Comment
Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Pre-Submission Publication
Representation ID: 99165
Received: 09/11/2022
Respondent: Essex County Council
The additional information around a Waste Management Facilities Impact Assessment (WMFIA) and Appendix 9 which set out the nature of evidence that would be required to be submitted alongside a non-waste application such that the County Council could be satisfied that the proposed development would not impact on the operation of the current or future waste management facility is welcomed.
It is also considered that the plan makers consider including extending safeguarding provisions to sites allocated for a waste use. Whilst it is noted that the current version of the emerging Plan includes no such waste allocations, this stance may change in the future, and the inclusion of ‘allocated sites’ in the policy wording at this juncture may future proof the policy.