Waste Core Strategy Document Library
As part of the submission of the Waste Core Strategy to the
Secretary of State, a library of background evidence and supporting
documents has been supplied to the Planning Inspectorate. This
library has been reproduced in an electronic format below.
If any additional documents are requested by the Planning
Inspector they will be added to this library.
The documents are grouped into the following categories for ease
of reference:
SUB - Submitted Waste Core
Strategy Documents
SUB 1 Submission
Document - June 2011
(9.4 MB)
SUB 2 Addendum
to the Submission Document October 2011
(5MB)
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CON
- Consultation activities
CON 1 Statement
of Community Involvement - November 2006
(1.5 MB)
CON 2 Regulation
30: Pre-submission Consultation Statement - November
2011
(1.2 MB)
CON 3 Statement
of Compliance with Statement of Community Involvement
- November 2011
(134 KB)
CON 4
Refreshed Issues and Options Consultation Document -
September 2008
(482 KB)
CON 5 Letter:
Refreshed Issues and Options Consultation September
2008
(60 KB)
CON 6
Questionnaire: Refreshed Issues and Options
Consultation September 2008
(142 KB)
CON 7 Refreshed Issues and Options
Consultation 'how you responded': Summary of Consultation Responses
and how we intend to address them - February
2009
(614 KB)
CON 8 Refreshed Issues and
Options Consultation 'how you responded': Summary Table of
Consultation Responses - February 2009
(2.2 MB)
CON 9 Emerging
Preferred Options Consultation Document - November
2009
(1.2 MB)
CON 10 Emerging
Preferred Options Consultation Summary Document - November
2009
(621 KB)
CON 11 Emerging
Preferred Options Consultation Information Sheet - November
2009
(153 KB)
CON 12 Standard Letter: Emerging
Preferred Options Consultation – November 2009
(34 KB)
CON 13 Parish Council
and Waste Industry Letter: Emerging Preferred Options Consultation
– November 2009
(35 KB)
CON 14
Poster: Emerging Preferred Options Consultation – November
2009
(3.5 MB)
CON 15
Questionnaire: Emerging Preferred Options Consultation – November
2009
(106 KB)
CON 16 Emerging Preferred Options
Consultation Response Document - May 2010
(1.7 MB)
CON 17 Late
Comments on Emerging Preferred Options Consultation - May
2010
(74 KB)
CON 18 First
Draft Submission Consultation Document - September
2010
(3.3 MB)
CON 19 First Draft
Submission Consultation Summary Document - September
2010
(2.3 MB)
CON 20 First
Draft Submission Consultation Information Sheet - September
2010
(735 KB)
CON 21 Standard
Letter: First Draft Submission Consultation – September
2010
(37 KB)
CON 22
Parish Council and Waste Industry Letter: First Draft Submission
Consultation – September 2010
(26 KB)
CON 23
Questionnaire: First Draft Submission Consultation – September
2010
(188 KB)
CON 24 First Draft Submission
Consultation Response Document - December
2010
(1.4 MB)
CON 25 Publication
Document (Regulation 27) Consultation - March 2011
(5.9 MB)
CON 26 Public Notice: Statutory
Publication of Worcestershire Waste Core Strategy - March
2011
(12 KB)
CON 27
Information sheet: Waste Core Strategy Publication (Regulation 27)
Document - March 2011
(451 KB)
CON 28 Standard Letter: Waste Core
Strategy Publication (Regulation 27) Document - March
2011
(26 KB)
CON 29
Publication Document (Regulation 27) Response Form March
2011
(107 KB)
CON 30
Publication Document (Regulation 27) Response Form Guidance
Notes March 2011
(86 KB)
CON 31 Copy
of representations made in accordance with Regulation 28 (2) on the
Waste Core Strategy for Worcestershire Publication Document
(Regulation 27) and The Council's draft response to the issues
raised, including draft proposed changes to be submitted to the
Inspector for consideration - July 2011
(1.5 MB)
CON 32 Representations made in
accordance with Regulation 28 (2) on the Waste Core Strategy for
Worcestershire Publication Document (Regulation 27) - March to
May 2011
CON 33 Schedule
of changes between Publication Document (Regulation 27) and
