the County has remained at an historic low, with 16 cases outstanding at the end of the third quarter of 2012. 52 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12
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Minerals in East Sussex
7.1 The principal mineral deposits in East Sussex are aggregates (sand and gravel), clay, gypsum and chalk.
Gravel deposits are confined to the coastal areas and river valleys Clay is worked largely in the clay vale of the Low Weald. The South Downs National Park comprises an extensive area of chalk and some soft sand deposits. The largest deposit of gypsum in the United Kingdom is situated at Brightling/Robertsbridge.
7.2 A full list of minerals workings operational in East Sussex in 2011/2012 is provided in Appendix H.
7.3 Ongoing mineral production is assessed through consideration of planning applications, continued monitoring of sites and the production of yearly Aggregates Monitoring Reports. Each of the Mineral Planning Authorities in England and Wales collates data from minerals sites and submits the results to the Department of Communities and Local Government, through the relevant Aggregate Working Party. Every four years the survey includes information on the destination of materials.
7.4 Mineral planning permissions are subject to periodic review either through Interim Development Order (IDO) process set out in the Planning and Compensation Act 1991, or through reviews of permissions granted after 1948 under the Environment Act 1995. The reviews provide for an opportunity to update conditions to provide additional environmental protection in regard to working arrangements and restoration proposals. The procedure for reviews may be updated in Growth and Infrastructure Bill 2012-2013. A list of permissions and the relevant review dates are included in Appendix K.
Assessing Performance of Minerals Policies
7.5 Indicators set previously by the County Council to monitor particular policies and activities in East Sussex. These were as follows:
Indicator M1- Production of Primary land won aggregates Indicator M2 - Production of secondary and recycled aggregates Local Indicator A - the use of alternatives to land won aggregates, including marine dredged sand and gravel. This takes account of the major contribution to the construction industry made by imports, particularly of marine dredged sand and gravel and crushed rock, delivered to existing wharves in East Sussex(aggregate wharves within Shoreham Harbour are within West Sussex). Local Indicator B - the extraction of, and employment in, Non-Aggregate Minerals is also monitored. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 53
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7.6 The indicators for minerals and waste are indicated below and set out in Appendix E. The tables include the related policy objective, the target and the actual output achieved (where this is possible).The tables will be used to guide future monitoring.
The Local Aggregate Assessment
7.7 The new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states that mineral planning authorities should plan for a steady and adequate supply of aggregates by preparing a Local Aggregate Assessment (LAA) based on a rolling average of 10 years sales data and other relevant local information, including an assessment of all supply options including marine dredged, secondary and recycled sources. Recent government document "Guidance on the Managed Aggregate Supply System" published in October 2012 states that LAAs should be included in AMRs. Much of the information required in a LAA is set out in this section of the AMR. However, some of the LAA requirements are difficult to report as there are limited sites producing material in the Plan Area and therefore most production data is covered by confidentiality agreements.
7.8 The structure of the Aggregates data within this chapter mirrors the structure set out within the Government's Guidance on the Managed Aggregate Supply System (MASS)(October 2012):
Recycled and Secondary Aggregates Marine Sources Imports into and Exports out of the Plan Area Land-won Resources
7.9 Minerals Sites identified for safeguarding within the Minerals Local Plan (2009) are 'saved' until replaced by policies within the Waste and Minerals Sites Plan.
7.10 The NPPF states that the LAA should be prepared based on rolling 10 years sales data. This is problematic for the Plan Area as set out above, however the Authorities intend to build on the information currently collected and set it in context of the adjacent Mineral Planning Authority Areas to provide a full picture within the LAA. This will link to the work on the Duty to Cooperate, set out in Section 5 of the WMMR.
7.11 In addition the Guidance on LAA expects:
Aggregate Supply and Demand; Total Aggregate Supply; Future Aggregate Supply and Demand; Implications for Local Approach; and Safeguarded Sites.
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7.13 The information we currently collect is set out under the headings for the LAA set out within the MASS Guidance, linking to the Indicators reported on in past AMR.
Recycled Aggregates and Secondary Aggregates (24)
7.14 National policy(25)is to increase the use of secondary and recycled aggregates as an alternative to reducing reserves of primary aggregates and this is reflected in Minerals Local Plan Policy 14 and Waste and Minerals Plan Policy 4. Recycled aggregate is mainly derived from construction and demolition waste but can include other materials such as waste tyres and glass.
7.15 The national survey (of the arisings and use of construction, demolition and excavation waste as aggregate in England 2007) provides figures for the whole region however the response to the survey was too low to provide a county level figure.
7.16 Background work undertaken to support the production of the Waste and Minerals Plan indicates around 310,000 tpa of secondary and recycled aggregate are produced per annum.
7.17 Appendix G contains a list of existing secondary/recycled aggregate facilities in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove. These facilities have a total potential capacity of 630,000 tonnes per annum.
Marine Sources (26)
7.18 A significant proportion of local consumption is derived from either marine dredged material, crushed rock or land won aggregates extracted from outside the Plan Area. The lack of a comprehensive land won resource in the County means that there is an expectation that marine dredged material will continue to be a major source for construction use in East Sussex.
7.19 There are three Ports within the Plan Area. The Ports of Shoreham (partial), Newhaven and Rye:
Table 8 Active Wharves in the Plan Area
Port No. of Wharves Active in monitoring period
Shoreham 3 1
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Port No. of Wharves Active in monitoring period
Newhaven 5 1
Rye 2 1
7.20 The NPPF seeks to safeguard wharf and rail facilities for the handling and distribution of imported materials and processed materials and this is reflected in Minerals Local Plan Policies 9 to 13 and will be considered as parts of WMP Policy 14 and 17.
7.21 Table 9 below details figures from South East Regional reporting for landings of marine dredged sand and gravel for Rye and Newhaven ports. Due to the confidential nature of certain information and the poor response to surveys, information for 2011 is unavailable. Data for marine dredged imports in 2009, and crushed rock imports for 2006, has been updated using better information but may not be fully reliable. Figures from 2010 are estimated from regional data. Using information from other sources than surveys can also give a useful picture of overall trends. For example, data from the Crown Estate indicates that marine dredged imports went up between 2009 and 2010, but were down in 2011 at both Newhaven and Rye Ports. According to the Newhaven Port Masterplan (2012) crushed rock imports decreased between 2008 and 2010 at Newhaven Port.
7.22 Fluctuations in the figures can be partly accounted for by specific large scale projects in the Plan Area. For example, the figure for 2001 is markedly higher than for other years because of the main construction phase of the A27 Polegate by-pass. The County Council will endeavour to obtain accurate and useful data during the next monitoring period, to give a more comprehensive account of imports into the Plan area.
Table 9 Aggregate Imports and Marine Dredged Material Landed at East Sussex Ports 2000-2011 / 000 tonnes
(1) (2) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 (4) (3) 2011
Sand and 346 430 350 323 302 229 202 217 205 106 155 c Gravel
Crushed 164 37 176 176 176 93 117 181 145 145 129 c Rock
Total 510 467 526 499 478 322 319 398 350 249 284 c
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Figure 18 Aggregate Imports and Marine-Dredged Material
7.24 There are three wharves located at Shoreham Harbour that fall within the Brighton & Hove boundary. Historically, Shoreham Harbour data has been collected by West Sussex County Council, as the majority of the Port lies within West Sussex. The AMR is unable to publish landings figures just for the Brighton & Hove wharves due to the commercial sensitivity of releasing figures for one active wharf. However, regional information published by the The Crown Estate indicates that the amount of marine dredged material imported into Shoreham Port as a whole has increased between 2009 and 2011.
7.25 Substantial deposits of sand and gravel exist on the seabed of the Eastern Channel. Seven of the eight licences for the off-shore seabed area in the East Channel Region received a ‘Positive Government View’. Dredging activity in these areas began in Autumn 2006, however the activity has been limited due to market conditions (27).
7.26 Dredged material from the Eastern Channel is often destined for wharves on the River Thames, although around 60% is landed on the South Coast. This is likely to be mainly at ports larger than those found in the Plan Area.
7.27 Evidence gathered during the preparation of the Waste and Minerals Plan indicates that almost all aggregates imported into Newhaven Port are used within the Plan Area. Over half of the material imported at Rye is used for the East Sussex market. In 2011 over 60% of sand and gravel received on the Brighton & Hove side of Shoreham Port was used within the Plan Area. Mineral wharves located within West Sussex at Shoreham Port also serve markets in the Plan area.
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Imports into and Exports out of the Plan Area (28)
7.28 The Authorities do not currently hold any additional data relating to aggregate imports. This is likely to be more prevalent along the northern boundary of the Plan Area. It is likely material is imported by road. The Authorities will develop further indicators to allow assessment of this in the future. Indicators will also be related to the SA baseline monitoring of transport impacts of the Waste and Minerals Plan.
Land-won Resources (29)
7.29 In 2009 the previous Government published the final version of the revised National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregates Provision for the period 2005 to 2020. Although the Coalition Government intends to abolish the South East Plan it has recommended that Mineral Planning Authorities in the South East use the figures from the consultation by the Secretary of State on Review of South East Plan Policy M3, published in 2010 as a starting point for provision.
7.30 The Report of the Panel that reviewed Policy M3, recognised that the Plan area is a special case as there is limited resource in East Sussex by regional standards. Actual production figures are bound by confidentiality constraints, caused by particular commercial sensitivities which exist when there are only a small number of operators in place.
7.31 The proposed Review of Policy M3 of the South East Plan requires East Sussex County Council to plan to maintain a landbank of at least seven years of land won extraction of sand and gravel, which is sufficient to deliver 100,000 tonnes per annum up to 2026.
7.32 The extant Minerals Local Plan was prepared on the basis of the previous sub regional apportionment of 300,000 tonnes per annum for the period 1996-2006 and also requires the maintenance of a seven year land bank.
7.33 The area of permitted reserves at Novington Sandpit (Plumpton Lane, Plumpton) is sufficient to meet the required apportionment under Proposed Changes to Policy M3 of the South East Plan in the short to medium Plan period.
7.34 Permitted reserves north-east of Camber will contribute towards the apportionment figure within the lifetime of the Waste and Minerals Plan. Issues related to the proposed Ramsar and SPA extension at Dungeness to Pett Level will be considered by the Mineral Planning Authority.
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7.35 Full details of the requirement for aggregate reserves for the period up to 2026 are included in Appendix F.
Other Minerals
The South East Plan and Minerals Local Plan Policies for Non-Aggregate Minerals
7.36 The NPPF and Policy M4 of the South East Plan require Minerals Planning Authorities to plan for a permitted reserve of clay for brick and tile manufacture to last at least 25 years at current production rates; for small scale manufacture the South East Plan suggests a long term landbank of a lesser period than 25 years maybe appropriate.
7.37 Policy 15 of the Minerals Local Plan supports the retention and development of existing clay working and clay product manufacturing activities. There are additional policies on new, re-developed and permitted sites as well as the clay quarry at Ashdown Brickworks, Bexhill.
