11/00713/F - Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk

SAVED POLICIES OF THE NORFOLK WASTE LOCAL PLAN 2000
WAS1 – The Council will be guided by the principles of the waste hierarchy
WAS2 – Proposals will be required to demonstrate that they contain integrated proposals for
the recovery and utilisation of resources
WAS3 – Waste development for re-use, materials and energy recovery, transfer and storage
of waste will be permitted on industrial land
WAS5 – Waste incineration without energy recovery will not be permitted. Waste
incineration with energy recovery will be permitted.
WAS10 – Waste development in the countryside will on be permitted where there would be
no unacceptable impact
WAS12 – Waste development in or near conservation of regional or local importance will
only be permitted where there be no significant damage.
WAS13 – Waste development will be permitted only where there would be no unacceptable
harm to the amenities enjoyed by all and no endangerment to human health
WAS14 & WAS15 – No adverse impact on archaeological remains
WAS16 – Development only permitted where the access and highway network is suitable
WAS18 – No adverse impact on surface or groundwater
WAS19 – No adverse impact upon flooding.
EMERGING NORFOLK WASTE CORE STRATEGY & WASTE DEVELOPMENT
MANAGEMENT POLICIES DOCUMENT
(inquiry re-opened 15 th July)
CS3 – Strategy is to provide sufficient waste management capacity to meet the expected
arisings of municipal and commercial & industrial waste and to ensure that appropriate
capacity is provided for inert waste recycling and disposal
CS4 – By the end of 2026 there is a need to provide about 163,000 tonnes of new recycling,
composting and source segregated anaerobic digestion capacity, about 553,000 tonnes of
value recovery infrastructure and about 700,000 tonnes of new non-hazardous landfill
capacity.
CS5 – “Strategic” waste facilities will preferably be well-related to the Norwich Policy Area,
Great Yarmouth, King’s Lynn or Thetford.
11/01064/CM Development Control Board
25 July 2011
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