H A M P S H I R E PORTSMOUTH, SOUTHAMPTON & NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK M I N E R A L S & W A S T E C O R E S T R A T E G Y

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1 H A M P S H I R E PORTSMOUTH, SOUTHAMPTON & NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK M I N E R A L S & W A S T E C O R E S T R A T E G Y D E V E L O P M E N T P L A N D O C U M E N T

2 . 0. Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and New Forest National Park Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008)

3 0. Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) The Hampshire Minerals and Waste Core Strategy was adopted by Hampshire's four minerals and waste planning authorities on the following dates: * New Forest National Park Authority - 28 June 2007 * Hampshire County Council - 12 July 2007 * Portsmouth City Council - 17 July 2007 * Southampton City Council - 18 July 2007 Mineral & Waste Planning Authorities in Hampshire On 4 September 2008 the High Court of Justice, in the case of Associated British Ports and Hampshire County Council, New Forest National Park Authority, Portsmouth City Council Southampton City Council (CO/11116/2007), ordered that parts of the Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and New Forest National Park Minerals and Waste Core Strategy Development Plan Document (July 2007) be quashed. The parts of the Core Strategy quashed related to wharves and rail depots and the safeguarding of existing development. To show the effect of the quashing order on the Core Strategy the quashed policies and consequential text are shown struck through thus - The parts of the Core Strategy quashed related to wharves and rail depots and the safeguarding of existing development.

4 . 0 Hampshire County Council Environment Department The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8UD Portsmouth City Council Planning Services Civic Offices Guildhall Square Portsmouth PO1 2AS Southampton City Council Planning & Sustainability Ground Floor, Civic Centre Southampton SO14 7LS New Forest National Park Authority South Efford House, Milford Road, Everton, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 0JD Director of Environment Alison Quant Head of Planning Services John Slater Head of Planning & Sustainability Andrew Scate BA hons DipTP MRTPI Director of Strategy and Planning John Ward Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) ISBN: (original 2007 version) Price 12.00

5 0 Contents Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) Spatial Vision Foreword Executive Summary Introduction The New Forest National Park Geographic context Minerals and waste planning issues National planning issues Regional Spatial Strategy - the South East Plan Community Strategies Material Resources Strategy Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy Local Transport Plans Strategy Objectives Consultation and Integrated Sustainability Appraisal Other development plan documents and saved policies The Spatial Strategy Sustainability and Resource Efficiency Growth Self-Sufficiency Recycling, Composting, Recovery and Treatment Landfill Specialist facilities Introduction Biowaste Wood Hazardous waste Electrical equipment Farm waste Waste water and sewage

6 Contents Minerals Sand and Gravel Recycled and secondary aggregates Chalk Clay Oil and Gas Wharves and Rail Depots Safeguarding Location, Co-location, Systems and Infrastructure Site Selection Methodology Development Control Sustainable Minerals and Waste Development International and National Designations Impact on Landscape and Townscape Historic Heritage Green Belt Highways Biodiversity Pollution, Health, Quality of Life and Amenity Public Safety Water Resources Flooding Restoration and Aftercare Waste Management and Recycling Landfill Sand and Gravel Chalk Clay Wharves and Rail Depots Oil and Gas Borrow Pits and Spoil Sites Prior Extraction of Minerals Additional Plant, Buildings and Minor Development Local Development Orders Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 27 Forward Look to December Monitoring Implementation Key Diagram 71 Glossary 72

7 0 Contents Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) Appendices Appendix 1 - Relationship between policies and existing local plan policies Appendix 2 - Site Selection Methodology and Factors Appendix 3 - Monitoring Plan Appendix 4 - Implementation Plan Appendix 5 - Key Diagram Spatial Strategy Policies S1 - Sustainable Design, Construction and Demolition S2 - Waste growth and demand for natural resources S3 - Net Self-Sufficiency S4 - Recycling and Composting S5 - Capacity Requirements for Recycling, Composting and Recovery and Treatment S6 - Landfill S7 - Specialist Facilities S8 - Sand and Gravel S9 - Recycled and Secondary Aggregates S10 - Chalk S11 - Brick-making and Other Clay S12 - Oil and Gas S15 - Sterilisation of Mineral Deposits S16 - Location of Waste Management S17 - Co-location, Systems and Infrastructure S18 - Site Selection

