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The attached report represents the final stage in the progression of the preparation of the joint South London Waste Plan Development Plan Document to adoption. It will then form part of the Council’s Planning Policy Framework to spatially manage waste and be used to determine related planning applications.

The Executive Mayor in Cabinet is recommended to:

       i.          Note this report on the progress made to date towards the development of a National Planning Policy Framework compliant development plan document, the South London Waste Plan 2022 to 2037 (Appendix 1) and that as a result a favourable Inspector’s Report is expected shortly finding the SLW Plan to be sound.

      ii.          The Cabinet is to further note that the final Inspectors Report is delayed and still awaited.

    iii.          Recommend Council to adopt the South London Waste Plan 2022 to 2037, subject to the recommendations in the Inspector’s Report as a Development Plan Document in accordance with The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.

Cabinet considered a report, which represented the final stage in the progression of the preparation of the joint South London Waste Plan Development Plan Document to adoption. It would then form part of the Council’s Planning Policy Framework to spatially manage waste and be used to determine related planning applications.

It was reported that the South London Waste Plan (SLW Plan) had been funded from a successful bid to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Planning Delivery Fund.

It was noted that this was the final stage of the joint production of the SLW Plan following two stages of consultation in October to December 2019 (Regulation 18 Issues and Options) and September to October 2020 (Regulation 19 Submission) and the Examination in Public in September 2021.

The Executive Mayor said that having a plan was a statutory requirement and that this final report culminated in all of the points.

The Cabinet Member for Planning and Regeneration said that this was a joint project amongst other London Boroughs, which would allow Croydon to generate waste up to 2037.  He added that the Plan was required to be adopted at the meeting of the full Council to be held in December. 

The Executive Mayor, in Cabinet, RESOLVED that:

1.            this report on the progress made to date towards the development of a National Planning Policy Framework compliant development plan document, the South London Waste Plan 2022 to 2037 (Appendix 1) and that as a result a favourable Inspector’s Report was expected shortly finding the SLW Plan to be sound, be noted.

2.            the final Inspectors Report was delayed and still awaited, be noted.

3.            COUNCIL be RECOMMENDED to adopt the South London Waste Plan 2022 to 2037, subject to the recommendations in the Inspector’s Report as a Development Plan Document in accordance with The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.