Policy information sourced from the Harrow and Wealdstone Area Action Plan
AAP 21: Harrow Waste Management Site
Harrow’s waste management site in Forward Drive is allocated for waste management and depot functions. The portion of the site set aside for waste management includes the existing Civic Amenity facility, and is safeguarded for waste management uses under the West London Waste Plan DPD. Proposals for intensification of existing waste management activity, including any proposal for a new waste treatment facility on the site will be supported where the proposal:
- . Includes provision to relocate the existing depot functions to an alternative site in the Borough, or alternatively includes provision to consolidate, to the Council’s satisfaction, the existing depot functions on the site;
- Demonstrates, through accordance with the criteria of London Plan Policy 5.17B and criteria d-g below, that the type of waste treatment facility proposed, and its scale (i.e. the quantum of waste to be managed), is appropriate to the site context;
- Incorporates the redevelopment of the Civic Amenity facility;
- Through the proposed design, siting and layout, adequately addresses proximity issues in respect of the residential properties along the northern site boundary as well as visual intrusion on surrounding areas;
- Results in an overall improvement to the existing levels of amenity (noise, odour and dust emissions) experienced by neighbouring uses, especially the residential area to the north of the site, through enclosing any new facility, as well as the existing civic amenity facility;
- Provides for adequate safeguards against land, water and air contamination; and
- Provides for adequate circulation arrangements within the site for all activities.
Proposals for alternative use of this site that fail to provide sufficient capacity for waste management facilities or that fail to adequately address the above considerations will be refused.
For more information please see the Area Action Plan