The main stages in the development of the Waste Core Strategy have been:

1. 2007 - 2008 Withdrawn Waste Core Strategy
2. Autumn 2008: Refreshed Issues and Options Consultation
3. Winter 2009: Emerging Preferred Options Consultation
4. Autumn 2010: First Draft Submission Consultation
5. Spring 2011: Publication Document (Regulation 27) Consultation
6. Autumn 2011: Addendum to the Submission Document Consultation
7. Spring 2012: Proposed Changes Consultation

Details of the consultations from 2008 onwards are set out in the Pre-submission Consultation Statement (Regulation 30 document).

Further consultation was held in Spring 2012 on Proposed Changes following the hearing sessions of the examination in public.