Further to Minute No. 136 of the meeting of the Planning Committee held on 12 January 2011, the Cabinet considered the report of the Planning and Economic Development Director which related to the second Preferred Options stage of the joint Merseyside Waste Development Plan Document (DPD). The first stage identified a number of sites to accommodate waste.
The report also sought approval to the commencement of public consultation on the second Preferred Options Stage of the DPD.
RESOLVED: That
(1) the results of consultation on the Waste Development Plan Document Preferred Options Report be noted;
(2) the inclusion of the additional site off Farriers Way, Atlantic Industrial Estate, Netherton in the Preferred Options 2: New Sites Consultation Report be not endorsed;
(3) subject to the deletion of the site off Farriers Way, referred to in resolution (2) above, approval be given to the Preferred Options 2: New Sites Consultation Report being the subject of a six-week public consultation commencing in early 2011; and
(4) the funding arrangements agreement by the City Region Cabinet be noted and approval be given to appropriate financial provision being made in 2011/12 and 2012/13 to complete the Joint Waste Development Plan Document as set out in Section 6 of Annex 1 to the report.
The Committee considered the report of the Planning and Economic Development Director that related to the second Preferred Options stage of the joint Merseyside Waste Development Plan Document (DPD). The first stage identified a number of sites to accommodate waste management facilities. A number of these were withdrawn or not supported following consultation, including a site in Sefton.
This second stage of Preferred Options, called “New Sites Consultation” identified all the necessary replacement sites for the various boroughs in Merseyside.
The report proposed a replacement site for Sefton and asked that it be approved for consideration as part of a Merseyside-wide consultation in early 2011.
The Merseyside Environmental Advisory Service led the preparation of the plan and had prepared the report, attached in annexe 1. This provided a Merseyside-wide overview of the replacement sites which were required for all the Merseyside authorities.
RESOLVED: That the Cabinet be requested to:
(1) note the results of consultation on the Waste Development Plan Document Preferred Options Report;
(2) approve the Preferred Options 2: New Sites Consultation Report and approve a six-week public consultation commencing in early 2011; and
(3) note the funding arrangements agreed by the City Region Cabinet and make appropriate financial provision in 2011/12 and 2012/13 to complete the Waste DPD.