County Durham Waste Local Plan.

Contents

• Copyright Information.

• 1 Introduction.
  • The County Durham Waste Local Plan.
  • Consultation on the Plan.
  • Need for a Plan.
  • Purpose of the Plan.
  • Relationship with Other Plans.
  • County Durham Municipal Waste Strategy.
  • Role of Durham County Council.
  • Sustainability Appraisal.
• 2 The County Durham Context.
• 3 Policy Context.
  • European Context.
  • The EU Landfill Directive.
  • The EU Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive.
  • National Context.
  • Regional Context.
  • Environment Agency.
  • County Durham Structure Plan.
  • District Local Plans.
• 4 Strategy.
  • Principles of the Waste Local Plan.
  • Aims and Objectives of the Waste Local Plan.
  • Sustainable Development.
  • Protection and enhancement of the environment.
  • Promoting efficient use of resources.
  • Achieving the Objectives.
• 5 Overarching Policies.
  • Sustainable Development.
  • Best Practical Environmental Option.
  • Need.
  • Environmental Protection.
  • Location of new waste management facilities.
  • Safeguarding Waste Sites.
• 6 Environmental Protection.
  • Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control.
  • Design.
  • Landscape.
  • North Pennine Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
  • Areas of High Landscape Value and Heritage Coast.
  • Green Belt.
  • Nature Conservation.
  • Cultural Heritage.
  • Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas.
  • Durham Cathedral and Castle World Heritage Site, Historic Battlefields and Historic Parks and Gardens.
  • Archaeology.
  • Public Rights of Way and Countryside Recreation.
  • Agricultural Land.
  • Water Resources.
  • Flood Risk.
  • Transport, traffic and access.
  • Modes of Transport.
  • Environmental Impact of road traffic.
  • Planning Obligations for controlling environmental impacts of road traffic.
  • Protecting Local Amenity.
  • Visual Intrusion.
  • Odour.
  • Noise.
  • Dust and Mud.
  • Litter.
  • Vermin and Birds.
  • Land Instability.
  • Site Management - Development involving Landfilling and Landraising.
  • Cumulative Impact.
  • Preventing the spread of Soil and Animal borne diseases.
• 7 Information on Waste.
  • Annual Waste Management Requirement (including projected imports).
• 8 Waste Reduction.
  • Waste Reduction and Re-use.
• 9 Waste Recovery.
  • Location of Waste Recovery Facilities.
  • Site Assessment.
  • Recycling.
  • Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC's).
  • Waste Transfer Stations and Material Recovery Facilities.
  • Recycling of Inert Wastes.
  • End of Life Vehicles.
  • Composting.
  • Aerobic Digestion and Anaerobic Digestion.
  • Energy from Waste.
  • Gasification and Pyrolysis.
  • Incineration.
• 10 Waste Disposal.
  • Landfilling and Landraise
  • Reclamation of former mineral workings.
  • Tipping on agricultural land.
  • Energy recovery from landfill gas.
  • Incineration without energy recovery.
  • Mining of waste.
• 11 Other Wastes.
  • Special Waste.
  • Clinical Waste.
  • Sewage and water treatment sludge.
  • Agricultural Waste.
• 12 Reclamation.
  • Reclamation Conditons.
  • After-care of closed sites.
  • After-use.
• 13 Development Control.
  • Environmental Impact Assessment.
  • Planning Conditions.
  • Legal Agreements.
• 14 Monitoring and Review.
  • Monitoring Information.
• 15 Site Specific Policies.
  • Thrislington Quarry.
  • Allocation for waste facilities.
  • Description.
  • Key Issues.

Appendices

• Appendix. A Bibliography.
• Appendix. B Summary of Policies.
• Appendix. C Glossary of Waste Types.
• Appendix. D Glossary of Terms.

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