Submission Document - June 2011
(22 KB)
CON 34
Addendum Consultation Public Notice - October 2011
(16 KB)
CON 35
Addendum Consultation Information Sheet - October 2011
(116 KB)
CON 36
Standard Letter Waste Core Strategy Addendum Consultation - October
2011
(56 KB)
CON 37
Addendum Consultation Response Form October
2011
(113KB)
CON 38
Addendum Consultation Guidance Notes October
2011
(88 KB)
CON 39
Summary of representations received to Addendum Consultation and
main issues raised - November 2011
(97 KB)
CON 40 Representations received to
Addendum Consultation - October to November 2011
CON 41
Summary of the main issues raised through regulation 27
consultations - November 2011
(183 KB)
CON 42
Proposed Changes Public Notice - April 2012
(13 KB)
CON 43
Proposed Changes Consultation Letter - March
2012
(92 KB)
CON 44
Proposed Changes – Additional Policy Consultation Letter – April
2012
(66 KB)
CON 45
Statement on the proposed inclusion of an additional policy in the
Waste Core Strategy to address the "Presumption in favour of
sustainable development"
(155 KB)
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APP - Appraisals and assessments
APP 1 Sustainability
Appraisal Waste Core Strategy Scoping Report Version 2
- August 2008
APP 2 Initial
Sustainability Appraisal of Issues and Options for Waste Core
Strategy for Worcestershire - April 2009
(546 KB)
APP 3 Sustainability
Appraisal of Emerging Preferred Options for the Waste Core Strategy
for Worcestershire - November 2009
(974 KB)
APP 4 Waste
Core Strategy First Draft Submission Interim Sustainability
Appraisal - September 2010
(1.3 MB)
APP 5 Sustainability
Appraisal of Worcestershire Waste Core Strategy Submission Document
- March 2011
(944 KB)
APP 6 Habitats Regulations screening
assessment of the Worcestershire Waste Core Strategy - August
2009
(8.9 MB)
APP 7 Worcestershire Waste
Core Strategy Habitats Regulations Assessment Final Report - March
2011
(4.5 MB)
APP 8
Worcestershire Waste Core Strategy Habitats Regulations Assessment
Addendum - September 2011
APP 9 Equality
Impact Assessment: Screening decision - December
2009
(134 KB)
APP 10 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Approach to Flood Risk and
Flood Risk Assessments - June 2011
(2.0 MB)
APP 11
Sustainability Appraisal of the Waset Core Strategy Submission
Document Addendum - September 2011
(1.3MB)
APP 12
Record of Screening Decision - November 2011
(76KB)
APP 13
Assessment of the Implications of the Proposed Changes to the
submitted Waste Core Strategy made following the Waste Core
Strategy Examination hearings on the Record of Screening Decision -
5th April 2012
(113 KB) (Habitats Regulations Assessment)
APP 14
Worcestershire Waste Core Strategy Habitats Regulations Assessment
Record of Screening Decision - updated 5th April 2012
(99 KB)
APP 15
Review of Sustainability of the Proposed Changes to the
Worcestershire Waste Core Strategy – March
2012 (402 KB)
APP 16
Statement on implications of "Policy WCS Additional: Presumption in
favour of sustainable development" on Sustainability Appraisal and
Habitats Regulations Assessment (145 KB)
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LEB - Local evidence base
LEB 1 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Towards a vision statement
- March 2011
(497 KB)
LEB 2 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: What is Worcestershire
like now and how is it likely to change? Spatial Portrait – March
2011
(442 KB)
LEB 3 Worcestershire Waste Core
Strategy Background Document: Developing the Spatial Strategy -
June 2011
(1.8 MB)
LEB 4 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Industrial
Estates Study (ERM) - October 2009
(5.7 MB)
LEB 5 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Arisings and capacity -
June 2011
(1.9 MB)
LEB 6
Addendum to Worcestershire Waste Core Strategy Background Document:
Arisings and Capacity – July 2011
(373 KB)
LEB 7
Annex A to Worcestershire Waste Core Strategy Background Document:
Arisings and Capacity: Capacity Gap in a Zero-waste economy -
