1. 1
Pathway to Zero Waste Workshop
12 November 2010
Waste Data and
LDF Preparation
Trevor Brown
Principal Planning Officer

2. 2
Waste Core Strategy - Purpose
• Identify waste capacity requirement
• Plan for a period of at least 15 years
• Identify a strategy for site identification
• Set a policy framework for development
management

3. 3
Waste Core Strategy - Aims
• Self-sufficiency (as far as possible)
• Accommodate neighbouring needs
(where necessary)
• Identify how special needs should be met

4. 4
Waste Core Strategy - Process
• Establish (most) reliable base data
• Estimate future levels of waste
• Decide on how to manage the waste
• Establish existing waste capacity
• Develop strategy
– for deficiency in waste capacity
– for surplus in waste capacity

5. 5
Waste Core Strategy - Process
C & I Waste
Current 630,000 tpa
Estimate 690,000 tpa
Aim
Recycle 70%
Treat 25%
Landfill 5%
Existing
Recycle 40%
Treat 0%
Landfill 60%
Develop Strategy
Recycle requirement 189,000 tpa
Treatment requirement 157,500 tpa
Landfill surplus ???

6. 6
Waste Data: base data
• MSW: local authorities
• C&I: survey / E.A. data
• CDE: survey / E.A. data
• Haz : E.A. data

7. 7
Waste Data: Growth Rates
• Current trends
• Population/employment projections
• Waste targets on reduction
• Behaviour change
Get a Consultant??

8. 8
Waste Data: Managing the waste
• European / National targets
• Regional Spatial Strategy (revoked)
• New focus on Localism
– Municipal waste strategy
– Recycling/composting/landfill diversion aims
– Approach to self-sufficiency
– Stakeholder consultation

9. 9
Waste Data: Existing Capacity
• Average annual throughput?
• E.A. Licensed capacity limit?
• Planning condition limit?
• Site size?
• Waste market / operator opinion?
• PPS10 Guide:
‘maximum amount a site can take in annually’

10. 10
Waste Data: how important?
• Berkshire Waste Core Strategy
• Submission to SoS
• EiP adjourned
“…….if the base data of existing waste management
facilities is incorrect, the requirements for additional
waste management capacity….may be incorrect”
- Waste Core Strategy withdrawn

11. 11
Oxon: Waste Site Profile (content)
• Facility identification
• Contact Details
• Operator Aspiration
• E.A. data (throughput, capacity etc)
• Planning history
• Preliminary planning assessment

12. 12
Oxon: Waste Site Profile (process)
• Call for sites form
• Prepare draft profile
• Discuss Operator
• Finalise profile
• Monitor

13. 13
Oxon: Waste Site Profile (stats)
• Summer 2008 commencement
• 110 waste sites
• 149 separate facilities
• 87 site nominations
• 60% operator returns
• 36 completed profiles (to date)

14. 14
Waste Data and the LDF
Thank you
Questions?