Object
Solihull Local Plan (Draft Submission) 2020
Representation ID: 14100
Received: 10/12/2020
Respondent: Mr Andrew Freeman
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Policy P12 should be clearer and more succinct. Managing an equivalent tonnage to that arising is not appropriate due to reliance elsewhere. There is uncertainty over landfill/radioactive waste/waste water. Policy fails to ensure timely provision of facilities. Sequential approach misconceived, as on-site management only appropriate for major non-waste developments, industrial areas should be higher, and priority given to re-use of previously-developed land/sites identified for employment uses/redundant agricultural and forestry buildings/curtilages. Should support hazardous waste provision and management of secondary/recycled materials. No evidence that sites outside the Green Belt considered, and many sites/areas in Green Belt where very special circumstances required
POLICY P12 – REPLACEMENT TEXT
Insert between 2 and 3:
Provision to Meet Solihull’s Needs
Local Authority Collected Waste; Commercial and Industrial Waste; and Construction, Demolition and Excavation Waste
Sustainable provision of waste management facilities will be made to meet the requirements identified in the Waste Needs Assessment for Solihull at the dates identified in the Assessment.
Other types of waste
On suitable sites, support in principle is given to the provision of:
• facilities for the management of secondary and recycled materials and minerals waste; and
• hazardous waste management facilities.
Replace 3 to 6 with:
Suitable Sites and Areas
Locations that are in principle acceptable for waste management include the strategic waste management sites identified on the Policies Map where consolidation or expansion may be appropriate; suitable industrial areas or sites allocated for industrial or employment purposes; and, for the co-location of complementary waste management operations, the Berkswell and Meriden quarries. The re-use of previously-developed land, sites identified for employment uses, and redundant agricultural and forestry buildings and their curtilages will have priority.
Where it is not possible or appropriate for new operations to be developed in these locations, developers shall consider the potential of sites within the Area of Search for waste management facilities as identified on the Policies Map.
Many of the strategic waste management sites, and the Area of Search, are within the Green Belt. As such, development would not normally be permitted other that in very special circumstances. These are likely to include the particular locational needs of some types of waste management facilities and the absence of suitable sites elsewhere. Very special circumstances will need to be demonstrate in applications.
Replace 7 with:
Household Waste Recycling Site
Land is identified for a relocated Household Waste and Recycling Centre within UK2 Land at Damson Parkway which is allocated for employment purposes in Policy P1 and Policy UK2.
Split 9 into 2 sections:
Safeguarding Waste Management Facilities
In considering non-waste management development proposals, the Council will take into account any adverse impact on the strategically important waste management sites and the potential of the Area of Search for waste management facilities identified in this plan.
Provision of Waste Facilities in Non-Waste Development
Non-waste development will be required to accommodate facilities for the storage, sorting and presentation of waste arising from the development, and developers will be expected to demonstrate satisfactory provision for waste management.
See attached