Policy information sourced from Lambeth Local Plan 2020-2035
EN7: Sustainable waste management
In accordance with London Plan policies SI7, SI8 and SI9, the council will contribute to the sustainable management of waste in Lambeth by:
- supporting circular economy principles and the approach to driving waste management up the waste hierarchy in accordance with national and regional policy and targets, and in particular the efficient use of resources, the reuse of materials and resources, composting and the recovery of energy from materials;
- Contributing to the Mayor’s target for London’s waste capacity and net self-sufficiency by identifying sufficient capacity and land to meet Lambeth’s identified waste needs, including the borough’s apportionment target;
- supporting delivery of the Western Riverside Waste Authority’s statutory Waste Management Strategy and implementing its own Lambeth Sustainable Waste Management Strategy;
- safeguarding existing waste transfer and management sites for waste use and encouraging the intensification of capacity on existing sites where appropriate. The loss of a waste site for other uses will only be supported where appropriate compensatory capacity is provided in appropriate locations elsewhere in the borough. Compensatory provision should be at or above the same level of the waste hierarchy of that which is lost and meet or exceed the maximum achievable throughput of the site over the last five years;
- identifying sites/areas for waste management in Key Industrial and Business Areas and other appropriate locations to provide additional capacity to meet, over the plan period, the borough’s waste apportionment set out in the London Plan and any other identified waste management needs;
- supporting the provision of an adequate supply of land for the operational delivery of the waste collection service, including depots and waste transfer sites;
- co-operating with the local waste planning authorities that receive waste from Lambeth to address any issues associated with this during the plan period.
Proposals for new and improved waste management facilities will be assessed against the criteria in London Plan policy SI8 and national waste planning policy.
On-site waste management facilities should be incorporated into all major development proposals unless it is demonstrated that provision is not feasible or the location renders the site unsuitable for such facilities.
All developments will be expected to recycle construction, demolition and excavation (CD&E) waste on-site wherever practicable. For all development, 95 per cent of construction and demolition waste should be reused, recycled or recovered and 95 per cent of excavation waste should be put to beneficial use. Disposal of CD&E waste in landfill should only take place where it has been demonstrated that alternative, more sustainable fates are not feasible.
For more information please see the Local Plan