Deposit Draft Local Development Plan - Rhondda Cynon Taf

Policy NSA 28 - Provision Of CommunityRecycling FacilitiesSites in the following locations will be safeguarded for thecontinuation of or provision for the future use as communityrecycling centres:1. Dinas;2. Treorchy;6.106. The area of safeguarding includes a 200-metre buffer zone around thedeposit. It is necessary to identify buffer zones around these resources tosafeguard their boundaries from land uses, which may sterilise them orhinder their extraction. Permanent development and land uses that wouldbe considered unsuitable within the safeguarding area and the buffer zonewould include residential development, hospitals and schools, or where anacceptable standard of amenity should be expected. There should be nonew mineral extraction within the buffer zone.3. Treherbert:4. Ferndale;5. Aberdare (Bryn Pica);6. Gelli.6.104. The Council’s Waste Strategy ‘Respecting Waste’ set out the Council’s intentionto develop traditional Civic Amenity Sites, which were simply waste disposalsites, to Community Recycling Centres. Community Recycling Centres arecentres that provide a range of recycling containers for the sorting andseparation of waste into appropriate streams for re-use and recycling.6.105. Community Recycling Centres are an important component of the Council’sWaste Management Programme and this policy will ensure that currentand identified future sites are safeguarded.92Preserving Our Heritage, Building Our Future