7.38 There is little demand for chalk in the county and chalk resources will not continue to be safeguarded by policies in the Waste and Minerals Plan.
7.39 There is a regional requirement for Kent and Medway to maintain chalk reserves for cement production, but no requirement for East Sussex as there are no cement producers in the County
7.40 East Sussex is the only County in the South East to produce gypsum commercially and Policy 26 of the Minerals Local Plan supports the continuation of gypsum mining at Mountfield and Brightling.
7.41 The Authorities plan to maintain a permitted reserve of gypsum sufficient to last at least 20 years at current production rates as the Robertsbridge works are identified as having national importance within the South East Plan.
7.42 There is no commercial production of hydrocarbons in East Sussex, but several licences exist which allow exploratory research (subject to the necessary planning permission) by hydrocarbons operators. The 14th round of licensing will commence once the Department for Energy and Climate Change reviews the responses to the consultation on the Strategic Environmental Assessment it undertook in 2009/2010.
7.43 The policies in the emerging draft Waste and Minerals Plan maintain the principle of safeguarding these resources -except for chalk- to ensure supply through the plan period. These policies will be monitored in the AMR as and when the Plan is adopted.
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7.44 In the context of production in East Sussex, the term ‘non-aggregate minerals’ refers to chalk, clay, gypsum and hydrocarbons (oil and gas production). Further detail can be found in the Minerals Local Plan and background evidence for the Waste and Minerals Development Plan.
7.45 Figure 19 below shows employment in the non-aggregate minerals industry in East Sussex has more than doubled between 2005 and 2009. (30)
Figure 19 Employment in Non-Aggregate Mineral Operations in East Sussex 2005-2010
Clay
7.46 There are six operational clay sites within East Sussex. Figures for clay production fluctuate as material is stockpiled for working over many months.
7.47 East Sussex has collected information on specific sites since 2005, but this is not available for publishing due to commercial sensitivities. Data for Figures 19 and 20 was collated by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) until 2009 but the way information was collected changed over the years making it difficult to make direct year on year comparisons.
7.48 The ONS figures show a decline of around 8% year on year across the region and this has been used to estimate figures for East Sussex in 2008 and 2009. From permissions granted over the last two years there is now evidence that clay reserves have increased and employment has stabilised as producers are starting to diversify to provide different specialist products.
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Figure 20 Clay Extraction 2004-2010*
7.49 Figure 20 shows that the production of clay remained relatively stable since 2005, following a drop of over 20,000 tonnes from 2004(31). Figure 21 below shows the decline in the consumption of clay between 2004 and 2009. The continued decline estimated for 2009 is taken from regional data.(32). Local evidence suggests that clay production in East Sussex is stable.
7.50 The Authorities will conduct a survey of clay operators in 2013.
Figure 21 Consumption of clay 2005-2009
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Chalk
7.51 Historic chalk workings in East Sussex included extraction for cement works. The cement industry declined during the 1960’s and 1970’s, with the last cement plant closing in 1975. Tarring Neville near Newhaven which produced small quantities of chalk for specialised use was the last active chalk site in the County. There are now no operational chalk quarries in East Sussex (and the South Downs) and no planning applications have been made for the last few years.
7.52 There are no chalk sites in Brighton & Hove. Chalk is imported from West Sussex for use in small amounts for ongoing agricultural use and has been used in major road construction works (e.g. the A27 at Beddingham). The table below shows the status of chalk sites with historic production.
Table 10 Status of sites with current or historic chalk production
Site Reserves Comments
Tarring Neville 80 years at past production Production has now ceased. rates
Balcombe Pit No reserves remain Site fully restored
Filching Quarry Some reserves remain Planning permission for the site has now lapsed (33)
Meeching Quarry No further working unless Not been worked for some years. schemes submitted and Poor access and amenity issues. approved by the MPA Land allocated in Lewes Local Plan for residential development
Beddingham Any remaining chalk is for In the past chalk was extracted as Landfill Site the restoration of the part of the landfill engineering closed landfill and some was exported for use off site
Gypsum
7.53 The Brightling mine has a capacity to excavate some 1 million tonnes of gypsum per annum; however at present the mine is not worked to its full potential. Production in 2009 was thought to be at 2001 levels (around 150,000tpa). In the past the material has been mainly exported from the site by road and used as an essential additive in the manufacture of Portland cement.
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7.54 Plasterboard and related products are manufactured at Robertsbridge using imported natural gypsum imported from countries abroad and Desulphogypsum (DSG) from power stations in other areas in the UK. Typically, over 0.3 million tonnes of gypsum are imported to the site by rail.
7.55 In 2003 British Gypsum completed expansion of the manufacturing capacity at the Works by some 30% to meet rising demand for gypsum building products in the south of England.
7.56 British Gypsum estimate that there are between 15 and 20 million tonnes of gypsum remaining on site which, at current rates of consumption, allows sufficient reserves within the mine for at least 20 years of production. It is proposed that continued production will be supported in polices contained within the emerging Waste and Minerals Plan.
7.57 The Gypsum facility at Robertsbridge has sufficient resource to maintain production of gypsum products without expansion, although material is also imported to the site. In January 2012 a planning permission was granted for a strategic DSG storage area and associated development for a period of 10 years at the site. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 63
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Key Findings - Minerals
Provision is made for the production of all minerals exploited commercially in East Sussex to support the local, regional and national economies, where the environmental implications are acceptable.
Secondary and Recycled Aggregates
Evidence produced for the Waste and Minerals Submission Plan confirmed the estimated levels of production set out in previous AMR. A list of sites identified in this process can be found in Appendix G.
Aggregate Imports and Marine Dredged Material
Imports of marine dredged aggregate dropped 8% between 2005 and 2006.There was a sharp upturn in 2007. There is a lack of local information for 2008 to 2011, however the Crown Estate reported that marine dredged imports went up between 2009 and 2010, but were down in 2011 at both Newhaven and Rye Ports. Crushed rock imports decreased between 2008 and 2010 at Newhaven Port. Marine dredged imports into Shoreham Port as a whole increased between 2009 and 2011. Measures to safeguard facilities dealing with aggregate imports are included in the adopted Minerals Local Plan and will be taken forward through the Waste and Minerals Plan, and Waste and Minerals Sites Plan.
Land Won Aggregates
The proposed sub-regional apportionment for East Sussex and Brighton & Hove is 100,000 tonnes per annum This can be met through the current landbank The Waste and Minerals Plan seeks to maintain the provision to meet the sub regional apportionment, subject to local environmental testing. The Waste and Minerals Plan does not provide for a separate soft sand apportionment and the South Downs National Park Authority are commissioning research into the soft sand resource available across the whole National Park Area Appendix F details current and future sand & gravel reserve figures although some confidential data is not reported.
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Brick makers in East Sussex are diversifying their products to provide more small scale, specialised services.
Chalk
Most of the resource is within the South Downs National Park. During the monitoring period there was no active chalk extraction. There are no market or policy drivers that indicate this will change in the immediate future.
Clay
The background evidence for the draft Waste and Minerals Plan and information submitted for Reviews of Mineral Permissions in 2010 suggest that there are more clay reserves than previously thought at existing operational sites. Although some clay sites in neighbouring counties have been 'mothballed', sites in East Sussex are currently working to meet demands in the general market, and diversifying to provide more specialist services. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 65
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Current Monitoring Issues
8.1 There continues to be a lack of information for monitoring implementation in certain areas of the strategy and policies in the Waste Local Plan and Minerals Local Plan.
8.2 With regard to minerals, producers are not compelled to provide information on production, reserves and future plans. Due to the small number of producers in the Plan Area, the Authorities, where requested, need to guarantee that any information received will remain confidential to protect commercial interests.
8.3 Obtaining an accurate record of non-municipal waste arisings is also difficult. However, work has been undertaken to establish more accurate data for the C&I and C&D waste streams. The results have been reported in Chapter 5, but maintaining data accuracy remains a challenge, as described below.
8.4 Some information on waste movements is provided from ‘waste returns’ submitted by the waste industry (i.e. the operators of permitted waste facilities) to the Environment Agency. It is often difficult to pinpoint the origin of waste, which may be recorded several times as it passes through different waste facilities for bulking and/or sorting before it is finally recorded as being recovered or disposed of and this can lead to double counting. In an attempt to alleviate this problem, the Environment Agency is piloting a new 'Electronic Duty of Care' system from January 2011 to December 2014 which tracks waste movements digitally(34). It is hoped that in time this will enable much more accurate monitoring of non-municipal waste arisings and treatment methods. In addition, some waste is managed at sites where operators are exempt from the need to provide waste data.
8.5 Capacity figures for new waste facilities are recorded as new planning permissions are granted. However, where data is not submitted as part of a planning application, it may be necessary to request information. In any event, the issue of how to monitor increases in capacity resulting from new facilities or operational changes that do not require a separate planning permission, remains.
