Agenda item
Essex & Southend Waste Local Plan
- Meeting of Cabinet, Tuesday, 19th September, 2017 2.00 pm (Item 322.)
- View the background to item 322.
Report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place) attached
Decision:
The Cabinet considered a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place) presenting the Essex and Southend-on-Sea Waste Local Plan.
Recommended:
1. That all the recommendations of the Inspector’s Report set out at Appendix 1 to the submitted report and the revised version of the Essex and Southend-on-Sea Waste Local Plan set out at Appendix 2 to the report, be approved.
2. That the Essex and Southend-on-Sea Waste Local Plan as set out at Appendix 2 to the report, in accordance with Planning Regulations, be approved.
3. That it be noted that the Essex and Southend-on-Sea Waste Local Plan Proposed Submission version, approved by Council for publication and submission in February 2016 has been amended as per:
a) the main modifications recommended by the Inspector in her report and agreed for consultation under delegated authority in 2016 (attached at Appendix 1);
b) The minor modifications agreed for consultation under delegated authority in 2016 (attached at Appendix 3); and
c) The further minor modification (attached at Appendix 4).
Reasons for Decision:
It is clearly advantageous for the Council to have a new Waste Local Plan in place as soon as possible. This would avoid the risk of new planning applications for waste related development being considered without an up-to-date Plan - one of the consequences being a lack of certainty regarding where new waste development will take place in future and whether such development is indeed required in the Plan area.
Other Options
Do nothing – work on the Plan would cease and the joint planning authorities would be forced to rely on national planning policy and guidance in making planning decisions in future. This option risks penalties for the Councils levied by the Government for the absence of an up-to-date Waste Local Plan
Note: This is a Council function
Eligible for call in to: Place Scrutiny Committee
Executive Councillor: Flewitt
Minutes:
The Cabinet considered a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place) presenting the Essex and Southend-on-Sea Waste Local Plan.
Recommended:
1. That all the recommendations of the Inspector’s Report set out at Appendix 1 to the submitted report and the revised version of the Essex and Southend-on-Sea Waste Local Plan set out at Appendix 2 to the report, be approved.
2. That the Essex and Southend-on-Sea Waste Local Plan as set out at Appendix 2 to the report, in accordance with Planning Regulations, be approved.
3. That it be noted that the Essex and Southend-on-Sea Waste Local Plan Proposed Submission version, approved by Council for publication and submission in February 2016 has been amended as per:
a) the main modifications recommended by the Inspector in her report and agreed for consultation under delegated authority in 2016 (attached at Appendix 1);
b) The minor modifications agreed for consultation under delegated authority in 2016 (attached at Appendix 3); and
c) The further minor modification (attached at Appendix 4).
Reasons for Decision:
It is clearly advantageous for the Council to have a new Waste Local Plan in place as soon as possible. This would avoid the risk of new planning applications for waste related development being considered without an up-to-date Plan - one of the consequences being a lack of certainty regarding where new waste development will take place in future and whether such development is indeed required in the Plan area.
Other Options
Do nothing – work on the Plan would cease and the joint planning authorities would be forced to rely on national planning policy and guidance in making planning decisions in future. This option risks penalties for the Councils levied by the Government for the absence of an up-to-date Waste Local Plan
Note: This is a Council function
Eligible for call in to: Place Scrutiny Committee
Executive Councillor: Flewitt
Supporting documents:
- Report of Deputy Chief Executive (Place), item 322. PDF 131 KB
- Appendix 1 - Inspectors Report Essex and Southend Waste Local Plan, item 322. PDF 253 KB
- Appendix 2 - Essex and Southend on Sea Waste Local Plan, item 322. PDF 9 MB
- Appendix 3 - Waste Plan Modifications, item 322. PDF 3 MB
- Appendix 4 - Further Minor Modifications, item 322. PDF 72 KB
- Appendix 5 - Waste Plan Further Mods, item 322. PDF 2 MB
- Appendix 6 - Waste PLan - MC5_ModCons_CommentsofWPA_March17, item 322. PDF 1 MB
- Appendix 7 - Waste Plan - EQIA_Pre_Sub_Draft_2015, item 322. PDF 209 KB
- Appendix 8 - Waste Plan - 02 RWLP Pre-Submission SA Non-Technical Summary, item 322. PDF 1 MB
- Appendix 9 - Waste Plan - MC3_SA_Addendum, item 322. PDF 1 MB