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NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

The precautionary principle, outlined in Planning Policy Statement 1, General Principles, advises that where there are significant risks of damage to the environment associated with a development prop

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

In assessing proposals the Department must have regard to the need to protect the quality of surface water and groundwater. Whilst modern containment and drainage engineering has significantly reduced

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Proposals for waste management facilities will only be permitted where they would not have an unacceptable impact on the quantity or quality of surface or groundwater resources.

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Sites being considered for landfill or landraising to dispose of potentially polluting wastes, and their surroundings, must be investigated carefully by suitable experts to determine the geological co

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Due to the potential for the generation of odour, dust, noise and bio aerosols (including bacteria and fungal spores) the operation of commercial composting facilities can present problems in the vici

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Landfilling and land raising of municipal waste are at the bottom of the waste management hierarchy and they are usually the least sustainable waste management option. Particular issues associated wit

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Landfill or landraising will remain the predominant disposal methods for the short to medium term and in the longer term will remain the BPEO for certain materials such as incineration residues, miner

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

To comply with the Landfill Directive, the absolute quantities of waste going to landfill must reduce. The WMS therefore envisages a progressive reduction and consolidation of landfill capacity and ov

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

It is essential that all waste disposal facilities that contain putrescible waste are well designed and operated. Applications for municipal waste landfill and land raising operations must be accompan

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Land raising, in that it creates a new landform, has the potential to significantly impact on the landscape. As a result careful consideration will be given to the proposed landform and scale of land

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

The location of regional scale landfill or land raising sites must closely relate to and allow for easy access to key transport corridors and, where possible, should make use of the alternative transp

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

The disposal of inert waste by its deposition on land will only be permitted where it is demonstrated that it will result in land improvement and all of the following criteria are met: • it will not r

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Where it is demonstrated that there is a local need for the deposition of inert waste and it is the BPEO it will also be necessary to consider the environmental impacts for such a proposal (see Policy

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Proposals involving the development of land in the vicinity of existing or approved waste management facilities and waste water treatment works (WWTWs), will only be permitted where all the following

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

In relation to development proposed in the vicinity of WWTW's the potential adverse impact of existing or approved infrastructure upon neighbouring land uses will be a material consideration in the de

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Best Practicable Environmental option (BPEO) - summarised by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution as "the outcome of a systematic consultative and decision making procedure which emphasises