Policy information sourced from the Bexley Unitary Development Plan - Written Statement

WAS3 Crayford Marshes Landfill Site

The Council will seek the restoration of this former refuse tip, now a landfill site, to a use appropriate to the Green Belt, at the earliest opportunity.

At no time will the council permit any operation other than landfill to complete the restoration of the former refuse tip.

The Council will not accept any extension or intensification of the existing landfill operation that would fail to meet the following objectives:

  1. the protection of the River Cray/River Darent floodplain;
  2. The protection of views across the Green Belt to the River Cray, River Darent and the marshland landscape;
  3. the protection of the identified ecological interest of the River Darent, River Cray and Crayford Marshes; and
  4. the reduction of the amount of traffic using the inadequate access to the site.

For more information please see the Bexley Unitary Development Plan