Future Monitoring
8.6 Appendix E sets out the Council's intention to monitor the policies that will form the Waste and Minerals Plan.
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Figure 22 Waste and Minerals Local Plan Structure (Novemer 2012) rgam o h at n Minerals and Waste the for Programme Appendix B: Programme for the Waste and Minerals Development Scheme
Table 11 Programme for the Minerals and Waste Development Scheme (July 2011)
Document Status Summary Chain of Conformity Consultation Publication of Date for Public Proposed date for on draft proposed submission to examination adoption Waste & submission SoS period Minerals Plandocument Waste and DPD Sets out the vision, objectives and strategy forGeneral conformity with theOctober - February - June 2012 October 2012 January 2013 Minerals Plan sustainable waste development and minerals South East Plan and nationalDecember March 2012
production in the area, and will provide the PPSs. 2011 Scheme Development policy framework for development control. Minerals Sites DPD Sets out the existing sites and commitments General conformity with theSpring 2014 Summer 2015 Late 2015 Spring 2016 Summer 2016 Development and any new site allocations for minerals South East Plan. Plan Document development Sites DPD will be in conformity with Waste & Minerals Plan
Minerals DPD Shows on a geographical basis the application In conformity with Waste & N/a Summer 2015 Late 2015 Spring 2016 Summer 2016 2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Proposals Map of the policies in the Minerals Development PlanMinerals Plan Document Waste Sites DPD Sets out the existing sites and commitments General conformity with theN/a Summer 2015 Late 2015 Spring 2016 Summer 2016 Development and any new site allocations for waste South East Plan. Plan Document development not covered in the Core Strategy Sites DPD will be in conformity with Waste & Minerals Plan
Waste Sites DPD Shows on a geographical basis the application In conformity with the WasteN/a Summer 2015 Late 2015 Spring 2016 Summer 2016 Proposals Map of the policies in the Waste Sites Development& Minerals Plan Plan Document B 67 68 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 CMunicipal and Household Waste Arisings in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove Appendix C: Municipal and Household Waste Arisings in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove
Table 12 Municipal Waste Arisings in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove (tonnes)
Authority 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 Recycled B&H 25,796 27,316 27,070 25,447 25,051 32,706 ES 47,854 53,792 53,393 52,546 52,793 50,579 Reused B&H 2,900 2,644 2,628 1,752 1,091 1,647 ES 8,076 7,542 7,086 6,906 5,848 5,652 Composted B&H 3,753 3,857 3,889 4,312 3,582 3,801 ES 27,439 29,454 33,138 37,028 40,358 44,479 Energy B&H 2,609 12,037 22,668 30,240 41,562 51,944 Recovery ES 5,687 25,937 51,138 65,958 48,355 103,560 Disposal to B&H 78,507 66,456 52,350 47,444 35,611 22,673 Land ES 187,943 152,480 117,785 95,111 111,488 51,950 Total B&H 113,564 112,310 108,605 109,195 106,897 103,771 Waste ES 276,999 269,305 262,540 257,549 258,843 256,220 Arisings
Table 13 Municipal Waste Arisings in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove (%)
Authority 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 Recycled B&H 23 24 25 23 23 23 ES 17 20 20 20 20 20 Reused B&H 3 2 2 2 1 2 ES 3 3 3 3 2 2 Composted B&H 3 3 4 4 3 4 ES 10 11 13 14 16 17 Energy B&H 2 11 21 28 39 50 Recovery ES 2 10 19 26 19 40 Disposal to B&H 69 59 48 43 33 22 Land ES 68 57 45 37 43 20 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 69 Municipal and Household Waste Arisings in East Sussex and Brighton & HoveC Table 14 Household Waste Arisings in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove (tonnes)
Authority 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 Recycled B&H 25,796 27,316 27,070 25,447 25,051 23,706 ES 47,854 53,792 53,393 51,452 51,689 49,541 Reused B&H N/a N/a N/a N/a 286 901 ES N/a N/a N/a N/a 1,194 1,210 Composted B&H 3,753 3,857 3,889 4,312 3,582 3,801 ES 27,439 29,454 33,138 36,698 39,960 44,055 Energy B&H 2,609 12,037 22,668 30,240 41,562 51,944 Recovery ES 5,687 25,937 51,138 65,958 48,355 101,727 Disposal to B&H 78,474 66,378 52,325 46,470 34,110 20,991 Land ES 179,405 144,223 109,110 87,637 102,800 44,506 Total B&H 110,632 109,587 105,952 106,470 104,592 101,342 ES 260,385 253,406 246,779 241,744 243,998 241,040
Table 15 Household Waste Arisings in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove (%)
Authority 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 Recycled B&H 23 25 26 24 24 23 ES 18 21 22 21 21 21 Reused B&H N/a N/a N/a N/a 0.3 1 ES N/a N/a N/a N/a 0.5 1 Composted B&H 3 4 4 4 3 4 ES 11 12 13 15 16 18 Energy B&H 2 11 21 28 40 51 Recovery ES 2 10 21 27 20 42 Disposal to B&H 71 61 49 44 33 21 Land ES 69 57 44 36 42 18 70 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 DOther Targets for the Management of MSW Appendix D: Other Targets for the Management of MSW
D.1 European and national policies require increases in the proportion of waste from which we recover value through recycling, composting and recovery of energy and that the proportion of waste sent to landfill decreases.
D.2 Strategic sites for waste recycling and recovery facilities have been identified in the Waste Local Plan to help enable the development of waste treatment capacity that will enable achievement of these targets. The targets are being reviewed during the current preparation of the Waste and Minerals Plan in light of the targets and apportionment figures in the South East Plan, Waste Strategy 2007 and other emerging guidance and evidence.
D.3 The targets proposed in the Proposed Submission Waste & Minerals Plan (PSWMP)(Summer 2012) set out in Table 16 below.
D.4 Tables 16 and 17 show current (including Waste Local Plan) and emerging targets (in the draft Waste & Minerals Plan (October 2011)).
Table 16 Comparison of MSW Recycling and Composting Targets
Year Waste ESCC MWMS BHCC South Waste PSWMP Local MWMS East Strategy Plan Plan 2007 2010/11 31.4% "Minimum 30% - 40% 40% - recycling of household waste by 2008/09, aiming for 33% by 2010" 2015/16 38% "Minimum 33% 40% 50% 45% 45% recycling of household waste by 2015/16, aiming for 40%" 2020/21 - 33% 45% 55% 50% 50% 2025/26 - 33% - 60% - 55% Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 71 Other Targets for the Management of MSWD
Table 17 Comparison of MSW Recovery
Year Waste Local ESCC B&HCC Waste PSWMP Plan Municipal MWMS Strategy Waste 2007 Management Strategy 2010/11 50% 50% - 53% - 2015/16 67% 67% 95% 67% 98% 2020/21 - - 98% 75% 98% 2025/26 - - - - 98% 72 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Objectives E
Appendix E: Summary of Indicators and Local Objectives Local and Indicators of Summary
Table 18 Summary of Waste and Minerals Indicators
Indicator Policy Objective (from Minerals Local Plan Actual Output 2011/12 Future Action/Comments and Waste Local Plan)
M1 Production of primary Requirements of Policy M3 of RPG9 (W&M) Confidential There are very low levels of viable resources for land-won aggregates are reflected in Policy 2d of the Minerals land won aggregates in the Plan area. There are Local Plan which identifies that a landbank relatively few sites in production. of reserves of sand and gravel with planning permission, throughout and at the end of the Plan period sufficient for at least seven years extraction.
M2 Production of The requirements of Policy M1 & M2 in RPG9 No figures available. The best Revised estimate derived in 2010/11 AMR. secondary/recycled (W&M) are reflected in Minerals Local Plan estimate is 310,000 tonnes for Information on the production and use of aggregates Policy 14 which encourages the re-use of East Sussex and Brighton & Hove. secondary and recycled materials is limited. mineral, construction and demolition wastes There is no formal requirement for figures to be and the development of facilities for the given to the authority. Further analysis and recovery of secondary aggregates in surveys may be necessary. Discussion with appropriate locations. Environment Agency required.
W1 Capacity of new waste No specific policy on capacity figures for New Capacity: This AMR includes estimates of site capacities management facilities by waste management sites. Policy W7 in the (see Appendix I). It also records capacity figures type: South East Plan advocates the need for 4,650 tpa Recycling and for each planning application that is permitted ensuring that there are sufficient facilities Composting in the monitoring period. in suitable locations to meet the waste management requirements of East Sussex and 25,200 tpa Construction Brighton & Hove. Support is also given in Demolition and Excavation Waste Policy W11 for the provision of recycling and Recycling transfer facilities for the processing and storage of construction industry waste which 116,350 tpa Transfer could be used for purposes elsewhere. Indicator Policy Objective (from Minerals Local Plan Actual Output 2011/12 Future Action/Comments and Waste Local Plan)
W2 Amount of municipal Policy WLP1 provides targets as follows: Recycling/composting rate of 35% Waste Local Plan targets for 2010/11 achieved.
waste arising, and managed achieved for East Sussex and Further improvements required to achieve more Local and Indicators of Summary by management type, and - recycling 30% of household waste and Brighton & Hove for household challenging targets for 2015/16. the percentage each recovering 40% of municipal waste by 2005 waste. management type Higher targets are proposed in the draft Waste represents of the waste - recycling 33% of household waste and Recovery of municipal waste for and Minerals Plan. managed. recovering 50% of municipal waste by 2010 East Sussex and Brighton & Hove was 60%. - recycling 40% of household waste and recovering 67% of municipal waste by 2015
South East Plan Policy W6 encourages a wider range of recycling facilities to serve the whole plan area. Policy W5 supports a progressive reduction in the amount of land allocated for landfilling. Policy W6 supports proposals to increase the proportion of household, commercial and other industrial waste that is re-used or recycled. at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste
Table 19 Summary of Local Indicators Objectives
Local Indicator Policy Objective Actual Output 2011/12 Future Action/Comments
A Aggregate Policy M2 in the South East Plan seeks to support and No figures available for the monitoring Marine dredged aggregates are the imports and encourage the import trade in marine-dredged material and period. Figures for 1999-2008 shows a main alternative to land won marine dredged crushed rock aggregates. Policy 9 in the Minerals Local Plan recovery in imports of aggregates and aggregates in supplying regional material supports the retention and further development of facilities stable figures for imports of crushed rock needs. ESCC and BHCC rely on for dealing with sea-borne imported aggregates at North aggregate. marine dredged aggregates to meet Quay Newhaven and Policy 10 encourages the use of rail much of their construction transport to distribute aggregates from Newhaven. Policy requirements.
11 supports the retention of existing facilities at Rye and E 73 74 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Local Indicator Policy Objective Actual Output 2011/12 Future Action/Comments Objectives E umr fIdctr n Local and Indicators of Summary Policy 12 similarly supports Mountfield Roadstone plant. Policy 13 supports the development of rail depots.
B Extraction of The requirements of Policy M4 in RPG9 (W&M)are reflected Extraction and consumption of clay have Continued Monitoring (and employment in Policy 15 of the Minerals Local Plan supporting the dipped but are relatively stable over the in) non-aggregate retention and development of existing clay working and clay longer term. Clay – no figures for 2003 but minerals product manufacturing activities. Policy M4 in RPG9 (W&M) thereafter to 2010 is available. and Policy 26 of the Minerals Local Plan support the Typical output from the Gypsum mine is continuation of gypsum mining at Mountfield and Brightling. 100,000 tonnes per annum.15-20 million Oil and gas (hydrocarbons) are not tonnes of gypsum remaining on site extracted as commercial minerals Policy M4 in the South East Plan has the same emphasis as which allow sufficient reserves within in East Sussex. the policy in RPG9. the mine for at least 20 years of production. No data for chalk. Policy 20 of the Minerals Local Plan identify that the continuing need for chalk should be met from existing There are currently no operational chalk workings at Beddingham, Glynde and Tarring Neville. quarry in East Sussex
E.1 The following table summarises the proposed delivery mechanisms and indicators for the Waste and Minerals Core Strategy as set out in the Proposed Submission Waste and Minerals Plan.
Delivery Target (how much, Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where)
WMP1 - Minerals and waste ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Planning authorities All proposals for new waste or High quality design development affecting the South Downs supporting the SDNPA to minerals development to have of development National Park determine planning regard for the purposes of the relating to waste or applications SDNP designation. minerals developments. Waste industry No significant increase in the extent of waste management or Capacity of existing Minerals industry minerals production in the SDNP. and new waste management or Delivery Target (how much, Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where)
Natural England minerals production
facilities in the Local and Indicators of Summary SDNP.