September 2011
(480MB)
LEB 8 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Climate Change and
Waste Management in Worcestershire - March
2011
(1.0 MB)
LEB 9 Worcestershire Waste
Core Strategy Background Document: Links with District &
Neighbouring Local Authorities Plans and Strategies - March
2011
(810 KB)
LEB 10 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Waste Sites in
Worcestershire - March 2011
(1.0 MB)
LEB 11 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Monitoring Baseline -
March 2011
(510 KB)
LEB 12 Worcestershire Waste Core
Strategy Background Document: Inland Waterways - March
2011
(398 KB)
LEB 13 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Waste Freight by Rail -
March 2011
(339 KB)
LEB 14 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Municipal Waste
- September 2010
(763 KB)
LEB 15 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Commercial and Industrial
Waste - March 2011
(3.1 MB)
LEB 16 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Construction and
Demolition Waste - March 2011
(460 KB)
LEB 17 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Agricultural Waste - March
2011
(608 KB)
LEB 18 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Hazardous Waste - June
2011
(1.0 MB)
LEB 19 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Waste arisings
from Healthcare and Related Activities: Clinical Waste and Low
Level Radioactive Waste - March 2011
(786 KB)
LEB 20 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Types of Facilities -
March 2011
(847 KB)
LEB 21 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Landfill - June
2011
(1.1 MB)
LEB 22 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Metal Recycling Sites -
March 2011
(918 KB)
LEB 23 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Waste Transfer Stations
and Material Recovery Facilities - March
2011
(497 KB)
LEB 24 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Resource Recovery from
Biodegradable Waste: Composting and Anaerobic Digestion -
March 2011
(602 KB)
LEB 25 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Recovering Energy from
Waste: Biological and Thermal Treatment Technologies - March
2011
(516 KB)
LEB 26 Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy Background Document: Waste Water Treatment
Infrastructure - August 2010
(1.7 MB)
LEB 27 Planning
for Renewable Energy in Worcestershire: Technical Research Paper -
January 2009
(1.8 MB)
LEB 28 Planning
for Climate Change in Worcestershire: Technical Research Paper -
May 2008
(2.8 MB)
LEB 29 Worcestershire
County Council Renewable Energy Study Final Report (IT Power)
November 2008
(7.9 MB)
LEB 30 Planning
for Water in Worcestershire: Technical Research Paper - December
2008
(1.2 MB)
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REB - Regional evidence base documents
REB 1
Final Report on West Midlands Waste Treatment Capacity Survey
(WMRA, Golder Associates) - August 2004
(863 KB)
REB 2 West Midlands Waste Facilities - Phase 2 Future
Capacity Requirements (WMRA) - November 2004
(544 KB)
REB 3 Regional Waste Scenarios Study (WMRA) - July 2005 -
part 1
(2.3 MB) -
part 2
(2.2 MB)
REB 4
Waste Residues Report (WMRA) - June 2006
(670 KB)
REB 5
West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase 2 Revision Waste
Background Paper (WMRA) - January 2007
(4.7 MB)
REB 6
A Study into Future Landfill Capacity in the West Midlands (WMRA,
Scott Wilson) - May 2007
(4.7 MB)
REB 7
Waste Treatment Facility and capacity survey West Midlands Region
(WMRA, SLR) - May 2007
(1.8 MB) - and
appendices
(2.3 MB)
REB 8
The Impact of Housing Growth on Water Quality and Waste Water
Infrastructure (Environment Agency) - June
2007
(271 KB)
REB 9
The Impact of Housing Growth on Public Water Supplies (Environment
Agency) - June 2007
(553 KB)
REB 10
Waste: A Future Resource for Businesses (AWM, SLR) - March
2008
(8.3 MB)
REB 11 The
Regional Approach to Landfill Diversion Infrastructure (AWM, DTZ,
SLR) - July 2009
(1.4 MB) - and
