Policy information sourced from the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan

13: Spatial Strategy for Waste Management

The growth of Buckinghamshire’s sustainable waste management network will be delivered by primarily focusing development of facilities for the preparation of wastes for reuse and recycling and other recovery on the main urban areas and growth locations of High Wycombe, Aylesbury and Buckingham within existing general industrial and employment areas along with urban extensions.

As a secondary focus, facilities for the preparation of wastes for re-use and recycling in key settlements outside of the primary areas of focus (i.e. High Wycombe, Aylesbury and Buckingham), will be supported where located within existing general industrial and employment areas, particularly where involving the re-use of previously developed land and/or the co-location of waste management facilities.

New standalone waste management facilities should be directed towards the primary and secondary areas of focus. Other sites that are not within the primary and secondary areas of focus may come forward over the plan period and should demonstrate why the proposed location is acceptable with regard to the spatial strategy for waste management and other relevant MWLP policies.

Opportunities to co-locate waste management facilities together and with complementary activities will be supported where complaint with relevant MWLP policies. This includes co-location together with existing waste management facilities that would contribute towards integrated waste management solutions as well as co-location with complementary activities at industrial estates, waste management sites, and mineral extraction and processing sites (for proposals for aggregate and/or inert recycling facilities).

New strategic development areas should incorporate neighbourhood waste management facilities that support the efficient use and recovery of resources and enable communities and businesses to take more responsibility for their own waste. Within rural areas the development of facilities for the biological treatment of waste will be supported where: (i) associated with existing rural employment uses or farm-based enterprises; and/or (ii) involving the re-use of previously developed land, redundant agricultural and forestry buildings and their curtilages.

The scale and catchment of facilities should reflect the role of the locale with respect to Buckinghamshire’s settlement hierarchy.

Sufficient non-hazardous landfill capacity exists within the county and so no new capacity is considered necessary.

The deposit of inert waste to land should be focused at mineral extraction sites with extant planning permission to facilitate restoration.

For more information please see the Buckinghamshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan