Policy information sourced from the Southwark Local Plan 2022
P62 Reducing waste
- Development must:
- Demonstrate how the following waste management hierarchy will be applied during construction:
- Avoid creating waste; then
- Reduce the amount of waste produced; then
- Prepare waste materials for re-use; then
- Recycle and compost waste materials; then
- Recover energy from waste materials; then
- Dispose waste materials in landfill; and
- Demonstrate how the following waste management hierarchy will be applied during construction:
- Provide adequate recycling, composting and waste disposal, collection and storage facilities on site; or
- Provide a suitable off site waste management strategy that does not adversely impact amenity, access or the environment where on site waste management provision is not possible.
- Major referable development should submit a Circular Economy Statement.
For more information please see the Southwark Local Plan 2022