8 Contents 0 Development Control Policies DC1 - Sustainable Minerals and Waste Development DC2 - Sites with International and National Designations DC3 - Impact on Landscape and Townscape DC4 - Historic Heritage DC5 - Green Belt DC6 - Highways DC7 - Biodiversity DC8 - Pollution, health, quality of life and amenity DC9 - Public Safety DC10 - Water Resources DC11 - Flooding DC12 - Restoration and Aftercare DC13 - Waste Management and Recycling (including Aggregate Recycling Facilities) DC14 - Landfill DC15 - Sand and Gravel DC16 - Chalk DC17 - Clay DC19 - Oil and Gas DC20 - Borrow Pits and Spoil Sites DC21 - Prior Extraction of Minerals DC22 - Additional Plant, Buildings and Minor Development DC23 - Local Development Orders Quashed Policies S13 - Wharves and Rail Depots S14 - Safeguarding of Existing Development DC18 - Wharves and Rail Depots Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008)

9 0 Contents Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008)

10 Spatial Vision 0 Spatial Vision The following Spatial Vision was developed by the Mineral and Waste Planning Authorities, following extensive community engagement and consultation with stakeholders businesses, local authorities, public agencies, amenity and specialist interest groups - with an interest in natural resource issues in Hampshire. The Strategy is part of the process for achieving this vision. By 2020, Hampshire will have a world class and sustainable material resources system that maximises both the efficient use of primary materials and the reuse and recycling of wastes, and minimises the need for disposal. There is a need to start to change behaviours now to ensure that by 2020 the management of minerals and waste will be fully integrated into the planning of all new development. A whole life cycle view will change the design and fabrication of products, buildings and roads, and will reduce the demand for resources, particularly minerals. The manufacture, to high standards suitable for reuse without wastage, of recycled and secondary raw materials will be commonplace throughout the county. As far as possible, waste will be managed near to where it is produced and in accordance with the waste hierarchy. Value will be recovered through technically advanced re-use, recycling and composting processes, or failing that, through the recovery of energy and / or materials from the waste. The amount of waste going to landfill will be very limited in quantity and biodegradable content. 1 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) Hampshire s apportioned share of the national and regional need for minerals will be met, without avoidable delay or disruption to supply, and with the minimum of environmental damage. Minerals and waste activities will be sized and located sensitively, such that they reduce the impact of road transport and meet the present and future needs of communities, business and the environment. Where possible such activities and uses, in order to encourage sustainable management of resources, will be co-located together, sometimes with major waste producers, to share to mutual advantage, their infrastructure and by-products. Large-scale strategic waste development will be located in or close to major areas of development. All new developments will be designed to make recycling easy and maximise the use of recycled or recovered products and make an appropriate contribution to sustainable waste management in Hampshire. By 2020 we will be able to demonstrate the sustainable management of waste, minerals and other natural resources, over the longer-term, having made significant improvements to the natural and urban environment and having delivered economic and community benefits. Where possible, movements of minerals, waste and resources will use sustainable transport methods. Beyond 2020, the way wastes, minerals and other natural resources are managed in Hampshire will be considered to be a leading example in the United Kingdom and Europe.

