Policy information sourced from Newham Local Plan 2018
INF3 - Waste and Recycling
Proposals that address the following strategic principles, spatial strategy and design and technical criteria will be supported:
- Strategic Principles:
- The management of waste and development of waste facilities will:
- Follow the waste hierarchy, prioritising reduction, reuse, recycling, and energy recovery before final disposal;
- Prioritise rail and water transport over use of the principal road network;
- Observe the ‘Proximity Principle’, dealing with waste as close to its source as possible; and
- Minimise spatial impacts; and
- Comply with the East London Waste Plan1 while recognising any updates to the strategic framework of the London Plan.
- The management of waste and development of waste facilities will:
- Spatial Strategy:
- Schedule 1 safeguarded sites2 will be protected, and prioritised for new or expanding waste facilities for which there is a proven local need, followed by Strategic Industrial Locations as far as possible. Other locations may prove suitable where acceptable mitigation of impacts can be delivered in line with other development plan policies (specifically SP3, SP8 and SC5);
- Development at Beckton Riverside will include a waste facility with capacity to meet strategic waste needs unless it is demonstrated that there is no longer a need for such a facility in that location (through updated evidence concerning strategic need via an updated Joint Waste Plan or submission of equivalent robust evidence); and
- Other waste sites will be protected as per Managed Release, transition and intensification specifications set out in J2 and where relevant, spatial policies.
- Design and technical criteria:
- As per policy SC5, all waste facilities should be fully enclosed or provide an equivalent level of environmental protection with respect to [air] emissions;
- Development should ensure on-site handling and storage can meet the needs of the development and local collection arrangements without amenity impacts for occupiers or neighbours; this includes future-proofing through the facilitation of tri-separation and collection. Where feasible, innovative approaches to sustainable waste management that support the implementation of policy SP3 and SP8 should be provided; and
- Major development proposals should be accompanied by Site Waste Management Plans setting out how the requirements of this policy are met.
For more information please see the Local Plan 2018