Policy information sourced from the South London Waste Plan

WP8 Nearby New Development Affecting Waste Sites

  • New development should be designed to ensure that existing consented or safeguarded waste sites remain viable and can intensify without unreasonable restrictions being placed on them.
  • Where new development is proposed that maybe affected by an existing consented or safeguarded waste site, the applicant should:
    1. Ensure that good design mitigates and minimizes existing and potential nuisances generated by the waste use, either existing, extant, a permission for additional capacity or developed for compensatory provision
    2. Explore mitigation measures early in the +design stage, with the necessary and appropriate provisions, including the ongoing and future management of mitigation measures, secured through planning conditions and obligations
    3. Engage early with the operators of the waste site to ensure a full understand of the operation (including on-site activities and hours of operation) and to ensure baseline assessments are robust.
  • Waste development for the intensification of sites should seek to result in sub-regional job creation and resulting social benefits, including skills, training, and apprenticeship opportunities.

For more information please see the South London Waste Plan