Policy information sourced from City of London Local Plan

DM 17.3 New Waste Management Sites

When new facilities for waste management, handling and transfer are proposed developers will be required to demonstrate through design and sustainability statements that the benefits of the proposed development outweigh any adverse impacts and particularly that:

  • the development will handle waste which has been generated locally;
  • access arrangements, mode of transport and transport routes will minimise the potential for congestion and environmental impacts, including local air quality impacts and carbon emissions. Use of the river for transport of waste and recyclables will be encouraged;
  • the carbon impact of the development will be minimised. New waste facilities should comply with the Mayor’s Carbon Intensity Floor (CIF);
  • the development is designed with resilience to natural and man-made safety and security challenges.

For more information please see the Local Plan