appendices
(2.9 MB)
REB 12
West Midlands Landfill Capacity Study 2009 Update (WMRA, Scott
Wilson) - June 2009
(818 KB)
REB 13
Study into Commercial and Industrial Waste Arisings ADAS - April
2009
(407 KB)
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NPG
- National Policy and Guidance
NPG 1
Planning Policy Statement 1: Delivering Sustainable Development -
2005
(475 KB)
NPG 2
Planning Policy Statement : Planning and Climate Change: Supplement
to Planning Policy Statement 1 - December 2007
(415 KB)
NPG 3 Planning
Policy Guidance 2: Green belts - January 2005
(164 KB)
NPG 4
Planning Policy Statement 5: Planning for the Historic Environment
- March 2010
(323 KB)
NPG 5
Planning Policy Statement 7: Sustainable Development in Rural
Areas - August 2004
(284 KB)
NPG 6
Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity and Geological
Conservation - August 2005
(244 KB)
NPG 7
Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for Sustainable
Waste Management - - July 2005
(3.7 MB)
NPG 7a
Planning Policy Statements 10: Planning for Sustainable Waste
Management -revised March 2011
(1.2 MB)
NPG 8
Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for Sustainable
Waste Management: Companion Guide - May 2006
(1.6 MB)
NPG 9
Planning Policy Statement 12: Creating strong safe and properous
communities through Local Spatial Planning (June
2008)
(1.1 MB)
NPG 10 Planning
Policy Guidance 13: Transport - January
2011
(199 KB)
NPG 11 Planning
Policy Guidance 14: Development on Unstable land -
1990
(82 KB)
NPG 12 Planning
Policy Statement 22: Renewable Energy - August
2004
(867 KB)
NPG 13
Planning Policy Statement 23: Planning and pollution control -
November 2004
(263 KB)
NPG 14 Planning
Policy Guidance 24: Planning and noise - September
2004
(353 KB)
NPG 15
Planning Policy Statement 25: Development and Flood Risk - March
2010
(581 KB)
NPG 16
Waste Strategy for England 2007 (Defra) - May 2007 (external
link)
NPG 17
Planning for Waste Management Facilities: A research study (ODPM) -
August 2004
(1.9 MB)
NPG 18
Review of Environmental and Health Effects of Waste Management
(Defra, Enviros University of Birmingham) -
2004
(2.4 MB)
NPG 19
Designing Waste Facilities: A guide to modern design in waste
(Defra, Cabe, Enviros) - 2008
( 4.1 MB)
NPG 20
Government Review of Waste Policy in England 2011 (Defra) -
2011
(1.2 MB)
NPG 21: Planning Policy
Statement 3: Housing 2011
(245MB)
NPG 22:
Ministerial Statement Planning for Growth and letter from the Chief
Planner at DCLG to all Chief Planning Officers - March
2010
(74 KB)
NPG 23:
Secretary of State Letter Abolition of Regional Strategies - May
2010
(170 KB)
NPG 24:Chief
Planning Officer Letter Abolition of Regional Strategies - July
2010
(94 KB)
NPG 25:
Chief Planning Officer Letter Abolition of Regional Strategies -
November 2010
(62 KB)
NPG 26:
Draft
National Planning Policy Framework - July 2011
(842 KB)
NPG 27:
Regulatory Guidance Series No EPR 13 – Defining Waste Recovery:
Permanent Deposit of Waste on Land - March 2010
(395 KB)
NPG 28:
A Strategy for Hazardous Waste Management in England - March
2010
(288 KB)
NPG 29: PPS
4 Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth - 2009
(288 KB)
NPG 30
National Planning Policy Framework – March 2012
(870 KB)
NPG 31
Technical Guidance to the National Planning Policy Framework -
March 2012
(404 KB)
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APD - Adopted Development Plan Documents
APD 1
West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy - January 2008
(8 MB)
APD 2 Wyre Forest District Local Development Framework:
Adopted Core Strategy - December 2010 -
part 1
(7.6 MB) -
part 2
(5.1 MB)
APD 3 Worcestershire Structure
Plan 1996-2011 - June 2001 (link via webpage)
APD 4
Worcestershire Structure Plan 1996-2011 schedule of saved policies
- September 2007
(98 KB)
APD 5 Worcestershire Minerals
Local Plan - April 1997 (link via webpage)
APD 6 Worcestershire
Minerals Local Plan schedule of saved policies - September
2007
(29 KB)
APD 7 City of Worcester
