Policy information sourced from City of London Local Plan

CS17: Waste

To support City businesses, residents and visitors in making sustainable choices regarding the minimisation, transport and management of their waste, capitalising on the City’s riverside location for sustainable waste transfer and eliminating reliance on landfill for municipal solid waste (MSW) by:

  1. Enabling waste minimisation and adherence to the waste hierarchy:
    • requiring the provision of facilities for waste segregation, handling and management within new developments;
    • increasing the proportion of municipal solid waste recycled to at least 45% by 2015 in line with the City of London Waste Strategy;
    • promoting improved waste management choices for businesses and residents.
  2. Enabling waste to be managed at the nearest available suitable location:
    • identifying waste management capacity in the City, or elsewhere in London, to meet the City’s London Plan waste apportionment target, including through partnership working with the London Borough of Bexley;
    • safeguarding Walbrook Wharf as a waste handling site and investigating the potential for waste management, alongside its waste transfer function;
    • co-operating with other waste planning authorities to ensure appropriate waste management facilities are available to manage waste generated in the City.
  3. Enabling the sustainable transport of materials including waste and recyclables by river:
    • safeguarding Walbrook Wharf as a wharf suitable for river transport of materials including waste;
    • exploring the potential for further use of waterways for the transport of waste and construction materials subject, where appropriate, to the potential impact on Natura 2000 sites.

For more information please see the Local Plan