Waste Sites Preferred Options Commentary Report October 2012 Kent Minerals & Waste Development Framework Planning for the future of minerals and waste in Kent Front Cover Images Top Left: Materials Recovery Facility. Bottom Right: Household recycling. Waste Sites Preferred Options Commentary Report Kent County Council Contents Abbreviations i Waste Sites Preferred Options Commentary Report 1 Introduction 1 2 Preferred Options Site Map 2 Waste Sites: Preferred Options 4 Waste Sites Preferred Options Document 4 5 Waste Sites Preferred Options Evidence Base 6 6 Energy from Waste 8 Site 13: Allington Waste Management Facility, Aylesford 10 Site 54: Richborough Power Station A, Minster 12 Site 61: SCA Packaging, New Hythe, Aylesford 16 Site 107: Land at Lower Road, Swanscombe 18 7 Hazardous Landfill 20 Site 60: Norwood Quarry & Landfill Extension, Minster and Eastchurch 20 Site 63: Pinden Quarry & Landfill Extension, Dartford 22 8 Non-Hazardous Landfill 26 Site 22: Rushenden Marshes (Dredging Disposal Site), Queenborough 26 9 Treatment/Materials Recycling Facilities 28 Site 11: Lees Yard and Adjacent Land, Rochester Way, Dartford 30 Kent County Council Waste Sites Preferred Options Commentary Report Site 14: Longfield Farm, Paddock Wood 32 Site 27: Otterpool Quarry, Sellindge 34 Site 51: Ridham, Iwade 36 Contents Site 63: Pinden Quarry & Landfill Extension, Dartford 38 Site 64: Richborough Hall, Sandwich 42 Site 72: Unit 14, Canterbury Industrial Park, Hersden 44 Site 88: Sevington Rail Depot, Ashford 48 10 Sites for Green Waste Treatment 50 Site 23: Blaise Farm, Offham 52 Site 27: Otterpool Quarry, Sellindge 54 Site 51: Ridham, Iwade 56 Site 65: Land North of Stevens & Carlotti, Sandwich 58 11 Facilities for Household Waste 60 Site 13: Allington Waste Management Facility, Aylesford 60 Site 37: Cobbs Wood Industrial Estate, Ashford 62 Waste Sites: Not Allocated Waste Sites: Not Allocated 64 Site 8: Chelsfield Ammunition Depot, Shoreham 65 Site 9: Ightham Sand Pits, Ightham, Wrotham and Borough Green 66 Site 12: Newington Industrial Estate, Newington 67 Waste Sites Preferred Options Commentary Report Kent County Council Contents Site 16: Beacon Hill Quarry, Charing 68 Site 18: Covers Farm, Westerham 69 Site 31: Studd Hill, Herne Bay 70 Site 39: Chilmington Landfill, Ashford 71 Site 40: North Farm WTS and HWRC, Tunbridge Wells 72 Site 41: Cryalls Lane, Borden 73 Site 42: Pedham Place, Farningham 74 Site 50: Ightham Sand Pit Western Extension, Ightham 75 Site 54: Richborough Power Station, Ash 76 Site 55: Ightham Sandpit Gasification Plant, Ightham 77 Site 59: Shelford Waste Management Facility, Canterbury 78 Site 68: Sleedwood Landfill, Dover 79 Site 70: Stonecastle Farm Quarry Lake, Hadlow 80 Site 82: Milton Manor Farm 2, Chartham 81 Site 83: Island Road, Sturry (Westbere) 82 Site 84: Highstead, Chislet 83 Site 85: Charing Quarry (Waste), Charing 84 Site 87: Charing Quarry (Waste 3), Charing 85 Site 89: Hollowshore, Faversham 86 Site 90: Ham Farm, Faversham 87 Site 93: Highsted Pits 3, Sittingbourne 88 Site 95: Stone Gate, Dartford 89 Kent County Council Waste Sites Preferred Options Commentary Report Site 103: Pfizer Ltd, Dover 90 Site 104: Land between Orpington Bypass and M25, Shoreham 91 Contents 'No Response' Sites 'No Response' Sites 92 Appendices Appendix 1 94 Glossary 98 Waste Sites Preferred Options Commentary Report Kent County Council i Abbreviations AD Anaerobic Digestion AONB Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty APC Air Pollution Control AQMA Air Quality Management Area CHP Combined Heat and Power CDE Construction, Demolition and Excavation Waste C&I Commercial and Industrial Waste DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs EfW Energy from Waste EiP Examination in Public HGV Heavy Goods Vehicle HRA Habitats Regulation Assessment HWRC Household Waste Recycling Centre KCC Kent County Council LDF Local Development Framework LWS Local Wildlife Site MRF Materials Recovery Facility MSW Municipal Solid Waste MW Megawatt MWDF Minerals and Waste Development Framework ii Kent County Council Waste Sites Preferred Options Commentary Report NPPF National Planning Policy Framework PPS Planning Policy Statement RDF Refuse Derived Fuel RIGS Regionally Important Geological Sites Abbreviations SA Sustainability Appraisal SAC Special Area of Conservation SAM Scheduled Ancient Monument SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment SFRA Strategic Flood Risk Assessment SPA Special Protection Area SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest tpa Tonnes Per Annum WPA Waste Planning Authority WTS Waste Transfer Station Waste Sites Preferred Options Commentary Report Kent County Council 1 1 Response Summary Introduction Introduction What is the Waste Sites Preferred Options Commentary 1.4 The consultation for the Waste Sites Plan Preferred Report? Options Document produced a total of 284 responses. Table 1 details how these responses were conveyed and the nature of 1.1 The Waste Sites Preferred Options Commentary Report their submission. is a summary document of the responses received during the Waste Sites Plan Preferred Options consultation which ran from Table 1. Breakdown of total responses received. 