Bradford Waste Management DPD

5. Publication Draft (December 2015

What is the Waste Management DPD?

The Waste Management DPD is being prepared as part of Bradford Local Plan which will form the statutory development plan for the District. The Waste Management DPD sets out the Council's spatial strategy for dealing with all types of waste within the Bradford District. It has also identified waste management sites for dealing with the main streams of waste:

  • Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
  • Commercial and Industrial waste

With criteria based policies for the management of the following waste streams:

  • Agricultural
  • Construction, Demolition and Excavation
  • Hazardous
  • Residual

The Waste Management DPD will:

  • Set out the broad vision for the future of waste management within the District and objectives for sustainable development of waste management over the next 10 - 20 years
  • Set out spatial policies for steering and shaping the development of waste management to deliver both the vision and objectives
  • In particular, set out the potential locations for new waste management facilities
  • Take account of national and regional policy and the Council's policies in the 2020 Bradford Vision and Community Strategy and the emerging Core Strategy DPD

Publication Draft

Following consultation on the Preferred Approach and Preferred Approach: Revised Chapter 5 in 2011, a Publication Draft version of the Waste Management DPD has been prepared for submission to government for independent examination. The Publication Draft outlines the vision and strategic objectives of the Plan along with the key development proposals and policies which will be applied in planning decision making.

The Plan is also extensively supported by a range of technical evidence base studies which will also be considered during the independent examination.

The Publication Draft consultation documents can be accessed from the bottom of the page.

Public Consultation Publication Draft (December 2015 to February 2016)

The Publication Draft was published for public consultation over an 8 week period from Monday 14 December and ending 1pm on Monday 8 February 2016.

What happens next?

After the Publication Draft stage the Council will consider the comments received and consider whether any modifications need to be made to the plan before submitting the Waste Management DPD to the Government. The Waste Management DPD will then be considered by an independent Inspector at a public examination. The Inspector's role is to consider whether the plan can be considered to be sound having regard to a number of factors including the plans compliance with national planning policy. The Examination process may result in a judgement that the plan would be sound, subject to a number of modifications being made. If modifications are necessary these would be published by the Council and subject to consultation before adopting the Waste Management DPD through a meeting of the Full Council.

If you have any queries regarding the Waste Management DPD or the consultation process please contact the Development Plans team on 01274 433679 or email planning.policy@bradford.gov.uk