OXFORDSHIRE MINERALS AND WASTE LOCAL PLAN PART 1 – CORE STRATEGY PROPOSED SUBMISSION DOCUMENT August 2015 OMWLP Core Strategy – Proposed Submission Document OXFORDSHIRE MINERALS AND WASTE LOCAL PLAN PART 1 – CORE STRATEGY PROPOSED SUBMISSION DOCUMENT August 2015 Approved by Oxfordshire County Council 24 March 2015 3 August 2015 OMWLP Core Strategy – Proposed Submission Document Section Content Page 1 Introduction 7 Introduction 7 Replacement of existing development plan policies 8 Proposed submission document 8 Representations on the proposed submission document 8 What happens next? 9 2 Background 10 The Oxfordshire Area 10 Minerals in Oxfordshire 14 Waste in Oxfordshire 18 Policy context 21 Issues 26 Habitats Regulations Assessment 30 Sustainability Appraisal/Strategic Environmental Assessment 30 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment 31 3 Vision and Objectives for Minerals and Waste in 32 Oxfordshire Introduction 32 Minerals Planning Vision 32 Minerals Planning Objectives 33 Waste Planning Vision 34 Waste Planning Objectives 35 4 Minerals Planning Strategy 37 Recycled and secondary aggregate 37 Provision for working aggregate minerals 39 Locations for working aggregate minerals 43 Imported aggregate and rail depots 51 Non aggregate mineral working 52 Safeguarding mineral resources 55 Safeguarding mineral infrastructure 56 Restoration and after-use of mineral workings 58 5 Waste Planning Strategy 63 The amounts of waste to be managed 63 Diverting waste from landfill 67 Provision for waste management – capacity and facilities 69 required General locational strategy for waste management facilities 73 Siting of waste management facilities 76 Landfill 79 Hazardous waste 85 Agricultural waste 86 4 August 2015 OMWLP Core Strategy – Proposed Submission Document Radioactive waste 88 Waste water (sewage) 92 Safeguarding waste management sites 93 6 Core Policies for Minerals and Waste 97 Sustainable development 97 Climate change 97 Flooding 98 Water environment 100 Local environment, amenity and economy 102 Agricultural land and soils 104 Biodiversity and geodiversity 105 Landscape 108 Historic environment and archaeology 109 Transport 111 Rights of way 114 7 Implementation and Monitoring 116 Implementation of the minerals planning strategy 116 Monitoring of the minerals planning strategy 119 Implementation of the waste planning strategy 120 Monitoring of the waste planning strategy 123 Appendix Replacement of Saved Development Plan Policies 125 1 Appendix Existing and Permitted Waste Management Sites 128 2 Safeguarded under Policy W11 Appendix Flood Vulnerability Classification and Flood Zone 133 3 Compatibility Glossary 136 Index of Minerals Policies M1 Recycled and secondary aggregate 39 M2 Provision for working aggregate minerals 43 M3 Principal locations for working aggregate minerals 48 M4 Sites for working aggregate minerals 49 M5 Working of aggregate minerals 50 M6 Aggregate rail depots 51 M7 Non-aggregate mineral working 54 M8 Safeguarding mineral resources 55 M9 Safeguarding mineral infrastructure 57 M10 Restoration of mineral workings 61 Index of Waste Policies W1 Oxfordshire waste to be managed 66 W2 Oxfordshire waste management targets 69 W3 Provision for waste management capacity and facilities 72 required 5 August 2015 OMWLP Core Strategy – Proposed Submission Document W4 Locations for facilities to manage the principal waste streams 76 W5 Siting of waste management facilities 78 W6 Landfill 84 W7 Management and disposal of hazardous waste 86 W8 Management of agricultural waste 87 W9 Management and disposal of radioactive waste 91 W10 Management and disposal of waste water and sewage 93 sludge W11 Safeguarding waste management sites 94 Index of Common Core Policies C1 Sustainable development 97 C2 Climate change 98 C3 Flooding 100 C4 Water environment 101 C5 Local environment, amenity and economy 103 C6 Agricultural land and soils 105 C7 Biodiversity and geodiversity 107 C8 Landscape 109 C9 Historic environment and archaeology 110 C10 Transport 114 C11 Rights of way 115 Index of Figures Fig 1 Special Areas of Conservation, Sites of Special Scientific 12 Interest, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Green Belt in Oxfordshire Fig 2 Oxfordshire growth areas, other large towns and smaller 13 towns Fig 3 Sand and gravel resources in Oxfordshire 15 Fig 4 Crushed rock resources in Oxfordshire 16 Fig 5 Location of active mineral workings and sites with planning 17 permission Fig 6 Location of municipal and commercial & industrial waste 19 facilities and sites with planning permission Fig 7 Location of permanent construction, demolition & excavation 20 waste facilities and sites with planning permission Fig 8 Waste Hierarchy 23 Fig 9 Minerals Key Diagram 62 Fig 10 Origin of waste disposed in Oxfordshire licensed landfill sites 79 2008 – 2013 Fig 11 Types of waste disposed in Oxfordshire licensed landfill sites 80 2008 – 2013 Fig 12 Waste Key Diagram 96 Fig 13 Oxfordshire Lorry Route Map 112 6 August 2015 OMWLP Core Strategy – Proposed Submission Document 1. INTRODUCTION Introduction 1.1 The County Council is responsible for minerals and waste planning in Oxfordshire and has reviewed the planning policies for mineral working and waste management. The new Oxfordshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan will comprise the following documents: Part 1 – Core Strategy (this document); and Part 2 – Site Allocations (yet to be prepared). 