9am on the 28 May 2012, to 5pm on the 23 July 2012. Consultees and stakeholders were invited to provide their views Total number of responses: 284 on the sites outlined in the Waste Sites Plan Preferred Options Document(1). Method Nature of response 1.2 This document provides a concise review of the responses Portal website 49 Object 52 (43 for allocated sites) received from members of the public, industry stakeholders and Email 185 Support 111 (18 for allocated sites) statutory consultees(2) in an attempt to highlight the main issues raised in supporting, objecting to or commenting on the various Letter 50 Comment 121 (112 for allocated sites) allocated and non-allocated sites contained within the Waste Sites Plan Preferred Options Document. Consultees were able 1.5 Please see Appendix 1 for a more detailed comparison of to submit their views via the KCC online consultation website, response rates for the latest consultation and the Waste Sites by email and by post. If you would like to view full responses Development Plan Options consultation which ran from the 31 that were made public, please visit our Consultation Portal at May 2011 to the 9 August 2011. http://consult.kent.gov.uk/portal. 1.3 The responses submitted to KCC will be recorded as part of the ongoing site assessment process. Data collection and site visits will then be formulated, taking into consideration the emerging Minerals and Waste Core Strategy policies and changes to national planning policy. The next document to be consulted upon will be the Core Strategy Pre-submission Draft. The Pre-submission Waste Sites Plan will not be published until the Core Strategy is adopted, estimated in September 2014. 1 Available at http://consult.kent.gov.uk/portal/waste-dpd/waste-pref-options?pointId=2189556 2 As required under the 2004 Local Development (England) Regulations (as amended by the 2008 and 2009 Regulations) and the duty-to-co-operate contained in the Localism Act Waste Sites - Preferred Options 107 ") 11 Medway ") Dartford 60 22 ") ") 63 Swale ") Gravesham 51 ") Thanet Medway 54 72 ") ") ") 65 61 Swale 64") ") 13 ") Canterbury 23 ") Sevenoaks Tonbridge and Malling Maidstone Dover 14 ") 37 ") 88 ") Ashford Tunbridge Wells 27 ") Shepway 0 10 20 Kilometres ¯ © Crown Copyright and database right 2012. Ordnance Survey 100019238 1:390,000 Waste Sites Preferred Options Commentary Report Kent County Council 3 2 This page has been left blank intentionally. Preferred Options Site Map 4 Kent County Council Waste Sites Preferred Options Commentary Report Responses for Waste Sites Preferred Options Document Object 1 27 responses Support 1 Responses relating to the Waste Sites Preferred Options Document in its entirety. Comment 25 Consultee Topic response Waste - within the Core Strategy there appears to be measures for the safeguarding of minerals, minerals sites, wharfs and railheads East Sussex however, this does not appear to be the case for waste sites. By not having a method to safeguard existing and potential waste sites, County the plan may be undermined should inappropriate development reduce the capacity available for managing waste. CDE & Aggregate Council Recycling - we note that further studies are being undertaken on the capacity of aggregate recycling facilities that may affect overall requirements. If ongoing flexibility is needed it may be appropriate to maximise the recovery of materials at temporary sites. Thurrock KCC have not made explicit whether the total waste capacity being planned for is net or gross of exports to Thurrock. We would like to Council see an explicit statement in the Core Strategy and Sites Documents that the capacity being planned for is gross of exports. Waste Sites Preferred Options Document During the plan-making phase environmental criteria policies should be developed (either in the Waste Sites Plan or in the Core Strategy), 4 Tonbridge & in line with Annex E in PPS10 - and in accordance with any national planning policy that eventually supersedes it. In particular, policies Malling and/or planning conditions should ensure that the development and operation of waste sites does not generate more traffic movements Borough than can be accommodated without significant adverse affects on the local highway network and any relevant AQMAs. Where possible, Council on-site management of waste where it arises should also be pursued, as supported