What is the role of the Joint Waste Development Plan Document?
Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for Sustainable Waste Management (PPS10) sets out the role of Development Plan Documents (DPDs) for waste. In particular, emphasis is placed on the allocation of sites and areas suitable for new and enhanced waste management facilities. Such sites should support the pattern of waste management facilities and the apportionment of waste as set out in Regional Spatial Strategies (RSS). DPDs should also provide the framework within which decisions on proposals for development are taken. The JWDPD will be a document which will cover land-use planning matters in relation to waste management for the Joint Plan area, and will include detailed criteria based as well as site specific policies and allocations. The document will include a set of development control policies which will assist in the consideration of waste planning applications, and will include a set of maps identifying the potential locations of future waste management facilities for the each
