August 2015 | NT | CIR.A.0223 PROPOSED MIXED USE URBAN EXTENSION, INCLUDING YARNBROOK/WEST ASHTON RELEF ROAD ASHTON PARK, SOUTH EAST TROWBRIDGE WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ON BEHALF OF ASHTON PARK TROWBRIDGE LTD AND PERSIMMON HOMES Pegasus Group Pegasus House | Querns Business Centre| Whitworth Road | Cirencester | Gloucestershire | GL7 1RT T 01285 641717 | F 01285 642348 | W www.pegasuspg.co.uk Birmingham | Bracknell | Bristol | Cambridge | Cirencester | East Midlands | Leeds | Manchester Planning | Environmental | Retail | Urban Design | Renewables | Landscape Design | Graphic Design | Consultation | Sustainability ©Copyright Pegasus Planning Group Limited 2011. The contents of this document must not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part without the written consent of Pegasus Planning Group Limited Ashton Park, Trowbridge Ltd & Persimmon Homes Waste Management Strategy CONTENTS: Page No: 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT 4 3. ANTICIPATED WASTE STREAMS 13 4. SITE MANAGEMENT 16 5. MANAGING WASTE ON SITE 19 6. MANAGING THE OFF SITE DISPOSAL PROCESS 25 7. CONCLUSIONS 26 August 2015 | NT | CIR.A.0223 Ashton Park, Trowbridge Ltd & Persimmon Homes Waste Management Strategy 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 This Waste Management Strategy has been prepared by Pegasus Group Ltd on behalf of Ashton Park Trowbridge Ltd and Persimmon Homes. The strategy sets out the approach to waste management that will be applied to the design, construction and occupation (operational phase) of the proposed mixed use development at Ashton park, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Site Description and Context 1.2 The Application Site is located on the South Eastern Periphery of Trowbridge and approximately 2.2km from the town centre. The small village of West Ashton lies east of the site on the eastern side of the A350. The A350 is a strategic road corridor that links the M4 to the north with the Poole conurbation on the south coast. Yarnbrook village is located to the south west of the site where the A350, A363 and B3097 intersect. 1.3 Ashton Park comprises of open farmland on the south eastern fringe of Trowbridge and covers approximately 153 hectares. The application site area comprises 177 hectares, including the corridor of the proposed Yarnbrook and West Ashton Relief Road (YMARR) and a stretch of the A350 between West Ashton and Yarnbrook. 1.4 The site is well connected by existing footpaths and cycleways to the town centre, via the People’s Park to the north. The site is also well related to residential development to the north. Proposed Development 1.5 An outline planning application is submitted for a mixed use urban extension development comprising the following: Up to 2,500 dwellings (Class C3) of mixed type and tenure, including a range of affordable housing and potential care home provision (Class C2). 15 ha of employment land to support a mix of B1, B2 & B8 uses. Two Local Centres to accommodate retail, social and community facilities which may include a mix of A1 – A5, D1 and C2/C3 use classes. Two primary schools. August 2015 | NT | CIR.A.0223 Page | 1 Ashton Park, Trowbridge Ltd & Persimmon Homes Waste Management Strategy A site for a secondary school. An integrated network of footways and cycleways. The provision of public open space/green infrastructure and areas of strategic landscaping, including an extension to the Biss Meadows Country Park and a corridor along the River Biss, woodland and hedgerow planting and allotments. A 100m Buffer to Biss Wood along the western edge. Provision of a range of play space. Sports Pitches and courts. Surface water/flood management mitigation works including the creation of attenuation ponds. Necessary related engineering works for drainage, sewers and other infrastructure A site for an ecological visitors facility Landscaping of Employment Area to incorporate aquatic and terrestrial habitat. The provision of Yarnbrook Relief Road and associated highway infrastructure. A single carriageway scheme of 7.3m with associated landscaping and drainage (matters not reserved) Downgrading of part of A350 with associated landscaping and highway works Vehicular access from proposed Yarnbrook/West Ashton Relief Road, 3 x accesses from West Ashton Road and 2 x accesses from Soprano Way (matters not reserved). Definitions 1.6 For the purposes of this report, ‘waste’ is defined as materials that are unwanted having been left over after the completion of a process which would otherwise be discarded. Waste minimisation is the process of reducing the quantity of such materials arising, requiring processing and/or disposal. August 2015 | NT | CIR.A.0223 Page | 2 Ashton Park, Trowbridge Ltd & Persimmon Homes Waste Management Strategy 1.7 The priority at the Ashton Park development will be not producing waste in the first place. To do this, the waste implications of the proposal need to be considered at the earliest possible stage. 