The Regional
Waste Plan provides a long-term strategic waste management strategy and
land-use planning framework for the sustainable management
of wastes and recovery of resources in South East Wales.
The Welsh Assembly Government has given the responsibility of preparing,
monitoring and reviewing the plan to the South East Wales Regional Waste
Group. This group is led by a Steering Group of councillors from the 11
local planning authorities in the region with a Technical Group of officers
from local government, the Welsh Assembly Government, Environment Agency
Wales and other government bodies, and representatives from the waste industry
and environmental groups.
The first Regional Waste
Plan was agreed by the Members Steering Group, endorsed by all of the
local authorities in the region and published in March 2004.
Welsh Assembly Government planning policy requires that the Regional Waste
Plan is reviewed every 3 years. The process of reviewing the RWP commenced
in April 2005. The Regional Waste Plan 1st Review
process included scoping the content and approach of the review, undertaking
a suite of assessments, producing a Consultation Draft RWP 1st Review document
and undertaking an extensive 10 week public and stakeholder consultation
the end of 2007. In March 2008 the Members Steering Group agreed the
Recommended Draft RWP 1st Review document
which contained the changes made in light of the consultation feedback.
This ‘Recommended Draft’ is the draft recommended by the Regional
Waste Group to each constituent authority for endorsement. Once endorsed
by each of the Local Planning Authorities and agreed by the Welsh Assembly
Government in late 2008, the RWP 1st Review
will become a strategic framework for the preparation of Local Development
Plans and a material consideration in the development control process.
For
the purpose of the Regional Waste Plans, Wales has been divided into three
regions.The other regions are North
Wales and South
West Wales
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