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Welsh Assembly Government planning policy requires that the Regional Waste Plan is regularly reviewed. Therefore, the Regional Waste Group commenced the Regional Waste Plan 1st Review process in 2005.

In March 2006 the Members Steering Group agreed a document scoping the RWP 1st Review entitled ‘The Regional Waste Plan 1st Review – Content & Approach (777k)’ . This document stated that the RWP 1st Review document would have two principal elements:

• A Regional Waste Strategy which sets out a preferred mix of waste management / resource recovery technologies and capacities for managing the forecast arisings of all controlled waste streams. • A spatial element that guides the location of new facilities.

In the context set by the Welsh Assembly Government’s planning policy in Technical Advice Note 21 and the Welsh Assembly Government’s Objectives for the RWP 1st Review , guided by the‘Content & Approach’ document, and informed by the Annual Monitoring Reports, the following studies were undertaken in order to produce the Consultation Draft RWP 1st Review document.

• A Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability Assessment of the alternative strategic waste management Options: LCA SA Summary (92k) LCA SA Report Part 1 (268k) LCA SA Report Part 2 (2.2Mb) LCA SA Report Part 3 (317k) • An Environmental Report on the alternative strategic waste management Options: Environmental Report Summary (468k) Environmental Report Part 1 (6.1Mb) Environmental Report Part 2 (920k) • A strategic Health Impact Assessment of the alternative strategic waste management Options: Draft Strategic HIA Summary (723k) Draft Strategic HIA Report (1.8Mb)   • A Sustainability Assessment report / Environmental Report on the generation and assessment of Areas of Search maps: Areas of Search Report (439k) The following two broad principles for the viewing and use of the Areas of Search maps must be noted: 1) The sole purpose of the Areas of Search maps is to identify Areas of Search at a strategic level for use by Local Planning Authorities during the Local Development Plan preparation process – as a starting point for more detailed local level assessments to identify appropriate sites for waste management facilities in Local Development Plans. 2) Because the sole purpose of the Areas of Search maps is to identify Areas of Search at the strategic level, the Areas of Search maps must not be used by any organization or individual to determine the appropriateness of proposals for individual waste management facilities. The Areas of Search maps must not be used by Local Planning Authorities as a development control tool. More detailed principles for the viewing and use of the Areas of Search maps can be found in Section 12.3 of the Consultation Draft Regional Waste Plan 1st Review document Areas of Search Map for In-Building Facilities (4.6Mb) Areas of Search Map for Open-Air Facilities (4.5Mb) The next step in the RWP 1st Review process is an extensive public and stakeholder consultation on the Consultation Draft Regional Waste Plan 1st Review document.The consultation is taking place for 10 weeks between 15 October 2007 and 24 December 2007. The final Regional Waste Plan 1st Review document will be published in 2007-08 after taking into account the feedback received during the consultation period

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