Policy information sourced from the Mayfair Neighbourhood Plan

MES2: Waste

MES2.1:

As required by the Westminster Recycling and Waste Storage Requirements guide, major developments or refurbishments must submit an operational waste management plan. In addition to the existing requirements, the operational waste management plan should:

  • Detail the strategies for supporting the waste management requirements and targets of the Plan, the City Plan, and the London Plan.
  • Demonstrate how the developer has considered and explored: (i) The use of innovative technologies to reduce the volume of waste that needs to be transported around and from Mayfair (supporting the proximity principle), especially the use of on-site waste treatment processes such as anaerobic digestion, in-vessel composting and waste-toenergy processes. (ii) The use of waste consolidation, to minimise vehicle journeys by large waste collection vehicles. Consideration should be given to the use of existing consolidation schemes, and to setting up new systems. Consolidation systems should make use of low-emission vehicles, pneumatic conveyance systems, manual waste movements, and compaction equipment to minimise the number, frequency and impact of waste collections.

MES2.2:

All new development must either:

  • Provide an off-street collection point, unless there are exceptional circumstances which preclude it.
  • Where no feasible solution can be found for the provision of a suitable off-street waste collection point, the developer must demonstrate how the hand-over of waste between the premises and their waste contractor is to be managed in order to minimise the time that is spent with waste on the street.
  • Developments should consider supporting wider initiatives to support improving the amenity of the Mayfair area by making available space to support waste consolidation projects where space allows in bin storage areas.

MES2.3:

Major developments or refurbishments must submit a site waste management plan, regardless of whether the construction cost exceeds the £300,000 threshold set in the Westminster Code of Construction Practice. In addition to the requirements set in the Westminster Code of Construction Practice, and the revoked Site Waste Management Plan Regulations 2008, the site waste management plan should detail:

  • How the requirements of the Westminster Code of Construction Practice will be met.
  • What agreements have been made with Westminster City Council regarding the storage and collection of CDEW from the site during development.
  • How waste generated during construction, demolition and excavation will be minimised, reused, recycled and recovered.
  • How the wider environmental impacts associated with waste generation will be minimised and mitigated.

MES2.4:

In support of the London Plan target to exceed recycling and reuse levels in CDEW of 95% by 2020, development proposals must demonstrate either:

  • How CDEW will be segregated at source.
  • Where space constraints prevent source segregation, that the chosen waste contractor is able to achieve high levels or recycling and recovery.

For more information please see the Neighbourhood Plan