WMP2a - Promoting waste prevention, ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA District/Borough councils Within two years of adoption of Data on MSW and re-use and waste awareness this Plan, commence background C&I waste growth, Preparation of appropriate action Waste operators work to inform the preparation and total waste plans for waste awareness and of strategies or action plan. volumes. prevention strategies, including Waste Collection Municipal Waste Management Authorities Reduced growth in waste arisings Strategies or action Strategies and possible Commercial and total waste volumes. plans produced, and Industrial waste strategies. Waste Disposal Authorities and formally Increased number of non-waste recognised by the Work with local planning authorities Businesses (waste developments in the Plan Area Authorities. to encourage non-waste producers) which directly involve or support developments to take place in a the preparation of materials for Data about local manner which prevents waste. Community groups or re-use, or which use materials businesses involved other organisations or energy derived from waste. in preparing
involved in waste materials for re-use 2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste prevention or sustainable or manufacturing resource use. using materials derived from Objectives waste.
WMP2b - Turning waste into a resource ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste industry 100% development proposals to Annual monitoring contribute to movement up the report data about Clear explanation from developers waste hierarchy for waste capacity for about how proposed facility arising, and waste being recycling and supports movement up the waste managed, within the Plan Area. recovery in the hierarchy. Plan Area. E 75 76 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Delivery Target (how much, Objectives E Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where) Local and Indicators of Summary
Development of capacity allowing Meet or exceed the recycling and Data on amount of management of waste further up recovery targets for MSW, C&I, waste being the waste hierarchy. and CDEW waste identified in diverted from policy WMP 2b, resulting in landfill. increased percentages of waste being recycled, and generally diverted away from land disposal.
Consider preparing further guidance for developers about how to demonstrate compliance with this policy.
WMP2c - Production of energy from ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste industry 100% development involving Data about energy waste combustion of waste, or of fuel generated (MW) Development of energy recovery Environment Agency produced from waste, will from waste, or fuel facilities only where there is include efficient energy produced from efficient energy capture including District/Borough Councils recovery, and will contribute waste, from recovery of heat and power for local positively towards meeting UK facilities within the use where possible. targets for obtaining energy from Plan Area. Also the renewable, decentralised, or low split between Provision of further guidance for carbon sources. energy uploaded to developers to be provided by the the national grid Authorities. 100% of such proposals will and energy used investigate benefits for local onsite or locally. communities or businesses in terms of supply of local heat and Data about power. capacity of facilities to recover energy from waste, within the Plan Area. Delivery Target (how much, Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where)
Data about
proposals for using Local and Indicators of Summary heat from waste facilties, eg district heating schemes.
WMP2d - Minimising and managing ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA, Development industry - All developments (including Data on quantity of waste during construction, demolition District/Borough Councils including architects, non-waste/minerals CDEW being and excavation project funders, and development) requiring planning disposed of to Monitor content of Site Waste contractors. permission will take into account landfill and being Management Plans (SWMPs), and the waste hierarchy during recycled through Site Waste Minimisation Statements construction and demolition permitted waste (SWMSs) for all developments activities. sites. requiring planning permission (not just those that involve managing Number of SWMPs waste or minerals). and SWMSs being submitted to local planning
authorities. 2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste
WMP2e - Waste management in new ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA, Development industry - The layout and design of all new Data about number Objectives development District/Borough Councils including architects, development, particularly of bring banks and project funders, non-waste/minerals small-scale Clear explanation from developers contractors. development, will facilitate community about how the layout and design of separation of household and composting sites proposals takes into account the Waste Collection business waste for recycling, and within the Plan need for occupiers of the Authorities for collection by the WCA or Area. development (households or industry as applicable. businesses) to separate waste for Waste industry that Feedback from recycling. collect waste from WCAs and industry businesses about access for
waste collection in E 77 78 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Delivery Target (how much, Objectives E Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where) Local and Indicators of Summary
development proposals or new developments.
WMP3 - Sustainable provision and use ESCC , BHCC, SDNPA Minerals industry Reduced amount of primary Data about of minerals in the Plan Area minerals used, and proportional land-won minerals Identification, and where Environment Agency increase in use of secondary or extracted in the appropriate allocation, of locations recycled materials. Plan Area or landed for mineral production, processing Landowners at ports within the of secondary minerals, and for Sufficient primary and secondary Plan Area. recycling of mineral resources. aggregates produced over plan period Data about C&D waste being recycled at permitted waste sites.
WMP4 - Provision of built waste ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste industry Provide sufficient capacity for Data about the facilities to ensure net self-sufficiency recycling and recovery to amount of recycling Development of net additional Environment Agency support movement up the waste and recovery recycling and recovery capacity hierarchy. capacity in the Plan within the Plan Area. Landowners Area, and waste Review yearly the indicative arising within the Indicative capacities will be permitted capacities for Plan Area needing regularly reviewed to minimise risks recycling/composting and to be managed. of under-provision and to avoid any publish via the Annual Monitoring adverse effect of over-provision. Report.
Site Allocations Document will Work on a Site Allocations further help guide development of document will commence within capacity. Until this is adopted, 12 months of adoption of the Plan. Delivery Target (how much, Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where)
allocations for built facilities in the
Waste Local Plan (policies WLP7 and Local and Indicators of Summary WLP8) will be saved.
WMP5 - Safeguarding waste sites ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA, Waste industry Maintain and enhance existing Data about the District/Borough councils waste management capacity. amount of existing and permitted Work with local planning authorities Waste Consultation Areas to be waste management to safeguard existing waste capacity identified in the Waste Sites capacity. in the most appropriate locations. document. Monitor planning 100% planning applications to permissions granted District/Borough Councils by District/Borough involving a loss of waste Councils contrary management capacity or to WPA advice potential loss through about required prejudicing waste operations, waste management Waste Planning Authority to be capacity.
consulted on. 2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste
Planning permissions granted by
District/Borough Councils Objectives contrary to the advice of the Waste Planning Authority in terms of waste management capacity or prejudice to waste facilities, should be minimised to less than 10%. E 79 80 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Delivery Target (how much, Objectives E Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where) Local and Indicators of Summary
WMP6a - Sustainable locations for ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste industry All proposals for strategic Locations of new waste development (excluding land facilities to be located waste management disposal) Strategic waste facilities developed Waste disposal authorities consistent with the spatial capacity. in the most sustainable locations. strategy identified in the Plan, and in the majority of cases Site searches should look first to the consistent with the Areas of Areas of Focus but there may also Focus in the Key Diagram. be acceptable sites elsewhere for sustainability reasons. Contingency - if monitoring for policy 4a/4b shows insufficient capacity being developed then Areas of Focus and criteria may need to be reviewed.
WMP6b - More detailed criteria for ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste industry Strategic facilities located Locations of waste Waste Development consistent with the approach facilities consistent Strategic waste facilities developed Minerals industry identified in the Plan. with policy. in the most sustainable locations.
WMP7a - Land disposal of non-inert ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA, other waste Environment Agency Need for disposal of waste to Data on amount of waste planning authorities within a land will be minimised, and waste to landfill reasonable distance from the Plan Waste industry recovery increased. within the Plan Area. Area and exported Waste Disposal Authorities Safeguard capacity at Pebsham to other areas. Work with partners at other waste landfill and utilise capacity of planning authorities to make most non-inert waste landfill or Monitor remaining efficient use of existing permitted landraise outside of the Plan capacity at capacity for non-inert landfill. Area. Pebsham, and at land disposal sites Residual waste managed at existing within a reasonable permitted sites. distance from the Plan Area. Delivery Target (how much, Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where)
WMP7b - Deposit of inert waste on land ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA, Environment Agency All proposals for disposal of inert Data about new for beneficial purposes District/Borough Councils waste to land should have permissions for Local and Indicators of Summary Waste Industry demonstrable environmental deposit of inert Where land disposal is necessary and/or community benefits. waste to land. then work with partners to Natural England maximise benefits to environment District/Borough Councils to Data about local and communities. Landowners consult Waste Planning Authority authority or on proposals for ancillary Environment engineering which are exempt Agency from the requirement for an enforcement cases Environmental Permit. regarding deposit of inert waste.
WMP7c - Management of landfill gas ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Environment Agency All existing and closed landfills Number of landfill will have active gas management sites with active Waste Industry / landfill as appropriate. gas management. site operators Amount of
heat/energy 2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste produced from captured landfill
gas (MW). Objectives
WMP8a - Hazardous waste ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste industry Quantity of imported hazardous Hazardous waste waste does not exceed that of arisings, imports, NB policy may be subject to update Existing hazardous waste Environment Agency exported waste. management routes following cabinet decision in Jan 2012 management capacity safeguarded and management in the most appropriate locations. District/Borough councils capacity within the Plan Area. Hazardous waste exported for management where appropriate. E 81 82 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Delivery Target (how much, Objectives E Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where) Local and Indicators of Summary
For wastes where there is no specialist facility within the Plan Area, monitor capacity at facilities outside of the Plan Area.
WMP8b - Low level radioactive waste ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste producers and Adequate capacity available to Data about LLW operators. manage anticipated LLW waste arisings, imports, LLRW exported for management arisings within the Plan Area, as management where appropriate. appropriate according to routes, and capacity data at that time. management The authorities will continue to capacity within and proactively engage with waste Existing waste management beyond the Plan producers and waste operators in capacity safeguarded in the most Area. the Plan Area. appropriate locations.
More definitively establish trends; consider requirements of any future emerging national strategy for the management of LLW waste streams.
WMP9 - Management of wastewater and ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Southern Water Work on a Site Allocations Data about waste sewage sludge document will commence within water and sewage Potential sites for additional Environment Agency 12 months of adoption of the sludge treatment capacity will be informed by studies Plan. capacity, and undertaken by the EA, Southern Natural England demand Water and Wealden District Council, Infrastructure requirements to and will be considered through the Wealden District Council be recognised in all relevant Site Allocations document. Infrastructure Delivery Plans Delivery Target (how much, Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where)
WMP10 - Provision of aggregates ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Landowners Sufficient land-won permissions Annual supply of
to meet the apportionment - land won and Local and Indicators of Summary Mineral Sites Document Minerals operators 0.1mtpa production of sand and marine aggregates. gravel. Port authorities Annual monitoring Maintain a landbank of at least of wharf status District/Borough Councils 7 years of planning permission (active or for the extraction of sand and redundant) and Neighbouring Minerals gravel. capacity. Planning Authorities Maintenance of sufficient Annual monitoring supplies of marine dredged and of landbank for crushed rock imports through the sand and gravel. three ports in the Plan area to meet local and regional need.
Net wharf capacity is not lost to alternative, non-mineral uses.
Work on a Minerals Sites 2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste document will commence within 12 months of adoption of the Plan. Objectives
WMP11 - Provision of gypsum ESCC Landowners Maintain a permitted reserve of Data about underground gypsum at the remaining reserves Work with partners to safeguard and British Gypsum Robertsbridge works sufficient and demands for extend lifespan of land-won to last at least 20 years at the plasterboard reserves and infrastructure Construction industry current production rates. factory. including railway line. E 83 84 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Delivery Target (how much, Objectives E Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where) Local and Indicators of Summary
District/Borough councils. Maintain adequate supples of gypsum to enable production at the plasterboard factory over the Plan period.
