Landfill and Land Raising Operations - Temporary Nature and Ancillary Facilities

Landfill and land raising operations are essentially transitory although some last for fairly long periods. If ancillary waste management facilities, not necessarily tied to the life of the landfill, are also proposed at such sites the longer term environmental benefits and disbenefits of the whole development must be considered. It will be necessary in some circumstances to limit the period of planning permissions for some co located activities to match the date of closure of the "parent" landfill operation. In other cases it may be necessary to re-assess the environmental impact of co-located facilities when the parent facility closes.