11 0 Foreword 2 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) Foreword This Strategy evolved from a consultation process, which started in September 2003 and involved more than 18 months of discussion with over 350 interested stakeholders a mixture of local resident, community and environmental groups, business and local authority staff and members. Latterly some initial proposals were presented to the public, who endorsed the approach. This is your Strategy. The Strategy is very progressive and goes beyond latest Government ambitions, particularly with regard to waste. It presents a resource management vision where minerals and waste are conserved and their efficient use and reuse becomes normal behaviour. Policies are proposed on sustainable design and construction; increased recycling; more energy recovery; and minimisation of landfill, which aim to stabilise consumption of aggregates and production of waste over the next 10 to 20 years. However, the focus must now move on to delivery and implementation. Many new sites will be required, but they will be different to the ones of the past. They will need to be cleaner and better neighbours; more efficiently organised; cost effective; and play their part of the global economy while sustaining Hampshire s needs. Your actions will be essential in delivering this Strategy. Councillor Melville Kendal Executive Member for Environment Hampshire County Council Councillor Mike Hancock CBE MP Executive Member for Planning, Regeneration & Economic Development Portsmouth City Council Councillor Gavin Dick Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport Southampton City Council Clive Chatters Chairman New Forest National Park Authority

12 Executive Summary 0 Executive Summary The Strategy sets out a Spatial Vision for future minerals and waste planning in Hampshire and explains its role within the planning process. It sets out the context, in which the Strategy is set, in terms of Hampshire s geography, local minerals and waste planning issues such as Hampshire s shortage of mineral sites and landfills - and national, regional and local planning policy (including the links with relevant Community Strategies, and Hampshire s Material Resources Strategy, Joint Municipal Waste Strategy and Local Transport Plans). Ten objectives to be fulfilled by the Strategy and its policies - reflecting the environmental, social, geographical and planning context - are set out. There follows a brief overview of the public consultation and sustainability appraisal processes and how these have influenced development of the Strategy and its policies. The main body of the Strategy is contained in the next two sections which include the spatial and development control strategies. The overall approach is based on principles of improving resource efficiency by improving the sustainable design of new building, progressively slowing the pace of waste growth and maximising the recovery of value from wastes prior to landfill. This should reduce the demand for the exploitation of primary raw materials, both in Hampshire and elsewhere. The spatial approach will also see net self-sufficiency in terms of Hampshire s waste management capacity and new development being located nearer to sources of waste and markets for products. Hampshire will not provide for some of London s waste. New waste facilities will be linked to major areas of new development, and strategic scale facilities will be located in Hampshire s two growth areas in the north east and south of the county. Given this, significant amounts of new development will be necessary. In particular, Hampshire will require: 3 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) i. New recycling and composting sites to handle over one million tonnes a year of municipal, commercial and industrial wastes; ii. New recovery and treatment sites to handle just under half a million tonnes a year of municipal, commercial and industrial wastes; iii. New non-hazardous landfill sites to dispose of 4.2 million tonnes of un-recycled municipal, commercial and industrial wastes; iv. New inert landfill sites, to restore mineral workings, with 11 million tonnes of un-recycled construction and demolition wastes; v. New sites to manufacture an additional 850,000 tonnes a year of recycled and secondary aggregates; vi. New sites for the extraction of over 27 million tonnes of sand and gravel. The development control policies reflect and support the approach set out in the spatial policies. The remainder of the Strategy includes a forward look - which discusses how waste growth, landfilling and aggregate consumption are likely to change by a key diagram, details of a four-stage site selection process, and monitoring and implementation plans.

13 1 Introduction 4 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 1 Introduction NB detailed background information is covered fully in the supporting Technical Document. 1.1 The Hampshire Minerals and Waste Development Framework includes the areas administered by Hampshire County Council, Southampton and Portsmouth City Councils and the New Forest National Park Authority, including a small part of the National Park which is in Wiltshire. Minerals and waste development frameworks set out the policies and proposals of mineral and waste planning authorities for the development of mineral resources and sustainable waste management. Frameworks comprise a number of development documents the most important of which are development plan documents, which form part of the development plan. 1.2 The Strategy is a key development plan document and though under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 such documents are referred to as a core strategy it will be referred to hereon as the Strategy. 1.3 The Strategy, sets out the minerals and waste developments which the minerals and waste planning authorities covered by the Hampshire Minerals and Waste Development Framework wish to encourage for the period to It also sets out the various environmental and social and economic objectives relevant to minerals and waste developments in Hampshire and respective general policies. The Strategy also includes a number of development control policies for evaluating planning applications for minerals and waste developments. 1.4 There are a number of supporting documents relating to this Strategy. These are the: Consultation Statement background document, which details the consultation, processes undertaken so far and it s the outcomes; Sustainability Report background document that comprises a Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment; and the Technical Document background document, which provides details on relevant plans and policies and provides current data on minerals and waste.

