East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy 2005/06

egion is one of the largest suppliers nationally it has
a significant role to play in the nation’s economic
prosperity. Whilst the supply of aggregates is lower
than the apportionment figure this continues a trend
of lower production over the past 5 years. However,
at a national level, the demand model is deemed to
be robust. It is recognised that the environmental
capacity of the Region to continue that supply needs
to be considered, particularly in areas such as the
Peak Park and other regionally significant
environmentally sensitive areas. Therefore the role of
recycled and secondary aggregates will continue to
play a growing part in sustainable aggregate
provision.
6.9 The publication of MPS1 in late 2006 will mean
that any revision of RSS policy should consider the
mineral resources available for a range of regionally
significant minerals against the existing and future
patterns of supply.
Policy 38: Regional Waste Strategy (RWS)
A Regional Waste Strategy will be drawn up based
on the following principles:
• Working towards zero growth in waste at the
regional level
• Reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill
• Exceeding Government targets for recycling and
composting
• Taking a flexible approach to other forms of
waste recovery
6.10 This policy was implemented by the Regional
Assembly and the RTAB working through a subgroup
called the Regional Waste Strategy
Development Group (RWSDG).The RWSDG consisted
of various stake holders including; the waste industry
trade body ESA (Environmental Services Association),
representatives of environmental groups,
representatives of the waste collection and disposal
authorities, representatives of various educational
establishments and representatives of the Waste and
Resources Action Programme (WRAP), as well as the
East Midlands Development Agency and the
Government Office for the East Midlands. The broad
scope of the RWS means that whilst it has planning
policies at its core, it goes beyond a traditional landuse
planning document. The lead partners for some
of the proposed actions are not planning or waste
authorities.
Targets:
• To produce a Regional Waste Strategy.
Indicators:
• Production of Strategy
Results and Data Analysis
6.11 The East Midlands Regional Waste Strategy was
published in January 2006
(www.emra.gov.uk/waste/documents.htm).
Subsequent documents include Waste Planning
Guidance for the East Midlands Assembly (August
2006) and the Waste Treatment Capacity Study (July
2006).
6.12 The East Midlands Regional Waste Strategy is a
key element of Regional Policy, providing a strategic
framework which will allow the Region as a whole to
rapidly progress to more sustainable ways to
produce and consume goods, and then recycle or
recover as much value as possible from that waste
which is produced. It also has an important role to
identify the current capacity of the Region to
manage waste and to set out the waste
management infrastructure which will need to be
developed to meet future needs.
6.13 The Regional Spatial Strategy sets out the
principles and priorities for waste management:
• To work towards zero growth in waste at the
Regional level by 2016
• To reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill in
accordance with the EU Landfill Directive
• To exceed Government targets for recycling and
composting
• To take a flexible approach to other forms of waste
recovery
East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Annual Monitoring Report 2005/06
103