South London Waste Plan

Stage 2a ‘Additional Sites’ Consultation – South London Waste Plan Potential Sites and Policies: 8 February to 22 March 2010

Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton Councils are now seeking your views on the ‘Stage 2a Additional Sites Consultation’ for the South London Waste Plan. Details about how to obtain consultation documents are found below.
The boroughs are working together to produce the South London Waste Plan in response to European, UK legislation and the Mayor’s London Plan which require more rubbish to be recycled, composted and treated in facilities close to the source of waste. Modern waste management facilities are needed to achieve this and help reduce the amount of rubbish sent to land fill.
The South London Waste Plan is a key planning document which will form part of each borough’s Local Development Framework (LDF). It will support the development of modern waste management facilities by:
Identifying suitable sites for the possible future development of modern waste management facilities across the four boroughs.
Identifying policies to govern and control the development of future waste facilities and help decide future planning applications in all partner boroughs.
Last year’s consultation
This is the third stage of consultation on the Waste Plan. During the summer and autumn of 2009, a major public consultation took place giving people an opportunity to have their say about a ‘shortlist’ of 28 sites across the boroughs of Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton, that were considered potentially suitable for waste management facilities. The sites that appeared on this shortlist had been whittled down from an original ‘long list’ of 140 sites.
In addition to commenting on the suitability of the shortlisted and long listed sites, the consultation gave respondents the opportunity to put forward sites that had not been previously considered. Eight new sites were suggested by residents, landowners and waste operators which have been considered. These are:

- Land west of Hawkhurst Road, Croydon – Open area of land adjacent to Chessington Garden Centre, Kingston – Land to the south of Silverglade Business Park, Kingston – Land at the Hogsmill Valley, Kingston – Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium, Merton – Former gravel extraction works sites (the old Cemex site), Beddington Farmlands, Sutton – Wandle Valley Trading Estate, Hackbridge, Sutton – Land to the north of Jessop’s Way, Beddington, Sutton

We have assessed the suitability of these eight additional sites for waste management purposes. All eight sites scored relatively poorly and would not have made it onto the shorlist of sites considered in the previous stage of consultation in which you took part. These poor scores indicate that from a planning perspective, there would be obstacles to them being used for waste management purposes.

Residents and other interested parties are now being asked for their views on the site assessment and the possible use of these additional sites for waste management related purposes.

We welcome your comments on the eight sites identified in this Stage 2a consultation document. We are not asking for comments on sites identified in earlier consultations, nor inviting people to identify any further sites.

How to get involved

During the consultation period, the Stage 2a Additional Sites Consultation Document will be available for six weeks from 8 February until midnight on 22 March at the following locations:

· http://southlondonwasteplan.limehouse.co.uk

· All libraries in Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton (please ask at the reception)

· All main council receptions in Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton (please ask at the reception)

Alternatively, please contact the Waste Planning Project Manager using the contact details below for a copy to be posted to you.

What happens next?
To accommodate this extra phase of consultation, the final version of the South London Waste Plan is now due to be published in October / November 2010. It will contain planning policies for assessing future waste management applications and the list of suitable sites which could be used for such proposals. It will then be submitted to the Secretary of State for examination by an independent planning inspector.

Please take this opportunity to find out more and give us your views. If you have any questions, please get in touch using the contact details below.

Yours faithfully,

Emma Smyth

Waste Planning Project Manager
South London Waste Plan

Tel: 020 8547 5375
Email: southlondonwasteplan@rbk.kingston.gov.uk