1.8 The aim of the Ashton Park Waste Minimisation Strategy is to assist the applicant and Wiltshire Council to manage and minimise the production of waste during demolition, construction and occupation of the proposed development at Ashton Park, Trowbridge. 1.9 This document provides the waste management strategy for the Ashton Park development, in accordance with relevant local and national guidance. August 2015 | NT | CIR.A.0223 Page | 3 Ashton Park, Trowbridge Ltd & Persimmon Homes Waste Management Strategy 2. PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT National Policy 2.1 The relevant extant and emerging national waste management policy and strategy is set out within the following documents; Waste Management Plan for England, December 2013; National Planning Policy for Waste, October 2014; National Planning Policy Framework, March 2012. Waste Management Plan for England, December 2013 2.2 The Waste Management Plan for England (WMPE) is a high level strategy that supersedes the former Waste Strategy 2007 and supports the implementation of the objectives and provisions set out within the revised Waste Framework Directive, specifically Article 28 which requires that Member States establish one or more waste management plans covering their territory. 2.3 The WMPE states that the key aim for waste management in England is to work towards a ‘zero waste economy’. This means the adoption of the waste hierarchy (see figure 1) as the guiding principle to sustainable waste management. Figure 1: The Waste Hierarchy August 2015 | NT | CIR.A.0223 Page | 4 Ashton Park, Trowbridge Ltd & Persimmon Homes Waste Management Strategy 2.4 The Waste Framework Directive (WFD) is the legislative framework for the collection, transport, recovery and disposal of waste. Relevant mandatory requirements of the WFD specify that the Plan should contain information on: “An analysis of the current waste management situation in the geographical entity concerned, as well as the measures to be taken to improve environmentally sound preparing for re-use, recycling, recovery and disposal of waste and an evaluation of how the plan will support the implementation of the objectives and provisions of the revised WFD Existing waste collection schemes and major disposal and recovery installations, including any special arrangements for waste oils, hazardous waste or waste streams addressed by specific Community legislation; An assessment of the need for new collection schemes, the closure of existing waste installations, additional waste installation infrastructure in accordance with Article 16 (on the proximity principle), and, if necessary, the investments related thereto General waste management policies, including planned waste management technologies and methods, or policies for waste posing specific management problems” 2.5 In addition, Schedule 1 of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 (the 2011 Regulations) translates the provisions of the WFD into legislation, including: In pursuance of the objectives and measures in Directive 94/62/EC (on packaging and packaging waste), a chapter on the management of packaging and packaging waste, including measures taken pursuant to Articles 4 and 5 of that Directive. Measures to promote high quality recycling including the setting up of separate collections of waste where technically, environmentally and economically practicable and appropriate to meet the necessary quality standards for the relevant recycling sectors. As appropriate, measures to encourage the separate collection of bio- waste with a view to the composting and digestion of bio-waste. As appropriate, measures to be taken to promote the re-use of products and preparing for re-use activities, in particular— (a) measures to encourage the establishment and support of re-use and repair networks; (b) the use of economic instruments; (c) the use of procurement criteria; and (d) the setting of quantitative objectives. August 2015 | NT | CIR.A.0223 Page | 5 Ashton Park, Trowbridge Ltd & Persimmon Homes Waste Management Strategy Measures to be taken to ensure that by 2020 (a) at least 50% by weight of waste from households is prepared for re-use or recycled. (b) at least 70% by weight of construction and demolition waste is subjected to material recovery. 2.6 The 2011 Regulations require that everyone involved in waste shall take all reasonable measures to apply the waste hierarchy except where, for specific waste streams, departing from the hierarchy is justified. 2.7 The WMPE advises of the Government’s ‘Waste Prevention Programme for England’ which works towards the zero waste economy with detailed actions to: