Policy information sourced from the Central and Eastern Berkshire Joint Minerals & Waste Plan

W4 Locations and Sites for Waste Management

  • The delivery of waste management infrastructure will be supported within:
    1. Preferred Waste Areas listed in Appendix C; or
    2. Allocated sites, provided the proposals address the relevant development considerations outlined in Appendix A:
      • Berkyn Manor Farm, Horton (WA 1);
      • Horton Brook Quarry, Horton (WA 2);
      • The Compound, Stubbings, Maidenhead (WA 3); or
    3. Where waste management infrastructure cannot be accommodated within the Preferred Waste Areas, appropriate locations which comply with all relevant policies in the Plan, where the site has good connectivity to the strategic road network; and
      • Areas of major new development; or
      • Sources of waste; or
      • Markets for the types of waste to be managed; and
      • One or more of the following features:
        1. Is existing or planned industrial or employment land; or
        2. Is a suitable reuse of previously developed land; or
        3. Is within redundant farm or forestry buildings and their curtilages or hard standings; or
        4. Is part of an active quarry or active landfill operation; or
        5. Is within or adjoins sewage treatment works and the development enables the co-treatment of sewage sludge with other wastes; or
        6. There is a clear proven and overriding need for the proposed facility to be sited in the proposed location.

For more information please see the Central and Eastern Berkshire Joint Minerals & Waste Plan