1.2 Closely related to the Plan, the Council has also prepared the Oxfordshire Statement of Community Involvement, which was adopted in 2006. This has now been reviewed and a revised Statement of Community Involvement was adopted by the County Council on 24 March 2015. 1.3 The Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Part 1 – Core Strategy (hereafter called the Core Strategy) provides the planning strategies and policies for the development that will be needed for the supply of minerals and management of waste in Oxfordshire over the period to the end of 2031. It sets out policies to guide minerals and waste development over this plan period and common core policies which address development management issues relevant to both minerals and waste. 1.4 The Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Part 2 – Site Allocations Document (hereafter called the Site Allocations Document) will allocate specific sites for minerals and waste developments within the policy parameters set by the Core Strategy, to provide for the development needs established in the Core Strategy for the period to 2031. It will also include any further development management policies that are necessary in relation to the allocated sites. The Site Allocations Document will be prepared after the Core Strategy. 1.5 Legislation and national planning policy and guidance allows for a separate Core Strategy and Site Allocations Document to be prepared, rather than a single local plan document, where there is a clear justification for doing so. Preparation of separate development plan documents has been progressing since 2006, in accordance with previous legislation and national planning policy. Work has been focussed on the Core Strategy, leaving the Site Allocations Documents to follow. Changing now to a single plan document would add one to two years to the plan preparation process, due largely to the need to identify, assess and consult on site options. 1.6 In view of the age and outdated nature of the Oxfordshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan (adopted July 1996) and the significant delay in the adoption of a new Plan (the Core Strategy) with up to date polices that would result from changing to a single plan, there is a clear justification for continuing with the preparation of separate Core Strategy and Site Allocations Documents. 7 August 2015 OMWLP Core Strategy – Proposed Submission Document Replacement of existing development plan policies 1.7 The policies in the Core Strategy will, when it is adopted, replace policies in the Oxfordshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan (1996). Appendix 1 sets out a schedule of existing saved development plan polices that are replaced by polices in the Core Strategy. It also lists existing saved development plan polices that will be replace by polices in the Site Allocations Document. Proposed submission document 1.8 This document is the Council’s Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Part 1 – Core Strategy Proposed Submission Document, which is to be submitted to the Government for independent examination. The Council believes that the document as published is sound and provides the most appropriate strategies and policies to meet the minerals and waste development needs of the County. 1.9 The Core Strategy is supported by a Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment, Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report, Strategic Flood Risk Assessment, Local Aggregate Assessment, Waste Needs Assessment and Consultation Statement. These documents will be published with the Core Strategy on the Council’s website. Other documents that are prepared to support, inform or provide evidence for the Core Strategy, including Topic Papers providing background information on the development of the strategies and policies, will also be published on the Council’s website as and when they become available. Representations on the proposed submission document 1.10 Before submitting this Core Strategy to the Government for examination, the Council is publishing it to allow for representations to be made, in accordance with Regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012. The period for making