WMP12 - Provision of clay ESCC Landowners Identification of available clay, Data about sufficient for the next 25 years. remaining reserves Implement extensions or the Brick clay industry and demands from extraction of further reserves within Retention of existing sites and brickworks. the site continued manufacturing of bricks at these sites.
WMP13 - Safeguarding resources ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA District/Borough councils. No viable resources sterilised. Number of applications for Safeguarding of land-won resources Minerals industry Work on a Minerals Sites built development and identifying consultation areas. document (to include Minerals on safeguarded or Environment Agency Consultation Areas around consultation areas permitted sites,) will commence Natural England within 12 months of adoption of the Plan.
WMP14 - Safeguarding railheads and ESCC & BHCC District/Borough councils No net loss of wharf/rail Annual monitoring wharves and regeneration area capacity in any Port in the Plan of wharf status Identify and safeguard sites and partners Area. (active or capacities at wharves and railheads. redundant) and Port Authorities existing rail sidings/tracks. Minerals industry Number of Waste industry applications for built development Delivery Target (how much, Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where)
Network Rail on safeguarded
wharves/rail Local and Indicators of Summary sidings.
WMP15 - Oil and Gas ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Oil and Gas industry All proposals should meet the Amount of oil/gas appraisal sequence of the Plan. produced within National Government the Plan Area. No detrimental impact to the Natural England AONB or any other environmentally sensitive Environment Agency designated site caused by this type of development.
Viable resources developed to align with national policy.
WMP16 - Restoration ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Minerals Industry All new proposals for waste or Monitoring of
minerals development to include ROMPs. 2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Review of inactive and dormant Waste industry plans for high quality minerals permissions where restoration. Reduced number of
reopening could have an Natural England inactive or dormant Objectives unacceptable impact. minerals sites Environment Agency which if re-opened Seek high quality restoration and could have an after-uses of waste and minerals unacceptable sites. adverse impact.
Completion of restoration of sites in compliance with agreed plans. E 85 86 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Delivery Target (how much, Objectives E Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where) Local and Indicators of Summary
WMP17 - Transport - road, rail and ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Minerals industry All proposals to include an Annual monitoring water evaluation of transport options of capacity on rail Work with partners to safeguard Waste industry and seek to minimise road network for freight, capacity of rail and wharf facilities movements. and of wharves. for movement of waste/minerals. District/borough councils Tonnages of Where waste or recyclable materials Network Rail waste/minerals are being transported longer diverted from road distances to facilities outside of the Port Authorities transport (or Plan Area, work with partners of equivalent in terms adjoining planning authorities to Adjoining planning of lorry movements identify opportunities to reduce authorities to/from the site road transport (and increase which have been rail/water transport which may be saved). more viable where longer distances are involved).
Clear explanation from developers to show how the development has sought to minimise necessary road movements, and how alternatives to road transport have been considered.
Site specific issues to be addressed in Site Allocations document.
WMP18 - Co-location of complementary ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA, and other local Waste industry All proposals involving Increasing facilities planning authorities. co-location to clearly set out the proportion of Minerals industry benefits. facilities co-located Work with partners to encourage over the Plan associated activities (including period, with non-waste/minerals developments) Delivery Target (how much, Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where)
to be located close together where Reprocessing industries Operational efficiencies for corresponding
there are sustainability benefits businesses handling waste or sustainability Local and Indicators of Summary such as transport or environmental. related products, or minerals. benefits.
WMP19 - Community involvement and Waste industry ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Greater engagement by industry Content of benefits with host communities and at comments received Minerals industry earlier stages. from communities during Local communities and Reduced anxiety and consultations on representative groups mis-understanding for local planning documents communities about and on planning Industry to engage with host waste/minerals development applications. communities more effectively and proposals. Reduced negative at earlier stages of development experiences and increased Proposals proposals, where applicable. positive benefits secured. incorporate design solutions that provide more mutually-beneficial
outcomes for local 2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste communities. Objectives WMP20 - Opportunities for sustainable ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA, and other local Development industry Greater awareness in the wider Number of waste management and minerals planning authorities. (including development industry and consultations with production in other developments non-waste/minerals) planning authorities of the developers and Work with developers to ensure opportunities for incorporating with other local opportunities for incorporating waste management or minerals planning authorities waste management into 'large scale' production into large scale dealing with large developments are considered. proposals for other types of scale developments. non-waste/minerals developments, More efficient waste or minerals about incorporating
developments, designed into waste or minerals E non-waste/minerals 87 88 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Delivery Target (how much, Objectives E Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where) Local and Indicators of Summary
developments from earlier management into stages and more efficiently developments. rather than being add-ons.
More efficient use of the limited supply of employment sites, especially industrial areas, within the Plan Area.
WMP21 - Expansion and alterations to ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste industry Increased waste management Number of waste facilities capacity in the Plan Area by proposals involving Encourage alterations to existing Environment Agency making most efficient use of existing facilities. facilities where it will support more existing sites. sustainable waste management and Annual monitoring movement up the waste hierarchy report data about capacity for recycling and recovery in the Plan Area.
WMP22a - Design principles for built ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste industry All proposals for new waste Objections to waste facilities facilities to be of high quality proposals about Encourage all proposals to be of Waste disposal authorities design - including taking into design aspects. high quality design. (for contract facilities) account visual aspects and sustainable construction and Refusals of Environment Agency operation of the facility. planning permission for design reasons. Delivery Target (how much, Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where)
WMP22b - Operation of sites ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste/minerals industry 100% of proposals for new Content of
and their contractors waste/minerals developments comments received Local and Indicators of Summary Industry to prepare statements involved in construction to include a statement or from communities about proposed construction and programme about construction living close to operation of sites. Environment Agency and operation of the site. waste/minerals facilities, during Reduced anxiety and consultations on mis-understanding for local planning documents communities about and on planning waste/minerals development applications. proposals. Ongoing monitoring of conditions.
WMP23a - Climate change ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste/minerals industry 100% of proposals for Ongoing monitoring waste/minerals management, of conditions on Industry to prepare statement including restoration proposals, waste/minerals accompanying proposals to explain to include a statement. developments.
how it takes into account mitigation 2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste and adaptation to climate change. All development to continue to Depends on the take account of climate change specific measures
during lifetime of the proposed for the Objectives development. development, one example could be Reduced greenhouse gas annual MW of emissions from waste/minerals renewable energy. development. E 89 90 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Delivery Target (how much, Objectives E Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where) Local and Indicators of Summary
WMP23b - Resource and energy ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste/minerals industry 100% of proposals for Annual tonnages of waste/minerals management to carbon offset by Industry to prepare statement Renewable energy include a statement. waste facilities. accompanying proposals about suppliers efficient use of resources and All development to use energy Data about C&I energy within the development. and resources efficiently during waste generated lifetime of the development. from operational processes at waste/minerals facilities.
WMP24 - General amenity ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste/minerals industry Reduced anxiety for local Ongoing monitoring communities about of conditions on Industry to address protection of Environment Agency waste/minerals development waste amenity in proposals. proposals. developments. Air Quality Partnership Fewer complaints or requests for Enforcement cases District/Borough Councils enforcement action. or complaints about regulatory roles, such as amenity impacts of Environmental Health waste/minerals developments.
WMP25 - Transport ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste/minerals industry Reduced anxiety for local Ongoing monitoring communities about of conditions on Industry to address transport Highways Agency waste/minerals development waste considerations in proposals. proposals. developments.
Fewer complaints or requests for Enforcement cases enforcement action. or complaints about transport related to waste/minerals developments. Delivery Target (how much, Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where)
Local Highways Minimal impact on other road
Authorities users from Local and Indicators of Summary waste/minerals-related traffic.
WMP26 - Environment ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste/minerals industry Proposals should minimise Ongoing monitoring environmental impacts where of conditions on Industry to address environmental Environment Agency possible and mitigate where waste protection in proposals. necessary. developments. Natural England Overall maintenance, and where Enforcement cases possible enhancement, of or complaints about environmental assets in the Plan environmental Area. assets related to waste/minerals developments.
WMP27a - Flood risk ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste/minerals industry All proposals for new Planning
development to take into permissions granted 2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Industry to address minimising flood Environment Agency account flood risk and to be contrary to advice risk in proposals. located in the area of of lowest of Environment
flood risk practicable. Locations Agency on flood Objectives to be consistent with risk grounds. Environment Agency advice on flood risk grounds. Updates to the mapping of the locations of waste/mineral developments and the flood risk vulnerability of the use. E 91 92 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste Delivery Target (how much, Objectives E Policy Delivery Body/Mechanism Key Delivery Partners Delivery Indicator when, where) Local and Indicators of Summary
WMP27b - Groundwater and water ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Waste/minerals industry Development to have no Planning quality unacceptable negative impact permissions granted Industry to address water quality Environment Agency on water quality. contrary to advice protection in proposals. of Environment Southern Water Agency on water quality grounds.
Environment Agency monitoring/enforcement cases related to water quality in Plan Area.
WMP27b - Groundwater and water ESCC, BHCC, SDNPA Environment Agency Development to have no Minimal planning quality unacceptable impact on water permissions granted Implementation of Development quality. contrary to advice Management polices about water of EA on water quality protection quality grounds. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 93 Existing Operational Sites and Permitted Aggregate ReservesF Appendix F: Existing Operational Sites and Permitted Aggregate Reserves
Table 20 Existing Operational Sites and Permitted Aggregate Reserves
Site Material Permitted Reserves / tonnes
Nook Beach / Castlewater Sand and gravel Confidential due to commercial sensitivities
Stanton's Farm (Novington Sand and gravel 120,000 Sandpit)
Scotney Court Sand and gravel 750,000
Scotney Court extension / Sand and gravel 3,230,000 Wall Farm
TOTAL 4,100,000
F.1 A new permission for extraction of sand at Novington sandpit (Stanton’s Farm) was granted in October 2003 and extraction started in September 2007 of approximately 380,000 tonnes of sand & gravel. This is sufficient to contribute to the apportionment figure for the first part of the next decade.
F.2 There are also large scale permitted reserves in the far east of the County, around Scotney Court and Wall Farm. These two permissions, totalling approximately 4.1 million tonnes of sand & gravel, are part of a larger permission in Kent and work started within East Sussex in 2011. These are long term allocations for East Sussex and Brighton & Hove.
F.3 The NPPF requires a landbank of at least 7 years to be maintained throughout the life of the Plan. The apportionment figure within Policy M3 of the South East Plan required 170,000 tonnes to be produced in the total plan period from 2010 to 2026. Policy M3 of the South East Plan was reviewed in late 2009 and the Secretary of State's Proposed Changes would require an annual apportionment of 100,000 tonnes per annum (see table 18 below). The Government has stated that the figures within the Secretary of State's Proposed Changes should guide Mineral Planning Authorities unless the planning authorities have new or different information and a robust evidence base. 94 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 FExisting Operational Sites and Permitted Aggregate Reserves
Table 21 Apportionment figures in the South East Plan and Panel Report of the Review of Policy M3
SOUTH EAST PLAN (2010-2026) SOUTH EAST PLAN Partial Review - Secretary of State's Proposed Changes 2010
Requirement for aggregate reserves Requirement for aggregate reserves over over the 17 years in the period the 17 years is 0.1Mtpa. remaining, is 0.01Mtpa.