14 The New Forest National Park 2 2 The New Forest National Park 2.1 Minerals and waste planning for the New Forest National Park was the responsibility of Hampshire County Council until 1 April The New Forest National Park Authority becomes the strategic and local planning authority with responsibility for minerals and waste planning on 1 April 2006 and has agreed to join the three councils in the joint approach to this Strategy. 2.2 Minerals and waste planning for a small part of the New Forest National Park was the responsibility of Wiltshire County Council prior to 1 April Thereafter the New Forest National Park Authority became the minerals and waste planning authority for the whole National Park. The Authority will apply the Hampshire core Planning Strategy to cover the area of the National Park within Wiltshire. 5 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008)

15 3 Geographic context 6 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 3 Geographic context 3.1 Future planning in Hampshire is conditioned by what already exists. The importance of existing social and economic investment, the preservation of the natural and historic heritage, and the loyalties of people to their local communities and countryside must all be respected. Any new strategy must evolve from what exists today towards what must be promoted to meet future needs. 3.2 For the purposes of providing a spatial dimension to this Strategy, Hampshire is divided into four distinct geographic areas to reflect both its varied character and the sub-regional planning structure outlined in the South East Plan. 3.3 In southern Hampshire, the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton are twin centres of the largest urban concentration in the South East Region outside London. The influence of the two cities extends far beyond their administrative boundaries. They are major centres of employment. The economic, social and cultural services they provide are considerable. Any diminution of their functions would have profound consequences for the surrounding districts and the whole of Hampshire. They are significant producers of waste and significant users of resources, including minerals. Given the density of their development it is inappropriate for mineral extraction and landfill sites to be located within them. 3.4 Southampton and Portsmouth, together with the coastal area extending from Romsey, Totton and the Waterside in the west to Havant in the east make up the area of South Hampshire. This area has been identified as a sub-region in the South East Plan and will have its own sub-regional policies. Proposed policies for this area have been developed by the Partnership for Urban South Hampshire (see paragraph 6.3). The coast - the Solent, its harbours and estuaries - has a special character: a mixture of intensive development and open spaces that are of national and international importance. However, the coast and its hinterland contain significant sand and gravel deposits, which have been significantly exploited although there are major reserves remaining. Also in the last fifty years major landfills have been located here and recently two energy from waste plants and strategic recycling facilities have been commissioned. 3.5 North East Hampshire has its own large urban areas of Basingstoke and the Blackwater Valley towns. To a degree these communities have developed to meet needs arising outside Hampshire. Many towns and villages are influenced by pressure from adjoining areas, particularly Greater London, the Thames Valley and Reading. This area contains areas of international importance, such as the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area. The North East Hampshire area is also part of a sub-regional area identified in the South East Plan the Western Corridor which extends into the area of adjoining authorities. Historically, significant quantities of sand and gravel have been extracted from the Bramshill plateau and areas around Tadley and Aldershot. 3.6 Between South Hampshire and North East Hampshire is a broad belt of countryside; which gives Hampshire its rural image. Its farmland, woodland, heaths and valleys have, for many years, been protected by successive planning strategies as a rural heartland between the Thames Valley and the South Hampshire.