Local Plan 1996-2011 (adopted 2004) (external link)
APD 8
City of Worcester Local Plan 1996-2011 schedule of saved
policies - December 2007
(206 KB)
APD 9 Malvern
Hills District Local Plan 1996 - 2011 (adopted
2006) (external link)
APD 10
Malvern Hills District Local Plan schedule of saved policies - July
2009
(586 MB)
APD 11
Wychavon District Local Plan (adopted 2006) - (and
inset and town maps - external link)
APD 12
Wychavon District Local Plan schedule of saved policies - May
2009 (external link)
APD 13
The Borough of Redditch Local Plan No3 (adopted
2006) (external link)
APD 14
The Borough of Redditch Local Plan No3 schedule of saved policies -
May 2009
(417 KB)
APD 15
Bromsgrove District Local Plan (adopted 2004)
(1.7 MB)
APD 16
Bromsgrove District Local Plan schedule of saved policies -
September 2007
(43 KB)
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EPD - Emerging Development Plan Documents
EPD 1 West
Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase Two Revision - December
2007
EPD 2 West
Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase Two Revision Report of the
Panel (September 2009)
(2.6 MB)
EPD 3 Bromsgrove
District Council Draft Core Strategy 2 - January 2011
(3.4 MB) - and
key diagram
(704 KB)
EPD 4 Redditch
Borough Council Revised Preferred Draft Core Strategy - January
2011
(4.9 MB)
EPD 5 South
Worcestershire Joint Core Strategy Preferred Options Consultation -
September 2008
(2.2 MB)
EPD 6
South
Worcestershire Development Plan Preferred Options Consultation –
September 2011
(2.2 MB)
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SCS - Sustainable Community Strategies
SCS 1
Partnership towards excellence - A community Strategy
2003-2013
(1.1 MB)
SCS 2 Partnership
towards excellence - The Sustainable Community Strategy for
Worcestershire 2008-2013
(796 MB)
SCS 3 Community
Strategy for Worcester 2007-2012
(2.3 MB)
SCS 4 Wyre
Forest Matters Sustainable Comunity Strategy "making a real
difference" 2008-2014
(2.4 MB)
SCS 5 Bromsgrove
Sustainable Community Strategy 2010-2013
(801 MB)
SCS 6 Redditch
Sustainable Community Strategy 2008-11
(1.1 MB)
SCS 7 Wychavon's
Community Strategy 2007-2010
(598 KB)
SCS 8 A
Sustainable Community Strategy for Malvern Hills District
2006-2021
(1.1 MB)
SCS 9:
Single Sustainable Community Strategy for Worcestershire
(Worcestershire Partnership) – 2011
(2.2 MB)
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OLS - Other local strategies
OLS 1 An
Economic Development Strategy for Worcestershire
2010-2020
(730 KB)
OLS 2 Connecting
to Success West Midlands Economic Strategy
(1.5 MB)
OLS 3 Worcestershire's
Local Transport Plan 2: 2006/2011
(9.1 MB)
OLS 4 Worcestershire
Local Transport Plan 3: The Worcestershire Transport
Strategy (link via webpage)
OLS 5 The
Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Herefordshire and
Worcestershire 2004-2034: First Review November 2009 (link
via webpage)
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LDS
- Minerals and Waste Development Schemes
LDS 1 Minerals
and Waste Development Scheme 2008
(208 KB)
LDS 2 Minerals
and Waste Development Scheme 2010
(289 KB)
LDS 3 Minerals
and Waste Development Scheme March
2011
(271 KB)
LDS 4
Minerals and Waste Development Scheme November
2011
(278KB)
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AMR
- Annual Monitoring Reports
AMR 1 Annual
Monitoring Report 2004 - 05
(1.6 MB)
AMR 2 Annual
Monitoring Report 2005 - 06
(538 KB)
AMR 3 Annual Monitoring Report
2006 – 07
(1.1 MB)
AMR 4 Annual Monitoring Report 2007 -
2008
(761 KB)
AMR 5 Annual Monitoring Report
2008 - 2009
(1.2 MB)
AMR 6 Annual Monitoring
Report 2009 - 2010
(1.7MB)
AMR 7 Annual
Monitoring Report 2010 - 2011
(1.3 MB)
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OSE - Other supporting evidence
OSE 1
Completed Soundness and Legal Compliance Self-Assessment
- November 2011
(972MB)
OSE 2
Full Council Meeting Minutes: Thursday 30tth June 2011
(351 KB)
OSE 3:
Meeting the Energy Challenge A White Paper on Energy (DTI) - May
2007.