17 x 10,000 = 170,000 tonnes. 17 x 100,000 = 1,700,000 tonnes.
F.4 It is thought that the increased figure could still be met from existing permissions. Whilst the total aggregate reserve has been estimated to amount to in excess of 4 million tonnes, the availability of the mineral will be phased and may be reduced by local environmental constraints. Half of the allocations at Lydd Quarry within East Sussex are taken to travel to Kent, reducing the availability of material in East Sussex to just over 2 million tonnes. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 95 Secondary and Recycled Aggregates Facilities in East Sussex and Brighton & HoveG Appendix G: Secondary and Recycled Aggregates Facilities in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove
G.1 The current best estimate of secondary and recycled aggregates production in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove is 310,000 tonnes. This is based on an assessment of secondary and recycled aggregates produced as set out below.
Table 22 Recycled Aggregates CDEW Facilities in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove
Operator Address R French & Sons Ltd Woodland House, Drury Lane, Ponswood Industrial Estate, Hastings Rabbit Skips North Quay Road, Newhaven MDJ Light Brothers Greystone Quarry, Southerham, Lewes A M Skip Hire Hazlebank, London Road, Maresfield Haulaway Ltd Premier House, Apex Way, Hailsham TNC Waste Recycling Ltd Former Bus Depot, Unit 1a, Moulsecoomb Way, (Previously Kingspan Waste Brighton Recycling) SITA Potts Marsh Industrial Estate, Eastbourne Road, Westham Skip-It Containers Gate 5, Basin Road South, Portslade Sussex Skips Unit 25, Cliffe Industrial Estate, Lewes G A Skips Ltd The Old Cement Works, South Heighton, Newhaven PJ Mini Skips Cophall Wood Recycling Centre, Hailsham Road (A22) , Polegate Greenacre Recycling Ltd 16 Tumulus Road, Saltdean, Brighton Links Waste Management Ninfield Road, Bexhill Beach Road, Newhaven Beach Road, Newhaven Unit 3 Cradle Hill Industrial Estate, Seaford Brett Concrete Brett Drive, Bexhill Pebsham Waste Recyclables Freshfield Road, Pebsham Newhaven Roadstone Ltd North Quay Road, Newhaven 96 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 GSecondary and Recycled Aggregates Facilities in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove Operator Address Sussex Waste Management Ltd Whitworth Road, St Leonards on Sea Mr D Stone Down Barn farm, Bexhill on Sea Mr Whitaker Unit 3, Cradle Hill Industrial Estate ESCC Heathfield Depot ESCC Cripps Corner Depot ESCC Ringmer Depot ESCC Mile Oak Depot ESCC Sidley Depot ESCC Millpond Depot
G.2 Some recycled aggregate is also produced by mobile crushing activities associated with demolition projects. The above facilities do not operate at full capacity and it is estimated that around 240,000 tonnes of recycled aggregate is produced from these sources and mobile crushers on demolition sites.
G.3 Additional recycled aggregate may also be produced from the sites listed below. However the use of the materials as replacement aggregate has not been verified.
Table 23 Recycled Aggregates (non CDEW) Facilities in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove
Operator Facility Quantity and type of material (tpa) Wealden District Council Unit 19 Bellbrook Glass Industrial Estate Veolia ES Ltd Hollingdean MRF and WTS Glass Southern Tyre and Rubber Tyres Recycling Ltd
G.4 In addition, it is estimated that 68,000 tonnes of secondary aggregate are produced from the sources listed below.
Table 24 Secondary Aggregates Facilities in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove
Operator Facility Quantity and type of material (tpa) Ibstock Ltd Ashdown Brickworks Reject bricks - 10,000 Veolia E S Ltd Newhaven ERF Incinerator Bottom Ash - 58,000 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 97 Secondary and Recycled Aggregates Facilities in East Sussex and Brighton & HoveG G.5 The above facilities provide capacity for 630,000 tonnes of capacity for recycling Construction, Demolition and Excavation waste. 98 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 HPermitted Mineral Workings in East Sussex 2011/12 Appendix H: Permitted Mineral Workings in East Sussex 2011/12
Table 25 Site Mineral Operational during AMR period? Stanton's Farm and Novington Building Sand Yes Sandpit, Plumpton Scotney Court, Lydd Sand and gravel Yes Nook Beach, Rye Sand and gravel No - inactive Scotney Court extension / Wall Sand and gravel Yes Farm, Lydd Castle Water, Rye Sand and gravel No - dormant Rye Bay Foreshore Sand and gravel for sea No defence work Ashdown Brickworks Clay Yes Chailey Brickworks Clay Yes Hastings Brickworks Clay Yes Aldershaw Farm Clay Yes Horam Brickworks Clay No - not yet constructed Little Standard Hill Farm Clay No Hamsey Brickworks Clay No - dormant, brickworks closed Cuckmere Brickworks Clay No - dormant, brickworks closed Ludlay Brickworks Clay No - dormant, brickworks closed Brightling Mine / Robertsbridge Gypsum Yes works Tarring Neville Chalk No Filching Quarry Chalk No (MR/1 now ceases to have effect) Meeching Quarry Chalk No North Quay, Newhaven (shared use) Aggregate wharf Yes Hanson/ Solent Aggregates (UMA) North Quay, Newhaven, RMC Aggregate wharf No Aggregates North Quay, Newhaven, Newhaven Aggregate wharf Yes Roadstone North Quay, Newhaven, Vapogro Aggregate wharf Yes Rastrums Wharf, Rye Aggregate wharf Yes Rye Wharf Aggregate wharf No emte at aaeetStsin Sites Management Waste Permitted Appendix I: Permitted Waste Management Sites in East
Sussex and Brighton & Hove Hove & Brighton and Sussex East
Table 26 List of Permitted Waste Management Sites in the Plan Area with Location Details
2012ID Permit Holder / Site Operator Facility Name ESCC Type Description District YX Operational Status
1 Mr Cyril Saunters Bridge Yard Scrap Yard Metal/ELV Facility Rother 583900 113800 Non-operational
2 Kingston Transport ( Sussex) Ltd Canto Containers Special Waste Transfer Station Lewes 541700 110400 Non-operational
3 East Sussex County Council Cripps Corner Depot Transfer Station taking Non-Biodegradable Wastes Rother 578300 120900 Non-operational
4 Knight P Fore Hill Incinerator Lewes 541000 104700 Non-operational
5 Mr Ben Harper Former HIQ Building, Crowborough Recycling (Metal) Wealden 553533 129835 Non-operational
6 Mr Anthony Cannon Land at Endeavour Works, Beach Road, Transfer Station taking Non-Biodegradable Wastes Lewes 545265 100824 Non-operational Newhaven
7 Mr Darren Pattenden Little Exceat farm, South Chailey Inert Material Recycling / Recovery Lewes 539575 116594 Non-operational
8 CSG Old Hamsey Brickworks Waste Water Treatment Works Lewes 539803 115849 Non-operational at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste 9 Mr Bryan Thomas & Mr Robert Cowley Selmeston Auto Spares Metal/ELV Facility Lewes 544400 100500 Non-operational
10 Brighton & Hove City Council Sheepcote Valley Physico-Chemical Treatment Facility Brighton & Hove 533878 104897 Non-operational
11 F N R Plant Hire Skim Corner Transfer Station taking Non-Biodegradable Wastes Lewes 545000 115658 Non-operational
12 G A Skips Ltd The Old Cement Works, Newhaven Waste Transfer Station Lewes 544896 103261 Non-operational
13 Sussex Waste Recycling Ltd (Rabbits) The Old Timber Yard Physical Treatment Facility Lewes 544660 102020 Non-operational
14 Amstech Contracts Limited Tidy Industrial Estate, Ditchling Special Waste Transfer Station Lewes 533900 118100 Non-operational
15 Vacant Unit H, Rich Industrial Estate Waste Transfer Station for Recyclates Lewes 545149 102107 Non-operational
16 Mssrs Richard and Roy Stogdon Laurel Tree Farm Inert WMP7b Wealden 553028 133010 Non-operational
17 Vacant Units 1 & 2, North Crescent Industrial Metal/ELV Facility Wealden 558448 109276 Non-operational Estate I 18 Davis F & Co Ltd 64 London Road Metal/ELV Facility Rother 573900 107800 Operational 99 100 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste 2012ID Permit Holder / Site Operator Facility Name ESCC Type Description District YX Operational Status Hove & Brighton and Sussex East in I emte at aaeetSites Management Waste Permitted 19 Argyle Metals Ltd Argyle Hall Metal/ELV Facility Brighton & Hove 530900 105600 Operational
20 South East Water Plc Barcombe Water Treatment Works Physico-Chemical Treatment Facility Lewes 543900 114700 Operational
21 Beddingham Compost Company Ltd Beddingham Compost Facility Composting Facility Lewes 543500 106500 Operational
22 KPS Composting Services Ltd Boathouse Farm Composting Facility Wealden 544860 116290 Operational
23 Mr Charlie Burgoyne Born Again Plastics Recycling (Plastics Baling) Wealden 534300 120900 Operational
24 George Daniel Townsend Briardene Metal/ELV Facility Wealden 557230 109708 Operational
25 Mr Keith Bartlett Bridge Yard, Five Acre Wood Metal/ELV Facility Rother 583900 113600 Operational
26 South Downs Health NHS Trust Brighton General Hospital Clinical Waste Transfer Station Brighton & Hove 532900 105100 Operational
27 Veolia South Downs Limited Brighton HWRS Household Waste Amenity Site Brighton & Hove 533900 105000 Operational
28 George Worms Brighton Motorama Metal/ELV Facility Lewes 545030 101822 Operational
29 Veolia South Downs Ltd Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards Waste Transfer Station for Recyclates Hastings 577637 108567 Operational
30 Cooper AA Chamberlaines Lane Metal/ELV Facility Lewes 545900 112500 Operational
31 John and Stephanie Penfold City Recycling Centre Special Waste Transfer Station Brighton & Hove 526446 104590 Operational
32 PJ Mini Skip Hire Cophall Wood Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Wealden 557740 106820 Operational Station
33 Veolia E S South Downs Ltd Eastbourne Household Waste Site Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Recycling Eastbourne 562200 100700 Operational & Transfer Station
34 Clark , Michael John Elmfield Metal/ELV Facility Wealden 560594 107686 Operational
35 Veolia South Downs Limited Farningham Road HWRS, Crowborough Household Waste Amenity Site Wealden 553100 129400 Operational
36 MrD Connell Finmere Auto Spares Metal/ELV Facility Eastbourne 562300 100800 Operational
