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Chapter 1 The Waste Local Plan and its contexts [PDF 395kb]
(i) The Plan
(ii) Preparation of the Waste Local Plan
(iii) Environmental Appraisal of the Plan
(iv) Technical Background Papers
Chapter 2 The legislative and policy framework for the Waste Local Plan Strategy [PDF 497kb]
(i) What is Waste?
(ii) Responsibilities for Waste Management
(iii) Legislative and Policy Framework
(iv) Key Principles for Waste Planning
Chapter 3 Waste facilities [PDF 492kb]
(i) Waste Reduction
(ii) Waste Re-use
(iii) Waste Recovery - Recycling Facilities
(iv) Waste Recovery - Composting Facilities
(v) Waste Recovery - Energy from Waste Facilities
(vi) Waste Disposal to Land
Chapter 4 Existing waste management in the plan area [PDF 520kb]
(i) East Sussex and Brighton & Hove – Setting the Scene
(ii) Types of Waste
(iii) Waste Arisings
(iv) Current Arrangements for Waste Management in the Plan area
Chapter 5 Developing the plan's strategy: targets for recovery of waste and distribution of facilities [PDF 536kb]
(i) Objectives for Sustainable Waste Management
(ii) Targets for the Recovery of Waste
(iii) Scenarios to achieve the Plan’s Strategy – Municipal Waste
(iv) Plan Strategy for Commercial and Industrial Non-inert Waste
(v) Selection of Plan Strategy for Waste Recovery
(vi) Plan Strategy for Inert Waste
(vii) Identification of Sites for Waste Management Facilities
Chapter 6 Policies - implementing the plan's strategy [PDF 260kb]
(i) Strategic Policies
WLP 1 The Plan’s Strategy
WLP 2 Transport Strategy
WLP 3 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
(ii) Site Policies
WLP 4 Road to Rail or Water Transfer
WLP 5 Safeguarding Sites
WLP 6 Expansions or Alterations to Existing Facilities
WLP 7 Site Specific Allocation for Road to Rail Transfers
WLP 8 Site Specific Allocations for Material Recovery Facilities/ Waste
Transfer Facilities
WLP 9 Site –specific Allocations for Energy from Waste and Materials
Recovery Facilities
WLP 10 Site-specific Allocations for Waste Disposal to Land
(iii) ‘Design for Waste’ Policies
WLP 11 Reduction, Re-use and recycling during Demolition and Design,
and Construction of New Developments
(iv) Waste Recovery - Recycling Policies
WLP 12 Recycling as part of Major Development
WLP 13 Recycling, Transfer and Materials Recovery Facilities
WLP 14 Recycling and Recovery facilities for Construction and Demolition
Waste
WLP 15 Small Scale Recycling Collection Facilities
WLP 16 New Household Waste Sites
(v) Waste Recovery - Composting Policies
WLP 17 Reprocessing Industries
WLP 18 Composting Facilities
(vi) Waste Recovery - Energy from Waste Policies
WLP 19 Energy from Waste Facilities
(vii) Land Disposal Policies
WLP 20 Landfilling – Non-Inert Waste
WLP 21 Landraising – Non-Inert Waste
WLP 22 Landfill Gas
WLP 23 Landfilling – Inert Waste
WLP 24 Landraising/Improvement with Inert Waste
WLP 25 Landfill Mining
Chapter 7 Other wastes [PDF 489kb]
(i) Mineral Waste
WLP 26 Mineral Waste
(ii) Special and Difficult Waste
WLP 27 Special and Difficult Wastes
(iii) Clinical waste
WLP 28 On Site Clinical Waste Facilities
WLP 29 Independent Clinical Waste Facilities
WLP 30 Wastewater and Sewage Sludge
(iv) Wastewater and Sewage
WLP 30A Wastewater and Sewage Sludge (Brighton & Hove/Peacehaven Catchment)
(v) Landspreading of Liquid Wastes and Dredgings
WLP 31 Disposal of Liquid Waste and Dredgings on Land for its Improvement
(vi) Liquid Waste Facilities
WLP 32 Liquid Waste Facilities
(vii) Agricultural and Farm Waste
WLP 33 Agricultural and Stable Waste
(viii) Animal Carcass Waste
WLP 34 Animal Carcass Waste
(ix) Nuclear and Radioactive Waste
(x) Contaminated Land Waste
Chapter 8 General policy considerations for all waste development [PDF 469kb]
(i) General Amenity Considerations
WLP 35 General Amenity Considerations
(ii) Traffic Considerations
WLP 36 Transport Considerations
(iii) Protection of Water Resources, Flood Prevention and Pollution Control
WLP 37 Flood Defences, Flood Plains and Surface Water Runoff
WLP 38 Surface and Groundwater
(iv) Design Considerations
WLP 39 Design Considerations
(v) Environmental Improvements and other Benefits
WLP 40 Environmental Improvements and Other Benefits
(vi) Enforcement
(vii) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Chapter 9 Implementation, monitoring and review [PDF 408kb]
(i) Implementation
(ii) Monitoring
Appendices [PDF 2.52mb]
1 Glossary of Technical Terms
2 Bibliography
3 Plan Area Waste Facilities
4 Inset Plans
5 Transition to Waste Development Framework
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