The Waste Core Strategy will set out our overall approach to future waste management in Nottinghamshire and Nottingham. Key issues will include estimates of how much waste capacity needs to be provided to meet expected demand over the next 20 years, what types of sites are suitable and where in broad terms new or extended waste management sites should be located.

Once the Core Strategy is in place, setting out our broad approach, it will be accompanied by a set of development management policies and a site specific document.

All of these documents will be prepared jointly by the County Council and Nottingham City Council. Each document must go through a series of informal and formal public consultation stages and finally an independent examination before it can be adopted by the County and City Councils. Once adopted, these documents will replace the relevant parts of the Waste Local Plan.

Waste Core Strategy – consultation on our preferred approach

We consulted on the preferred approach for the Waste Core Strategy between 22 July and 16 September 2011. The consultation is now closed.

Document from all previous stages of consultation can be viewed on our previous consultations page.

What will happen next?

We will use all of the responses to the preferred approach consultation to help us draft a final ‘submission draft document’. This will then be subject to a six week period for formal representations and an independent public examination in front of a Government appointed Inspector. The Inspector will look at the overall soundness of the document as well as any representations made on the draft document. Any recommendations made by the Inspector will be binding. If found sound, the Councils will then adopt the Waste Core Strategy including any recommendations made by the Inspector.

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