16 Geographic context The south-western part of Hampshire is dominated by the Forest area that includes the recently designated New Forest National Park, the first to be created in South East England. The New Forest has long been recognised as a special and important area that needs protection from increasing development pressures in the south and south east. Its status as a National Park brings greater protection on a permanent basis and ensures that future generations will have the opportunity to understand and enjoy its special qualities. In accordance with government policy, planning for minerals and waste will operate within strict criteria to safeguard this heritage. However, the fringes surrounding the Park have significant sand and gravel resources, some of which will continue to be exploited providing this does not damage the special qualities of the National Park. 3.8 The Downland area, which spans central Hampshire from Andover in the west to Petersfield in the east, is characterised by large areas of chalk downland, farmland, small rural villages and market towns like New Alresford. Much of the eastern part of this area is part of the proposed South Downs National Park. This area also includes a number of internationally and nationally designated sites. There are no significant gravel resources, although there are important sand deposits and the chalk has been traditionally exploited to serve farms. There are two small brickworks in the area with clay pits. The Downland also contains three small on-shore oilfields. Although the Downland and Forest comprise over half of the area of Hampshire, the small population generates less than a quarter of the waste. 7 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 3.9 These four geographically distinct areas are illustrated below: Picture Geographic Areas

17 4 Minerals and waste planning issues 8 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 4 Minerals and waste planning issues 4.1 The geographic diversity of Hampshire needs to be considered alongside a number of general planning issues, which are reflected in differing ways in these areas. In particular the following issues are of relevance. 4.2 Population growth will place further pressure on land around existing areas of development, particularly in the planned growth areas of South Hampshire and the North East Hampshire. This is likely to result in increasing competition for sites that waste management uses might need, and demand to develop land underlain by minerals. 4.3 The importance of economic growth, particularly for the rural economy, needs to be recognised. However economic growth needs to be integrated into an approach that also deals with social and environmental objectives. Economic growth is currently associated with increasing waste arisings and demand for primary resources, such as minerals, a concern central to the Strategy. 4.4 The countryside is an important resource and is also the basis of the rural economy. Farming and the sustainable management of land have to be supported and in some cases this may involve diversification and this could involve waste management development. 4.5 Minerals and waste development are major generators of heavy goods traffic but this often raises road capacity and amenity issues. 4.6 Hampshire has many environmental designations, such as the New Forest National Park, the proposed South Downs National Park, the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a large number of biodiversity sites of national and international importance, and various historic towns and villages. These act as constraints to development and can make the identification of new minerals and waste sites difficult. In occasional cases, such constraints can be an opportunity, such as the heathland restoration of conifer plantations in the Thames Basin Heaths. The Strategy must strike the right balance between meeting the need for development and protecting the environment. 4.7 Climate change is likely to cause increased flooding, coastal erosion and a reduction in water supplies across the whole of the Plan area. The Strategy must seek to reduce, or at least take into account the impacts of climate change through the approach to minerals and waste planning. 4.8 The estimated land bank of permitted reserves of sand and gravel in Hampshire at the beginning of 2005 was sufficient for only 4.15 years supply at current planned extraction rates million tonnes a year.

18 Minerals and waste planning issues Hampshire s aggregate wharves are coming under increasing pressure for conversion to other waterfront uses. In particular, the import of crushed rock to Southampton Docks cannot be guaranteed in the future Hampshire only has sufficient non-hazardous landfill capacity at recent levels of use to last 2.3 years. Even with the ongoing reduction of the amount of material going to landfill, there will be a need to identify further capacity Increasing amounts of Hampshire s commercial, industrial and hazardous wastes, are exported out of Hampshire for disposal elsewhere owing to capacity limitations In the municipal waste sector, Hampshire s recycling and composting rates are amongst the best in the country, but the pace of improvement has slowed in recent years and there is a need to optimise waste management systems. 9 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008)

