Policy information sourced from the South London Waste Plan

WP1 Strategic Approach to Municipal Solid Waste and Commercial and Industrial Waste

  1. 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.
  2. During the lifetime of the plan, the boroughs of the South LondonWaste Plan willseek to meet the London Plan 2021 apportionment target of managing 932,800 tonnes of Household and Commercial and Industrial waste per annum within their boundaries across the plan period to 2037.
  3. 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).
  4. New waste sites (either for transfer or management) will not normally be permitted, 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
    5. 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

For more information please see the South London Waste Plan