Policy information sourced from the East Herts District Plan

WAT2 Source Protection Zones

In Source Protection Zones (SPZs), development proposals for any of the following uses will be required to submit an assessment of potential impacts and any mitigation measures required:

  • incinerators
  • waste transfer stations
  • vehicle dismantlers
  • metal recycling
  • waste treatment facilities and all other non landfill waste management activities
  • cemeteries discharge of foul sewage to ground
  • cess pools
  • waste sites and underground storage of hazardous substances (i.e. petrol stations)
  • new trade effluent discharges or stores
  • storage of manure, slurry, sewage sludge and other farm waste.

For more information please see the District Plan