37 Veolia South Downs Limited Forest Row HWRS Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Wealden 542700 135150 Operational Station
38 G E Richardson & Sons Ltd G E Richardson & Sons Ltd Metal/ELV Facility Brighton & Hove 531100 105400 Operational
39 MDJ Light Bros Ltd Greystone Quarry Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Lewes 543000 109100 Operational Station & Metal / ELV Recyling
40 H Ripley & Co H Ripley & Co Metal/ELV Facility Wealden 558115 109115 Operational emte at aaeetStsin Sites Management Waste Permitted 2012ID Permit Holder / Site Operator Facility Name ESCC Type Description District YX Operational Status
41 Mr Obed Ripley and Mr Obediah Ripley H Ripley & Co., Hole Farm Metal/ELV Facility Rother 581300 113800 Operational
42 Veolia South Downs Limited Hailsham HWRS Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Wealden 559632 108550 Operational Hove & Brighton and Sussex East Station
43 Mr M Anstee and Miss T Cornwell Happy Hunting Grounds Pet Crematorium Wealden 570300 111300 Operational
44 Haulaway Ltd Haulaway Limited Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Wealden 558115 109115 Operational Station
45 Mr A Mitchell A M Skips, Hazelbank Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Wealden 545902 125518 Operational Station
46 MDJ Light Bros. Ltd Hazelmere Metal/ELV Facility Wealden 563728 120099 Operational
47 East Sussex County Council Heathfield Depot Transfer Station taking Non-Biodegradable Wastes Wealden 559433 121965 Operational
48 Veolia South Downs Limited Heathfield HWRS Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Wealden 559300 122100 Operational Station
49 Angela Lomanto Heavenly Paws Pet Funeral Services Pet Crematorium Wealden 557075 114499 Operational
50 Brighton & Hove City Council Hollingdean Depot Special Waste Transfer Station Brighton & Hove 531600 109000 Operational
51 Veolia South Downs Lts Hollingdean Lane MRF Recycling Brighton & Hove 531600 105900 Operational
52 Veolia South Downs Ltd Hollingdean Lane WTS Material Recycling Treatment Facility Brighton & Hove 531600 105900 Operational at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste 53 Veolia South Downs Limited Hove HWRS Household Waste Amenity Site Brighton & Hove 528069 105770 Operational
54 Veolia South Downs Limited Hove HWRS Special Waste Transfer Station Brighton & Hove 528069 105770 Operational
55 TNC Waste Recycling Limited Kingspan Waste Recycling Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Brighton & Hove 533140 107490 Operational Station
56 Veolia South Downs Limited Lewes HWRS Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Lewes 542300 109400 Operational Station
57 Mr D Stone Links Waste Management Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Wealden 571600 110900 Operational Station
58 Killick Thomas Littlewood Metal/ELV Facility Wealden 557275 109768 Operational
59 Veolia South Downs Limited Maresfield Camp Household Waste Recycling & Waste Transfer Station Wealden 576900 108900 Operational
60 East Sussex County Council Mile Oak Depot C&D Recycling Wealden 557729 104740 Operational I 101 102 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste 2012ID Permit Holder / Site Operator Facility Name ESCC Type Description District YX Operational Status Hove & Brighton and Sussex East in I emte at aaeetSites Management Waste Permitted 61 East Sussex County Council Millpond Depot A26, Maresfield Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Wealden 547177 123618 Operational Station
62 Veolia South Downs Limited Mountfield HWRS Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Rother 574600 119500 Operational Station
63 Veolia South Downs Limited Newhaven ERF Energy Recovery Facility Lewes 544462 102267 Operational
64 Veolia South Downs Limited Newhaven HWRS Household Waste Amenity Site Lewes 544090 101810 Operational
65 CJS Contractors North Yard, Pennybridge Lane Waste Transfer Station Wealden 560075 128363 Operational
66 The Raystead Centre For Animal Welfare Peaceways Animal Crematorium Incinerator Lewes 548700 114800 Operational Ltd
67 Veolia South Downs Limited Pebsham HWRS Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Rother 576960 109040 Operational Station
68 Biffa Waste Services Ltd Pebsham Landfill Site Co-Disposal Landfill Site Rother 576940 109050 Operational
69 Veolis South Downs Limited Pebsham WTS Waste Transfer Station Rother 576900 109800 Operational
70 F & J M Rumsey Picknell Green Specialist Treatment (Oil) Rother 570627 108830 Operational
71 S I T A Wastecare Ltd Potts Marsh Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Wealden 563700 103900 Operational Station
72 East Sussex County Council Ringmer Depot C&D Recycling Lewes 546200 113100 Operational
73 Rye Oil Limited Rye Oil Ltd Specialist Treatment (Oil) Rother 593100 119500 Operational
74 Veolia South Downs Limited Seaford Household Waste Site Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Lewes 549700 100500 Operational Station
75 East Sussex County Council Sidley Depot Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Rother 547022 108800 Operational Station
76 EMR Southerham Wharf Metal/ELV Facility Lewes 544760 101820 Operational
77 Southern Tyre & Rubber Recycling Ltd Southern Tyre & Rubber Recycling Ltd Physical Treatment Facility / MRF Lewes 545370 100570 Operational
78 Kingston Transport ( Sussex ) Ltd Sussex Skips Waste Transfer Station Lewes 542500 109500 Operational
79 Ambrose Porter The Platt Metal/ELV Facility Wealden 563800 120200 Operational
80 Veolia South Downs Limited Uckfield Mobile Household Waste Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Wealden 547214 121240 Operational Management Facility Station emte at aaeetStsin Sites Management Waste Permitted 2012ID Permit Holder / Site Operator Facility Name ESCC Type Description District YX Operational Status
81 MDJ Light Brothers Ltd Unit 18, Cliffe Industrial Estate WEEE Storage and Treatment Facility Lewes 542660 109590 Operational
82 Wealden District Council Unit 19, Bellbrook Industrial Estate Recycling Wealden 546401 120590 Operational Hove & Brighton and Sussex East
83 MDJ Light Brothers Ltd Unit 19, Cliffe Industrial Estate Recycling Lewes 542600 109500 Operational
84 Martin James Martin James Waste, Unit 3, Cradle Hill Transfer Station taking Non-Biodegradable Wastes Lewes 549664 100316 Operational Ind. Est, Seaford
85 Corsi, Alan Francis Unit A, Roebuck Centre Metal/ELV Facility Hastings 582580 109670 Operational
86 Greenacre Recycling Units 2G/H, Hawthorn Estate, Avis Way Transfer Station taking Non-Biodegradable Wastes Lewes 551400 102100 Operational Industrial Area, The Drove, Newhaven
87 Veolia South Downs Limited Wadhurst HWRS Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Wealden 561800 133100 Operational Station
88 Brighton & Hove City Council Waterhall Valley Burn Site Incinerator Brighton & Hove 528500 109310 Operational
89 Hove Car Spares Wellington Road Metal/ELV Facility Brighton & Hove 526100 104900 Operational
90 Hav-a-skip Ltd Whitworth Road, St. Leonards Transfer Station taking Non-Biodegradable Wastes Hastings 579459 113122 Operational
91 Veolia South Downs Limited Woodland Centre, Chiddingley Composting Facility Wealden 553124 113459 Operational
92 R French & Sons Ltd Woodland House Household, Commercial & Industrial Waste Transfer Hastings 579280 110780 Operational Station at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste 93 British Gypsum British Gypsum Specialist Treatment (Plasterboard) Rother 572692 119731 Operational
94 Mr Roger Fripp Church Farm, Chalvington Composting Facility Wealden 551891 109189 Operational
95 Veolia South Downs Limited Newhaven ERF, Rail Transfer Railhead / Waste Transfer Station - ERF IBA Only Lewes 544653 102211 Operational
96 Mr David Phillips Waste Transfer Station Lewes 545190 101802 Operational
97 Kingston Transport Ltd Kingston Transport (Newhaven) Waste Transfer Station Lewes 544788 101646 Operational
98 Mr Brett Lovett, Environmental Tyres Ltd Environmental Tyres Recycling (Pastics) Lewes 534129 118304 Operational
99 Viridor Waste Disposal Ltd Beddingham Landfill Site Non-Haz Landfill Lewes 543764 106395 Restoration
100 East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust Eastbourne District Hospital Specialist Treatment (Clinlical Waste) Eastbourne 560259 101064 Operational
101 Veolia E S South Downs Ltd Hove H W S & Transfer Station HWRC & Transfer Station Brighton & Hove 528154 105809 Operational
102 Newhaven Roadstone Ltd Newhaven Roadstone Ltd Inert Material Recycling / Recovery Lewes 544773 101596 Operational I 103 104 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste 2012ID Permit Holder / Site Operator Facility Name ESCC Type Description District YX Operational Status Hove & Brighton and Sussex East in I emte at aaeetSites Management Waste Permitted 103 Amstech Contracts Ltd Unit F, Rich Industrial Estate Waste Transfer Station (Asbestos Only) Lewes 545165 102077 Operational emte at aaeetStsin Sites Management Waste Permitted Table 27 List of Permitted Waste Management Sites in the Plan Area with Capacity Details
