Decision details

Further to Minute No. 12 of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 20 June 2013, the Council considered the report of the Director of Built Environment on the proposed adoption of the Merseyside and Halton Joint Waste Local Plan, following a public consultation on the proposed modifications to the Waste Local Plan, which was undertaken between November 2012 and January 2013.

The report explained that all local authorities were required to prepare a Local Plan that provided a policy framework and land allocations for a new waste management infrastructure to meet the identified needs of each Council. The report was in addition to the Local Plan which is referred to in Minute No. 26 above.

It was moved by Councillor P. Dowd, seconded by Councillor Maher and

RESOLVED:

That:

(1)       the Head of Planning Services be granted delegated powers to make necessary minor typographical changes to the Waste Local Plan prior to its final publication; and

(2)       the Merseyside and Halton Joint Waste Local Plan be adopted as part of the statutory development plan and in so doing, it be noted that the adoption is contingent upon all other Merseyside Councils and Halton Council also adopting the plan as set out in Section 3 of the report.

(Should all Councils proceed to adopt the Waste Local Plan, this would take effect on 18 July 2013 and should all Councils for whatever reason not proceed to adopt the plan, then the Council would be advised accordingly.)