Policy information sourced from The London Plan 2021

SI 9 Safeguarded waste sites

Existing waste sites should be safeguarded and retained in waste management use.

Waste facilities located in areas identified for non-waste related development should be integrated with other uses as a first principle where they deliver clear local benefits.

Waste plans should be adopted before considering the loss of waste sites. The proposed loss of an existing waste site will only be supported where appropriate compensatory capacity is made within London that must be at or above the same level of the waste hierarchy and at least meet, and should exceed, the maximum achievable throughput of the site proposed to be lost.

Development proposals that would result in the loss of existing sites for the treatment and/or disposal of hazardous waste should not be permitted unless compensatory hazardous waste site provision has been secured in accordance with this policy.

Development proposals for the relocation of waste sites within London are supported where strategic waste management outcomes are achieved.