Capacity with MSW priority Capacity direct to market Inert Recycling and WMP8b Landill Other 2012IDFacility Name Recovery Capacity Total Capacity RecyclingCompostingBulk RecoveryTransfer RecyclingCompostingBulk RecoveryTransfer Inert Transfer Inert for InertNon-HazHazWaste Specialist Specialist Specialist Other Metal Metal Recycling Restoritive Water Treatment Treatment Treament Hove & Brighton and Sussex East & Use (Non-Haz) (Haz) Transfer Recovery 1 Bridge Yard Scrap Yard 4999 4999 2 Canto Containers 0 3 Cripps Corner Depot 1000 250 1250 4 Fore Hill 0 5 Former HIQ Building, Crowborough 1000 1000 6 Land at Endeavour Works, Beach 248 3968 1984 6200 Road, Newhaven 7 Little Exceat farm, South Chailey 1000 1000 8 Old Hamsey Brickworks 59800 59800 9 Selmeston Auto Spares 4999 4999 10 Sheepcote Valley 0 11 Skim Corner 0 12 The Old Cement Works, Newhaven 200 1600 3200 5000 13 The Old Timber Yard 1425 23895 49680 75000 14 Tidy Industrial Estate, Ditchling 0 15 Unit H, Rich Industrial Estate 16 Laurel Tree Farm 15000 15000 17 Units 1 & 2, North Crescent 260 260 Industrial Estate 18 64 London Road 750 750 19 Argyle Hall 3000 3000 20 Barcombe Water Treatment Works 74999 74999 21 Beddingham Compost Facility 15000 15000 22 Boathouse Farm 60000 60000 23 Born Again Plastics 200 200 24 Briardene 6000 6000 2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste 25 Bridge Yard, Five Acre Wood 4999 4999 26 Brighton General Hospital 2500 2500 27 Brighton HWRS 6000 6000 12000 28 Brighton Motorama 2500 2500 29 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards 5000 5000 30 Chamberlaines Lane 2500 2500 31 City Recycling Centre 1350 1710 27780 44160 75000 32 Cophall Wood 4500 1140 156600 37760 200000 33 Eastbourne Household Waste Site 7000 7000 14000 34 Elmfield 4000 4000 35 Farningham Road HWRS, 3500 3500 7000 Crowborough 36 Finmere Auto Spares 4999 4999 37 Forest Row HWRS 1250 1249 2499 38 G E Richardson & Sons Ltd 3500 3500 39 Greystone Quarry 46000 35000 75000 84000 10000 250000 40 H Ripley & Co 75000 75000 41 H Ripley & Co., Hole Farm 50000 50000 42 Hailsham HWRS 2000 2000 4000 43 Happy Hunting Grounds 0 44 Haulaway Limited 1500 17750 80750 100000 I 45 A M Skips, Hazelbank 320 2880 320 2880 6048 3552 16000 105 106 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste
Capacity with MSW priority Capacity direct to market Inert Recycling and WMP8b Landill Other Hove & Brighton and Sussex East in I 2012IDFacility Name Recovery Capacity Total Capacity RecyclingCompostingBulk RecoveryTransfer RecyclingCompostingBulk RecoveryTransfer Inert Transfer Inert for InertNon-HazHazWaste Specialist Specialist Specialist Other Sites Management Waste Permitted Metal Metal Recycling Restoritive Water Treatment Treatment Treament & Use (Non-Haz) (Haz) Transfer Recovery 46 Hazelmere 64999 64999 47 Heathfield Depot 2080 520 2600 48 Heathfield HWRS 2500 2500 5000 49 Heavenly Paws Pet Funeral Services 0 50 Hollingdean Depot 3000 3000 6000 51 Hollingdean Lane MRF 25000 25000 50000 52 Hollingdean Lane WTS 7500 7500 95000 110000 53 Hove HWRS 6250 6250 12500 54 Hove HWRS 100 100 55 Kingspan Waste Recycling 637.5 212.5 63750 20400 85000 56 Lewes HWRS 2000 2000 4000 57 Links Waste Management 1000 8000 16000 25000 58 Littlewood 2500 2500 59 Maresfield Camp 10500 78000 2500 91000 60 Mile Oak Depot 1440 360 1800 61 Millpond Depot A26, Maresfield 1440 360 1800 62 Mountfield HWRS 2750 2750 5500 63 Newhaven ERF 210000 210000 64 Newhaven HWRS 3500 3500 7000 65 North Yard, Pennybridge Lane 1000 1000 66 Peaceways Animal Crematorium 0 67 Pebsham HWRS 7500 7500 15000 68 Pebsham Landfill Site 150000 150000 69 Pebsham WTS 20000 110000 20000 150000 70 Picknell Green 4999 4999 71 Potts Marsh 6800 33200 40000 72 Ringmer Depot 2080 520 2600 73 Rye Oil Ltd 3430 1470 4900 74 Seaford Household Waste Site 3500 3500 7000 75 Sidley Depot 1250 1250 76 Southerham Wharf 130000 130000 77 Southern Tyre & Rubber Recycling 2500 2499 4999 Ltd 78 Sussex Skips 5530 1470 22120 5880 35000 79 The Platt 4999 4999 80 Uckfield Mobile Household Waste 500 500 1000 Management Facility 81 Unit 18, Cliffe Industrial Estate 35000 15000 50000 82 Unit 19, Bellbrook Industrial Estate 23749.05 1249.95 24999 83 Unit 19, Cliffe Industrial Estate 0 84 Martin James Waste, Unit 3, Cradle 240 960 3840 960 6000 Hill Ind. Est, Seaford 85 Unit A, Roebuck Centre 300 300 86 Units 2G/H, Hawthorn Estate, Avis 1000 4000 15999 4000 24999 Way Industrial Area, The Drove, Newhaven 87 Wadhurst HWRS 1250 1249 2499 88 Waterhall Valley Burn Site 0 89 Wellington Road 19 19 90 Whitworth Road, St. Leonards 2937.5 15750 6312.5 25000 91 Woodland Centre, Chiddingley 46000 46000 emte at aaeetStsin Sites Management Waste Permitted Capacity with MSW priority Capacity direct to market Inert Recycling and WMP8b Landill Other 2012IDFacility Name Recovery Capacity Total Capacity RecyclingCompostingBulk RecoveryTransfer RecyclingCompostingBulk RecoveryTransfer Inert Transfer Inert for InertNon-HazHazWaste Specialist Specialist Specialist Other Metal Metal Recycling Restoritive Water Treatment Treatment Treament & Use (Non-Haz) (Haz) Transfer Recovery atSse n rgtn&Hove & Brighton and Sussex East 92 Woodland House 1900 8100 66240 23760 100000 93 British Gypsum 58000 58000 94 Church Farm, Chalvington 200 200 95 Newhaven ERF, Rail Transfer 78000 78000 96 15000 15000 30000 97 Kingston Transport (Newhaven) 2450 4550 25200 2800 35000 98 Environmental Tyres 2000 2000 99 Beddingham Landfill Site 0 100 Eastbourne District Hospital 5000 5000 101 Hove H W S & Transfer Station 6000 2500 4000 12500 102 Newhaven Roadstone Ltd 100000 100000 103 Unit F, Rich Industrial Estate 200 200 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste I 107 108 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste 067-2011/12 - Sussex 2006/7 East in Capacity Management J
Appendix J: Permitting of Significant Waste Management Waste Significant of Permitting Capacity in East Sussex 2006/7 - 2011/12
Table 28
Year Number of Throughput of received apps Number Approved Number Number pending at end of Significant Refused monitoring period Apps Received
2006/07 4 Recycling: 59,000tpa 6 2 4
Transfer: 94,960tpa (110,000 tpa recycling, 121,000 tpa transfer)
2007/08 6 Recycling: 25,000tpa , Composting: 7 None 3 15,000tpa, Transfer: 1,860tpa, Landfill: 122,270tpa, Peacehaven WWTW (25,000 tpa recycling, 5,820 transfer, (59,000tpa recycling, 61,000 tpa composting, 210,000tpa 122,270tpa landfill, recovery, Peacehaven WWTW)
2008/09 3 25,000tpa CDEW recycling, 6 (59,000tpa recycling, 122,270tpa landfill, None None Peacehaven WWTW, 25,000tpa CDEW recycling,)
2009/10 3 74,200tpa transfer 2 (56,200tpa transfer) None 1
(18,000tpa transfer)
2010/11 3 5,260tpa recycling 4 None None
Replacement Newhaven HWRS (5,260tpa recycling, 18,000tpa transfer) Year Number of Throughput of received apps Number Approved Number Number pending at end of Sussex East in Capacity Management Significant Refused monitoring period Apps Received
2011/12 4 Recycling: 35000tpa, 4 None 1 emtigo infcn Waste Significant of Permitting
Transfer: 108,000tpa, (Recycling: 35000tpa, (22,500 tonnes of inert material required for Inert material required for restoration Transfer: 108,000tpa, restoration WMP8b) (WMPB8): 23,000 tonnes (required after 1 Jan 2012) Inert material required for restoration (WMPB8): 23,000 tonnes (required after 1 Jan 2012))
J.1 Note: For consistency the figures presented here are the total throughput i.e. this includes the recycled / recovered / disposed of element and the transfer element. It only includes significant development, smaller permissions do not appear. 2011/12 - 2006/7 at n ieasMntrn eot2011-12 Report Monitoring Minerals and Waste J 109 110 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12
KReview of Mineral Permissions Appendix K: Review of Mineral Permissions
K.1 The following table sets out the mineral permissions within East Sussex that will be subject to periodic review over the coming years.
Table 29 Reference Site Mineral Status Review dates MR/1 Filching Quarry Chalk Inactive Decision Notice dated 31 October 1997. Periodic Review application required by 31 October 2012 was not received so planning permission has lapsed. MR/2/3/4 Nook Beach, RyeSand and Inactive 3 sets of conditions exist Harbour gravel covering parts of the planning application site. Periodic Review application for all three is due by 29 July 2014.
MR/5 Novington Building (Related Periodic Review application Sandpit, sand application required by 30 April 2013. Plumpton LW/386/CM is active).
MR/6 British Gypsum, Gypsum Active Periodic Review application Brightling and required by 26 March 2013. Robertsbridge. MR/7/8 Rye Bay Sand and Inactive Submission of an application Foreshore gravel for for the Periodic Review is due sea by 29 May 2013 for two sets of defences conditions on this site.
MR/9 Tarring Neville, Chalk Inactive Periodic Review application Newhaven required by 22 July 2013. Extraction has ceased.
MR/10 Ashdown Clay Active Periodic Review application Brickworks required by 27 May 2018. MR/11 Little Standard Clay Inactive Implemented but inactive. Hill Farm Periodic Review application required by 20 October 2018. MR/12 Sussex Bricks Clay Active Periodic Review application required by 11 December 2018. Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12 111
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Reference Site Mineral Status Review dates MR/13 Aldershaw Tiles Clay Active Periodic Review application required by 25 November 2024. MR/14 Chailey Clay Active Periodic Review application Brickworks required by 23 July 2025.
MR/15 Scotney Court Sand and Active Periodic Review application (Lydd Quarry gravel required by 21 October 2026. Area 10) LW/386/CM Stanton's Farm, Building Active Planning permission Plumpton sand LW/386/CM granted 20 (includes October 2003, although Novington commencement did not take Sandpit) place until October 2006. This permission currently expires in October 2016, which would occur before the Review which is due in 2018. IDO/1A Hamsey Clay Dormant IDO registered. Brickworks IDO/5B Meeching Quarry,Chalk Inactive Committee approved Newhaven conditions for IDO P/49/9 on 3 April 1995 but they were appealed and the appeal was held in abeyance pending the adoption of the Lewes Local Plan at that time. The appeal was withdrawn on 5 April 2004, the date when the conditions were ‘finally determined’ under IDO/5B. Therefore, the Periodic Review application is due by 5 April 2019. RR/362/CM Scotney Court Sand and Active Periodic Review application Extension & Wallgravel required by 17 August 2017. Farm (Areas 11 and 12) WD/307/CMHoram Clay Extant and Periodic Review application Brickworks implementedrequired by 21 August 2015. but inactive Ludlay Clay Dormant Brickworks, Berwick 112 Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2011-12
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Reference Site Mineral Status Review dates Cuckmere Clay Dormant Brickworks, Berwick
Castle Water, Sand and Dormant Rye Harbour gravel
East Sussex County Council County Hall St Anne’s Crescent Lewes BN7 1UE Phone: 0345 60 80 190 Fax: 01273 481261 Website: eastsussex.gov.uk/contactus December 2012 12-13:597