Policy information sourced from the Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan

CSW 6 Location of Built Waste Management Facilities

Planning permission will be granted for proposals that:

  • do not give rise to significant adverse impacts upon national and international designated sites, including Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Areas (SPAs), Ramsar sites, Ancient Monuments and registered Historic Parks and Gardens. (See Figures 4, 5 & 6).
  • do not give rise to significant adverse impacts upon Local Wildlife Sites (LWS), Local Nature Reserves (LNR), Ancient Woodland, Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) and groundwater resources. (See Figures 7, 8, 10 & 15)
  • are well located in relation to Kent’s Key Arterial Routes, avoiding proposals which would give rise to significant numbers of lorry movements through villages or on unacceptable stretches of road.
  • do not represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
  • avoid Groundwater Source Protection Zone 1 or Flood Risk Zone 3b
  • avoid sites on or in proximity to land where alternative development exists/ has planning permission or is identified in an adopted Local Plan for alternate uses that may prove to be incompatible with the proposed waste management uses on the site.
  • for energy producing facilities - sites are in proximity to potential heat users.
  • for facilities that may involve prominent structures (including chimney stacks) - the ability of the landscape to accommodate the structure (including any associated emission plume) after mitigation.
  • for facilities involving operations that may give rise to bioaerosols (e.g. composting) to locate at least 250m away from any potentially sensitive receptors.

Where it is demonstrated that waste will be dealt with further up the hierarchy, or it is replacing capacity lost at existing sites, facilities that satisfy the relevant criteria above on land in the following locations will be granted consent, providing there is no adverse impact on the environment and communities and where such uses are compatible with the development plan:

  1. within or adjacent to an existing mineral development or waste management use
  2. forming part of a new major development for B8 employment or mixed uses
  3. within existing industrial estates
  4. other previously developed, contaminated or derelict land not allocated for another use
  5. redundant agricultural and forestry buildings and their curtilages

Proposals on greenfield land will only be permitted if it can be demonstrated that there are no suitable locations identifiable from categories 1 to 5 above within the intended catchment area of waste arisings. Particular regard will be given to whether the nature of the proposed waste management activity requires an isolated location.

For more information please see the Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan