Policy information sourced from the South London Waste Plan

WP2 Strategic Approach to Other Forms of Waste

  • The boroughs of the South London Waste Plan will work with the waste management industry to continue to develop efficient and more effective management eliminating the need for additional waste capacity.
  • During the lifetime of the plan, the boroughs of the South London Waste Plan will seek to meet the forecast arisings for Construction and Demolition waste of managing 568,162 tonnes per annum within their boundaries across the plan period to 2037. The boroughs of the South London Waste Plan will deliver this by safeguarding existing waste sites and encouraging the intensification of these sites as appropriate (see Policy WP3)
  • Temporary sites for the deposit of Excavation Waste will be supported where they are for beneficial use and subject to Policy WP5
  • New sites (either transfer or management) will not normally be supported for Construction and Demolition Waste, Radioactive Waste, Agricultural Waste and Hazardous Waste, unless:
    1. They are for compensatory provision (in accordance with Policy WP4); or
    2. there is an identified need for such a facility within the South London Waste Plan area that cannot be met on a site elsewhere in London; and
    3. there is robust evidence that existing safeguarded sites within the South London Waste Plan area are not available or suitable, or that needs cannot be met through the adaption or intensification of existing facilities; and
    4. they would manage waste as high up the waste hierarchy as practicable; and they would accord with all relevant aims and policies of the South London Waste Plan (particularly the locational criteria set out in Policy WP4 (b) to (e)) and the applicable borough’s Development Plan
  • Development for improvements to the operation of and the enhancement of the environment of the Hogsmill Sewage Treatment Works and the Beddington Sewage Treatment Works will be supported, subject to the other policies in this South London Waste Plan and the relevant borough’s Development Plan.

For more information please see the South London Waste Plan