Waste Issues and Options

Reference is made to the County Council liaising with Severn Trent Water relating to the available capacity of wastewater treatment facilities or both domestic customers and businesses.

Anglian Water is the sewerage undertaker for part of Nottinghamshire County (Newark and Sherwood District). We would ask that the County Council liaise with both sewerage undertakers in relation to the preparation of the new Waste Local Plan.

Existing water recycling centres (formerly wastewater treatment works) are located at a distance from built up areas in proximity to the receiving watercourse.

As such any locational strategy should distinguish between waste management uses generally and proposals relating to sewage treatment for the above reasons.

Specific criteria are required for existing, expanded and new water recycling centres including supporting infrastructure which states that the principle of development is supported where proposals enable wider development requirements outlined in local plans, operational efficiency and protect and enhance the natural environment.

It should also support for the co-location of complementary waste management uses appropriate to the location.

For existing sites it is important that these are safeguarded from other potential non-waste uses e.g. housing to ensure that we can provide water recycling services on a continuous basis.

Any policy should also be written flexibly to allow for a change of circumstance. For example where a sewerage undertaker identifies a site is not required for its original purpose.

Anglian Water is generally supportive of the scope of development management policies but would ask that specific reference is made to odour and noise in connection with the continued operation of existing water recycling centres and safeguarding water sources used for public water supply.