New Developments & Council-Collected Wastes: A Guidance
Note
This guidance has been developed by the Council’s Waste Services
Department in consultation with Planning Services and other
relevant departments to assist implementation of policy WM4 of the
Bath and North East Somerset Local Plan:
Development of:
- Housing sites of 0.5ha or more in area, or 10 or more houses;
or
- Industrial and/or commercial sites of 0.4 ha or more, or 1000m2
or more floorspace; or
- Sports, recreation or similar facilities such as and including
those in policies SR2 and SR5 of this Plan will only be permitted
where provision is made as an integral part of the development
for:
- Facilities within individual or groups of properties or
premises for the separation and storage of waste
for collection and for composting; or
- Compensatory public facilities for the separation and storage
of wastes for collection and/or composting of waste.
Bath and North East Somerset Council has adopted a vision of
“Zero Waste” to steer the development of its waste services.
This means that we will strive to reduce, reuse and recycle as much
waste as possible, and that we will work with businesses and the
community to achieve this goal.
The Council views waste as a resource and seeks to gain maximum
value from it, rather than viewing it as something simply to be
disposed of. The vision of “Zero Waste” creates an innovative
climate in which to develop our services.
Reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill is one of the key
improvement priorities the Council has committed to within its
Corporate Plan. The Council aims to offer a kerbside recycling
service to all households within the district and has a target of
achieving a 50% recycling rate by 2010.
To ensure that we meet the objectives outlined above it is vital
that new buildings are designed to provide facilities that enable
waste efficiently and effectively to be segregated for recycling,
and to be stored and collected in such a way that is suitable to
all parties involved.
A PDF version of this guidance is available to download in
the related documents section at the top of this page.
