Policy information sourced from the Hertfordshire Waste Development Framework, Waste Core Strategy & Development Management Policies DPD

14: Buffer Zones

Waste management proposals should incorporate an appropriately defined buffer zone in order to safeguard sensitive land-uses. The following matters will be taken into account when delineating the buffer zone at the application stage for development:

  • type of waste and the type of waste management facility including processing and recovery methods:
  • natural and manmade features, which may reduce the impact of the development, for example landscape features, e.g. woodland, trees, hedgerows, watercourses, roads, railway lines etc;
  • the direction of the prevailing wind; and
  • the proximity of the proposed development to neighbouring land uses.

Waste management proposals should also include appropriate buffer zones to watercourses to ensure the ecology and integrity of the watercourse and river corridor is protected.

For more information please see Hertfordshire Waste Development Framework