1. PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION & ESTATES www.cornwall.gov.uk WASTE PLANNING ISSUES Mark Jones Deputy Director

2. PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION & ESTATES www.cornwall.gov.uk Waste Planning Land Use Policy/Waste Development Framework Development Control

3. PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION & ESTATES www.cornwall.gov.uk Waste Development Framework Issues & Options consultation Sustainability Appraisal Need for waste facilities ‘Preferred Options’ - Policies - Site Search

4. PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION & ESTATES www.cornwall.gov.uk Preferred Options Planning Policy for Waste Management Facilities Used in decision making on applications Principally concerned with: - Industrial & Commercial Waste - Municipal Waste - Construction & Demolition Waste

5. PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION & ESTATES www.cornwall.gov.uk Preferred Options - contents Primarily policy document: Core policies Promotional role in commitment to raise awareness about waste issues Nature of facilities – visual impact, design, noise, odour etc; Locational criteria Identifies potential sites

6. PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION & ESTATES www.cornwall.gov.uk Sites Need to make provision for: Range of facilities Range of scales Encourage co-location And Without being prescriptive about technology

7. PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION & ESTATES www.cornwall.gov.uk Site Identification Range of sites Household Waste & Recycling Centres Waste Transfer Stations Energy from Waste facility Resource Management Parks

8. PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION & ESTATES www.cornwall.gov.uk Strategy for Municipal Waste Takes forward approach in the Waste Local Plan -integrated approach -reuse, recycling, composting -recovery -EfW in Area of Search -disposal

9. PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION & ESTATES www.cornwall.gov.uk Central Cornwall Energy from Waste Facility Locational factors; road & rail, heat consumers, grid connection, central 108km 2 4-5ha site required 46 potential sites examined within, or close to, the Central Cornwall Area of Search

10. PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION & ESTATES www.cornwall.gov.uk Central Cornwall Energy from Waste Facility -Each site assessed and weighted against a number of criteria including; -Number of sensitive receptors -Rail & road access -Landscape/visual impact -Land classification -Power/heat consumption -Ecology -Archaeology -Surface water drainage & flooding

11. PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION & ESTATES www.cornwall.gov.uk The Sites Energy from Waste Facility within central Cornwall at one of: Rostowrack Farm, Parkandillick Rock Dryers, Bugle Adjacent to Victoria Business Park Wheal Remfry, Fraddon

12. PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION & ESTATES www.cornwall.gov.uk Provisional WDF Timetable May/June 2005 - Issues & Options Consultation April/May 2006 - Preferred Options Consultation November 2006 - Submission to Secretary of State June 2007 - Independent Examination December 2007 - Adoption

13. PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION & ESTATES www.cornwall.gov.uk Development Control Waste management applications are “County Matters” Decisions in accordance with the Development Plan -Waste Local Plan -Waste Development Framework