Policy information sourced from the Bexley Local Plan

DP25: new waste management facilities and extensions and alterations to existing facilities

  1. Development proposals for new waste management facilities, or for extensions and alterations to existing facilities, must demonstrate that they will contribute to the Council’s strategic approach of moving waste up the waste hierarchy (see Figure 14) and that the type of facility proposed is needed in the local area in line with the proximity principle and the self-sufficiency principle.
  2. Designated Strategic Industrial Locations (SIL) are appropriate locations for new waste management facilities; however consideration will be given to adjacent businesses within SIL and nearby land uses such as for residential or nature conservation, using the Agent of Change principle. A sequential approach to locating new waste facilities should be applied and locations chosen only where there are no significant adverse impacts and a preference given to parts of SIL that have the least detrimental impact on other businesses or land uses.
  3. Development proposals will be assessed using locally specific criteria, having regard to the requirements of UK legislation, the Government’s policies on waste and the Mayor’s London Plan, including impacts of the proposal on the local environment and residential amenity.
  4. All new waste facilities with the potential to have a negative impact on amenity of surrounding areas should be fully enclosed on all sides and have a roof and fast-acting doors or provide equivalent environmental protection.
  5. Proposals for new facilities, extensions and alterations should be well designed and contribute positively to local character.

For more information please see the Bexley Local Plan