PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management·Page 37·Policy WM 3
Policy WM 3: Waste Disposal - Main Criteria
Landfill or land raising facilities for waste disposal are only permitted where there is an established need through the Waste Management Strategy and relevant Waste Management Plan, the facility represents the Best Practicable Environmental Option, and specific environmental and location criteria are met.
Proposals for the development of landfill or land raising facilities for the disposal of waste will only be permitted where:
(a) there is a need for the facility as established through the WMS and the relevant WMP; and
(b) the proposed facility is the BPEO; and
(c) the proposed facilitiy complies with all of the following criteria:
• it will not result in an unacceptable adverse environmental impact that cannot be prevented or appropriately controlled by mitigating measures (see Policy WM 1); and
• significant mineral reserves are not sterilised; and
• it is suitably located within an active or worked out hard rock quarry or it brings land that is despoiled, derelict or contaminated back into productive use; and
• in the case of a regional scale landfill or land raising site, its location closely relates to and allows for easy access to key transport corridors and, where practicable make use of the alternative transport modes of rail and water; and
• detailed measures are included for the appropriate restoration and aftercare of sites that will help to enhance bio-diversity.
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