(6.7 MB)
OSE 4:
Waste Framework Directive 2008-98-EC - November 2008
(146 KB)
OSE 5:
The Economics of Waste and Waste Policy (Defra) - June
2011
(525KB)
OSE 6: Statement on the implications of the new National
Planning Policy Framework for the Waste Core Strategy – 5 April
2012
(338 KB)
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SCG
- Statement of common ground
SCG 1:
Statement of Common Ground between Mercia Waste Management
(represented by Axis) and Worcestershire County Council – February
2012
(218 KB)
SCG 2:
Statement of Common Ground between English Heritage, Natural
England and Worcestershire County Council – February
2012
(218 KB)
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WRS – Written statements
PC - Proposed Changes
PC 1: Schedule of Worcestershire County
Council's Proposed Changes – Version 1 – 23 February 2012
(1.5MB)
PC 2: Schedule of Worcestershire
County Council's Proposed Changes with Links to Inspector’s
Questions – Version 1 – 23 February 2012
(1.5MB)
PC 3:
Schedule of WCC Proposed Changes - 9 March
2012
(1.7 MB)
PC 4:
Schedule of Worcestershire County Council's Proposed Changes
-
13th March 2012
(2 MB)
PC 5:
Schedule of Worcestershire County Council's Proposed Changes
-
14th March 2012
(2 MB)
PC 6:
Schedule of Worcestershire County Council's Proposed Changes
-
15th March 2012
(2 MB)
PC 7:
Schedule of Worcestershire County Council's Proposed Changes
-
16th March 2012
(2 MB)
PC 8:
Schedule of Worcestershire County Council's Proposed Changes – 5
April 2012
(2 MB)
PC 9:
Schedule of Worcestershire County Council's Proposed Changes – 23
April 2012
(2 MB)
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CCS - Consolidated Waste Core Strategy
CCS 1: Consolidated Waste
Core Strategy showing Submission Document incorporating the
Addendum to the Submission Document – October
2011
(3.2 MB)
CCS 2:
Consolidated Waste Core Strategy showing Submission Document
incorporating the Addendum to the Submission Document and Proposed
Changes – Version 1 – 23 February 2012
(3.7 MB)
CCS 2a:
Consolidated Waste Core Strategy showing Submission Document
incorporating the Addendum to the Submission Document and Proposed
Changes – Version 2 – 2nd March
(updated to rectify error in paragraph numbers 2.54 –
2.67)
(3.7 MB)
CCS 2b: Consolidated
Waste Core Strategy showing Submission Document incorporating the
Addendum to the Submission Document and Proposed Changes – Version
3 – 5th March (updated to delete erroneous paragraph on page
91, and to rectify error in paragraph numbers on pages
94-99)
(3 MB)
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This page was last reviewed 25 April 2012 at 11:08.
The page is next due for review 22 October 2013.