RECAP Waste Management Design Guide
Public Consultation for adoption as Supplementary Planning Document – 5th September to 17th October 2011
The RECAP Waste Management Design Guide was published by the Partnership in 2008. It has since been reviewed to ensure that it is consistent with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Minerals and Waste Core Strategy.
Consultation on the RECAP Design Guide took place between 15 February and 29 March 2010. As a result of the representations received through this consultation further changes are proposed to be made to the Design Guide. These further changes are now included within the current version out for public consultation.
The intention is that following public consultation the Design Guide will be adopted by Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council as a Supplementary Planning Document.
The Design Guide is available for public consultation from 5th September to 17th October 2011. For further information please refer to the websites of Cambridgeshire County Council or Peterborough City Council.
What does the Guide do?
The Design Guide addresses the issue of waste management in new developments and redevelopments of a residential, commercial or mixed (residential and commercial) nature. It is to be used by:
- Developers and designers to ensure effective segregation, storage and collection of waste materials; and
- Planning Authorities in assessing planning applications to ensure that waste management needs are adequately addressed
The Design Guide provides advice on the design and provision of waste management infrastructure as part of residential and commercial developments including the following:
- Internal/external storage capacity - the amount of space required within homes and for the storage of bins to serve residential and commercial developments
- Location of waste storage - issues to be considered in relation to the location of bins
- Waste Storage Infrastructure - a minimum specification for the storage of waste in residential and commercial developments
- Highway Design - ensuring that waste collection vehicles can serve new developments effectively
- Additional waste management measures - complementary measures which can be introduced to support the effective management of waste
- Developer Contributions - how developers will contribute to the provision of waste infrastructure including the provision of waste storage containers, recycling centres and bring sites
