Hi Everyone,
PREFERRED OPTION CONSULTATION
Following earlier stages of consultation on the Issues and Options for waste facilities and guiding policies we are now at the Preferred Option stage. This stage brings all comments and information received at the previous stages of consultation, together with evidence developed as part of overall plan preparation, to develop the Preferred Option policy direction including setting out the waste capacity gap, site area allocations and development management policies.
Municipal waste only accounts for part of the total waste produced in Greater Manchester. Both Greater Manchester and Wigan Waste Disposal Authorities have developed Municipal Waste Management Strategies, to provide solutions for managing Municipal waste. However, much larger quantities of other wastes such as commercial and industrial and construction and demolition still need to be managed and planned for. In Greater Manchester this is being done through the development of the Joint Waste Development Plan Document (the Waste Plan).
The Preferred Option Report focuses on the following areas:
- Aim and Objectives;
- Future Waste Management Requirements;
- Sites and Areas Allocations;
- Site/Area Profiles;
- Additional Sites
- Development Management; and
- Monitoring and Implementation
The Preferred Option Report is being issued for consultation with relevant statutory stakeholders and other interested organisations and individuals. There will be an 8 week consultation period from 13th November 2009 to Friday 8th January 2010. It is important that people get involved now to comment on the Preferred Option approach described within the report. A Background Information document has also been prepared to support the Preferred Option Report, which sets out the detailed information behind the policy directions and data included within the main report
Although not a requirement at this stage of the plan process the Preferred Option Report is accompanied by a Sustainability Appraisal (SA) which is an independent process of weighing and assessing the policies and proposals in the Report for their social, environmental and economic impacts. A copy of the SA is available to view alongside the Preferred Option Report at public locations across Greater Manchester.
You can get involved via the website http://consult.gmwastedpd.co.uk/portal/wmpt/, using a web based form. You will need to complete a short registration process and once submitted, your response will be automatically added to our database.
If you would rather fill out the paper form, please let me know and I’ll send you a form by post or by e-mail. Or you can just e-mail or post a free-style written response to:
Postal Address: Planning Team, GMGU, 10th Floor, Emerson House, Albert Street, Eccles, M30
E-mail: planningteam@gmwastedpd.co.uk
Website: www.gmwastedpd.co.uk
Tel: 0161 779 6182
In addition to the preparation of a Joint Waste Plan, the ten Greater Manchester Authorities have agreed to produce another Joint Plan to cover the topic of minerals and associated issues within the sub region. Your details will be automatically added to the database for this new Joint Minerals Plan and you will be contacted in due course regarding the first stage of consultation. If you wish to remove your details from this database please contact a member of the planning team as above.