WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL MINERALS AND WASTE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK Pre-submission consultation statement (Regulation 30 document) 30: Pe-Submission Consultation Statement 28th November 2011 1 Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................. 4 2. Pre-commencement Consultation ............................................................. 6 Planning the Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) (March – April 2003) ............................................................................................................ 6 The Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Herefordshire and Worcestershire 2004-2034 (JMWMS) .............................................................. 8 Statement of Community Involvement .............................................................. 9 Planning Issues and Options for Managing Waste in Worcestershire – Evidence Gathering in Preparation of the Core Strategy .................................. 9 Responses .................................................................................................. 10 Sustainability Appraisal (April 2005) ............................................................... 10 Sustainability Appraisal, Waste Core Strategy: Scoping Report (July 2005) .. 11 “Moving Towards the Identification of Preferred Options” ............................... 11 Sustainability Appraisal of the Waste Core Strategy Issues and Options Consultation ................................................................................................... 12 Summaries of all of the responses received ................................................... 12 Lessons learned from consultation activity undertaken on the withdrawn Waste Core Strategy ................................................................................................. 13 Workshops .................................................................................................. 13 3. Recommencing the Process: "Refreshed Issues and Options – Public Participation" .................................................................................................... 14 Local Development Scheme ........................................................................... 14 Statement of Community Involvement ............................................................ 14 Refreshed Issues and Options - Public Participation ...................................... 14 4. Further consultations which informed the Emerging Preferred Options Report ............................................................................................................... 20 Press Releases/Articles .................................................................................. 20 Chamber of Commerce .............................................................................. 20 Meetings with individual businesses ............................................................... 20 Sustainability Appraisal .................................................................................. 22 Conformity ...................................................................................................... 22 Regional Conformity ................................................................................... 22 Liaison with other Councils ............................................................................. 22 City, Borough and District Councils in Worcestershire ................................ 22 Shropshire County Council ......................................................................... 23 Background documents .................................................................................. 23 Key Themes ............................................................................................... 23 Waste Streams ........................................................................................... 26 Facilities...................................................................................................... 29 5. Emerging Preferred Options Consultation ............................................. 37 6. First Draft Submission Consultation ....................................................... 42 7. Publication Document (Regulation 27) Consultation ............................. 49 2 8. Consultation on the Submission Document and Addendum to the Waste Core Strategy Submission Document ................................................. 56 Appendices ....................................................................................................... 61 Appendix 1: Press Releases ........................................................................... 62 Refreshed Issues and Options Consultation: .................................................. 62 Emerging Preferred Options Consultation: ..................................................... 63 First Draft Submission Consultation: .............................................................. 64 Publication Document (Regulation 27) consultation: ...................................... 65 Addendum to the Submission Document Consultation: .................................. 66 Appendix 2: Public Notices ............................................................................. 68 Refreshed Issues and Options Report: ........................................................... 68 Emerging Preferred Options Consultation: ..................................................... 69 First Draft Submission Consultation: .............................................................. 70 Publication Document (Regulation 27): .......................................................... 71 Addendum to the Submission Document Consultation: .................................. 72 Appendix 3: Consultation letters .................................................................... 74 Refereshed Issues and Options Consultation: ................................................ 74 Emerging Preferred Options Consultation: ..................................................... 75 Standard Letter ........................................................................................... 75 Letter to Parish Councils, Industry and Statutory bodies............................. 76 Follow up letter. .......................................................................................... 77 First Draft Submission Consultation: .............................................................. 78 Standard letter ............................................................................................ 78 Letter to Parish Councils and Industry ........................................................ 79 Follow up letter ........................................................................................... 80 Appendix 4: Parties consulted on the Waste Core Strategy......................... 81 Refreshed Issues and Options Consultation ................................................... 81 Emerging Preferred Options Consultation ...................................................... 85 First Draft Submission Consultation ............................................................... 98 Composition of Consultation database sub groups for the Publication Document (Regulation 27) consultation ........................................................ 111 Composition of Consultation database sub groups for the Addendum to the Submission Document consultation .............................................................. 112 3 1. Introduction The Waste Core Strategy (“the Strategy”) for Worcestershire is a statutory Development Plan Document (“DPD”) within the meaning of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004 as amended (“the Regulations”). Before the Council can adopt the Strategy it has to submit it to the Secretary of State for independent examination. Regulation 30(1)(c) of the Regulations requires the Council to send the Secretary of State a Pre-Submission Consultation Statement (“the Consultation Statement”) setting out: i. Which bodies and persons the local planning authority invited to make representations under regulation 25, ii. How those bodies were invited to make representations under regulation 25, iii. A summary of the main issues raised by the representations made pursuant to regulation 25, and iv. How any representations made pursuant to regulation 25 have been taken into account. (The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009 No 401) This document comprises the Pre-Submission Consultation Statement for the Waste Core Strategy for Worcestershire. Regulation 25 and government policy and advice generally, prescribe the need for early involvement of certain bodies as well as the local community and businesses in the preparation of DPDs. In accordance with this regulation the Council has involved the public, stakeholders and statutory consultees throughout the development of the Waste Core Strategy. This report details the formal stages of consultation and participation undertaken in accordance with the statutory regulations. However the Council has also been willing to exchange ideas with and incorporate suggestions from all parties throughout the development of the Strategy. The summary will give details relating to both formal and informal stages of consultation, as set out in Figure 1. 4 Figure 1: Report Format Pre-commencement consultation: Section 2 Recommencing the Process - Refreshed Issues and Options: