The South West Wales RWP 1st Review (Recommended Draft) was agreed by the Regional Member Forum on Thursday 27th March 2008 and therefore was recommended to each of the eight Local Planning Authorities across the region for endorsement.
All eight Local Planning Authorities have now endorsed the RWP 1st Review and the Plan has been submitted to the Welsh Assembly Government. The RWP 1st Review now becomes a strategic framework for the preparation of Local Development Plans and a material consideration in the development control process.
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South West Wales Regional Waste Plan 1st Review (August ’08) – pdf
South West Wales Regional Waste Plan 1st Review – Non-Technical Summary (August ’08) – pdf
Appendix J: Areas of Search Map for In-Building Facilities in South West Wales – pdf
Appendix J: Areas of Search Map for Open-Air Facilities in South West Wales – pdf
The RWP 1st Review is the outcome of an ambitious three-year program of partnership working. The eight local planning authorities in South West Wales have worked jointly to develop and steer the project, all the time benefiting from the close collaboration, and invaluable input, of a wider range of stakeholder organisations – the RWP 1st Review will assist the region in developing an integrated and adequate network of waste management facilities by providing strategic information on the types of waste facilities required and the types of locations likely to be acceptable.
The RWP 1st Review relates to the following principal ‘controlled’ waste streams:
- Municipal Solid Waste (MSW);
- Industrial Waste;
- Commercial Waste;
- Construction & Demolition Waste (C&D);
- Hazardous Waste; and
- Agricultural Waste (the proportion requiring external management only).
The RWP 1st Review has two principal elements:
- The RWP Technology Strategy – which provides strategic information on the types of waste management / resource recovery facilities required in South West Wales; and
- The RWP Spatial Strategy – which provides strategic information on the types of locations likely to be acceptable.
The RWP Technology Strategy and RWP Spatial Strategy have been developed through different processes; they tackle different issues and have been presented separately. The RWP 1st Review does not bring the two elements together in order to identify which technologies should be located at which site or in which area of search. The process of combining the two elements is a policy making exercise which can only be undertaken at the local level though the LDP preparation process.
As with the first RWP, the RWP 1st Review has been the subject of a comprehensive public and stakeholder consultation process. The RWP 1st Review Consultation Draft (September 2007) – along with a variety of technical background documents – was published for consultation in October 2007. The consultation period ran for 10 weeks from 15th October 2007 to 24th December 2007.
For more information on the Consultation – click on the link in the Menu on the left hand side.
Technical Assessments Informing the RWP 1st Review
The RWP 1st Review has been informed by a number of detailed technical assessments:
1. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) & Sustainability Appraisal (SA) of the Strategic Waste Management Options
The Welsh Assembly Government appointed ‘Environment Agency Wales’ to complete a LCA and SA on behalf of the three regions in Wales.
LCA is used to assess the environmental aspects of waste management activities during their whole life. It has been defined as the “systematic identification of all environmental benefits and disbenefits that result, both directly and indirectly from a product or process throughout its entire life, from raw materials extraction, to their eventual return to the environment”. The guidance on SA recommends the use of such a quantitative assessment for appraising the effect of the options on resource use and emissions.
SA is the process and assessment method that is at the centre of developing a Regional Waste Strategy. It is a methodology for appraising strategic waste management options that takes account of environmental, socio-economic and implementation issues through the use of indicators that are weighted by decision makers. In taking account of such a wide range of issues, and through the use of weighted indicators, the SA methodology provides a robust and comprehensive approach to identifying a ‘preferred option’ and transparency in decision-making.
South West Wales LCA / SA Report (Part 1 – Main Report) – pdf
South West Wales LCA / SA Report (Part 2 – Tables & Figures) – pdf
South West Wales LCA / SA Report (Part 3 – Appendices) – pdf
South West Wales LCA / SA Report (Summary) – pdf
2. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Strategic Waste Management Options
The three regions in Wales jointly commissioned ‘Hyder Consulting (UK) Limited’ to carry out a SEA of the Strategic Waste Management Options.
The objective of the SEA Directive is to provide for a high level of protection of the environment and to contribute to the integration of environmental considerations into the preparation and adoption of plans and programmes with a view to promoting sustainable development, by ensuring that an environmental assessment is carried out of certain plans and programs which are likely to have significant effects on the environment.
South West Wales SEA Options Environmental Report Volume 1 – Main Report) (September’07) – pdf
South West Wales SEA Options Environmental Report (Volume 2 – Assessment Tables) (September’07) – pdf
South West Wales SEA Options Environmental Report (Non-Technical Summary) (September’07) – pdf
3. Strategic Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
The three regions in Wales jointly commissioned ‘Peter Brett Associates’ to carry out a Strategic HIA.
HIA is a combination of procedures, methods and tools by which a policy, programme or project may be judged as to its potential effects on the health of a population, and the distribution of those effects within the population.
Strategic HIA (Main Report) (March’08) – pdf
Strategic HIA (Non-Technical Summary) (March’08) – pdf
Strategic HIA (Appendix of Detailed Analysis Tables) (March’08) – pdf
4. Identifying Areas of Search for Regional Waste Management Facilities across Wales
The three regions in Wales jointly commissioned ‘RPS Planning, Transport and Environment’ to carry out a study to identify areas of search for regional waste facilities across the principality.
The approach to the study to identify areas of search has been to undertake a SA, incorporating the requirements of SEA – the study entailed identifying sustainability objectives and criteria which were weighted and applied to a mapping exercise utilising GIS to generate the areas of search.
SEA / SA Environmental Report – Identifying Areas of Search for Regional Waste Management Facilities across Wales (Main Report) (July’07) – pdf
Report on Hazardous Waste – An Addendum to the first Regional Waste Plan
At the outset of the RWP 1st Review process there was a requirement to prepare and publish locational criteria or policies as an addendum to the first Regional Waste Plan that will guide future proposals for hazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities.
The Report on Hazardous Waste (September 2005), was the subject of a public and key stakeholder consultation and was agreed by the Regional Member Forum on Friday 9th September 2005. All eight planning authorities subsequently endorsed the Report and the Member Forum formally accepted the Report at a meeting on Wednesday 12th April 2006. The Report was then formally submitted to the Welsh Assembly Government.
The substantive elements of that report have been incorporated into the RWP 1st Review.
If you want more information on this element of the RWP 1st Review or want to download the Report on Hazardous Waste simply click on the link below.
Report on Hazardous Waste |
