New Waste Local Plan

Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham City Council are working together to prepare a new Waste Local Plan which will replace the previous Adopted Waste Local Plan (2002) and the Waste Core Strategy (2013).

The new Waste Local Plan will provide the future planning strategy for waste management in Nottinghamshire and Nottingham until 2038 and will aim to provide sufficient capacity to meet future needs. It will also provide key policies against which future waste development will be assessed.

A timetable for the development of the new Waste Local Plan can be found within the Local Development Scheme.

Update on new Waste Local Plan

Following consultation on the Draft Plan, we have analysed the comments made and are now preparing a final version of the Plan which will be published for final representations prior to submitting the Plan for examination (known as the Regulation 19 stage). We currently anticipate the consultation on this final version, which will be known as the Pre-submission Draft, to be in September 2023.

Whilst preparing the Pre-submission Draft, we noted an error in the Strategic Objectives in the Draft Plan. Further detail is explained in the Errata Note [PDF].

Draft Plan

A Draft Plan, informed by the results of the previous consultation and evidence of future need for recycling and waste sites was published for public and stakeholder comment between the 7 February and the 4 April 2022. The Plan (along with its supporting documents) can be read or downloaded from the list below:

Our consultation page is available on the Opos Consult web page.  As the consultation is no longer live, the Draft Plan is located in 'historic documents' and within it you will soon be able to read all the comments made. 

We have analyses the comments made on the Draft Plan and are now preparing a final version of the Plan which is expected to be reported to the both Councils in Spring/Summer 2023 for approval to publish for final representations prior to submitting the Plan for examination.

The Waste Local Plan is also available to view in paper format in all Nottinghamshire Libraries.

As part of the consultation on the Plan we held an online event  - “Nottinghamshire and Nottingham – Planning for Waste”  on Friday 11 February 2022. You can watch the event: 

Issues and options

The first stage of the new Plan has been completed with consultation on issues and options for the Plan running from 27 February until 7 May 2020. The following documents were published for this consultation.

Key contact points

Nottinghamshire County Council is administering the preparation of the Plan on behalf of both Councils. You can contact us directly by email at planning.policy@nottscc.gov.uk or via our customer service team on 0300 500 8080

Nottinghamshire County Council’s Planning Policy Service is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring all personal information is kept confidential and safe. Read our privacy statement.

Nottingham City Council’s Planning Policy and Research Team is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring all personal information is kept confidential and safe. View the Privacy Notice for Planning and Policy Research at Nottingham City Council [PDF].

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