19 5 National planning issues 10 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 5 National planning issues 5.1 The Strategy has to take into consideration national planning policy and other material policy considerations, all of which are predicated on the principles of sustainable development. The most important documents include Mineral Policy Statement 1 (Planning & Minerals) (and the accompanying Practice Guide), and Planning Policy Statement 10 (Planning for Sustainable Waste Management) (and the accompanying Companion Guide). Other national policy such as Planning Policy Statements PPS7 (The Countryside and the Rural Economy), PPS12 (Local Development Frameworks), PPS9 (Biodiversity and Geological Conservation), PPS3 (Housing) and PPS25 (Development and Flood Risk) are also relevant, along with the current National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregates Provision in England (June 2003). Planning for minerals and waste within the New Forest National Park will be guided by PPS7 which emphasises that major developments should not take place in these designated areas, except in exceptional circumstances. 5.2 The Government s Waste Strategy 2000 is of particular relevance as it sets the waste management context which planning policy has to give due recognition. This is currently being reviewed and a consultation paper was published in February The proposals within this Strategy are in-line with the Government s thinking, as demonstrated by the consultation paper. 5.3 Finally the Environment Agency s national guidance on landfill location is significant as it limits opportunities for such facilities.

20 Regional Spatial Strategy - the South East Plan 6 6 Regional Spatial Strategy - the South East Plan 6.1 The South East Plan, once adopted in 2007, will become part of the development plan for Hampshire. The Plan sets out the long term spatial planning framework for the South East of England and in particular provides a policy context. Accordingly, the Strategy is required to be in general conformity with the Plan. 6.2 The emerging South East Plan has an emphasis on reducing waste growth and diverting waste from landfill and a consequent increase in the reuse, recycling and composting - including an overall recycling and composting rate of 60% in and recovery and treatment of waste. It includes planning targets, known as sub-regional apportionments, that require that Hampshire supply 2.63 million tonnes a year of local land-won aggregate - sand and gravel - and the following amounts of waste to be managed: Annual Averaged Tonnages to be managed (thousand tonnes) Municipal Solid Waste Commercial and Industrial Waste , , ,035 2, Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) Waste to be Managed 6.3 The South East Plan was submitted to Government on the 31 March It includes sections on minerals and waste and a sub-regional strategy for South Hampshire. The South Hampshire sub-regional strategy reflects the work of the Partnership for Urban South Hampshire (PUSH) a partnership of all the local authorities within the South Hampshire area with a vision of conditional managed growth where the pace of growth and development is determined by, and conditional on, the rate of infrastructure development. Beyond 2016 new development will focus on Strategic Development Areas to be located in greenfield areas north of Hedge End and Fareham. In addition to this, the sub-regional strategy also has a policy on Environmental Sustainability which should, if adopted, promote resource efficiency and recycling measures in the planning of new development in South Hampshire. 6.4 Minerals and waste policies were developed separately and ahead of the main South East Plan by the Proposed Changes to Regional Planning Guidance for the South East (RPG9) Waste and Minerals. The majority of these policies were subject to public examination in October These policies have now been merged with the South East Plan along with additional or revised policies concerning the sub-regional apportionment of 2.2 million tonnes of London s waste for landfilling in Hampshire, the supply of 1.7 million tonnes a year of recycled and secondary aggregates. An early review of the Strategy will be undertaken if it is no longer in general conformity with the emerging South-East Plan as finally approved.

21 7 Community Strategies 12 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 7 Community Strategies 7.1 Locally the Strategy has to complement and provide the spatial planning dimension of the relevant parts of the Community Strategies in Hampshire. The Strategy helps to deliver the aspirations of the overlapping Community Strategies produced for the council areas of the County, two cities and districts. 7.2 Key themes from these Community Strategies include: protecting and enhancing Hampshire s environment, supporting Hampshire s economy, preparing for global warming, reducing the causes of environmental damage, minimising waste production, maximising recycling, re-use and composting through new practices and education and publicity campaigns, disposing of residual waste locally by sustainable means, improving urban design and combating fly-tipping.

22 Material Resources Strategy 8 8 Material Resources Strategy 8.1 The process of developing the Material Resources Strategy (MRS) resulted in the publication of More from Less a synopsis of seventeen months of stakeholder dialogue which articulates stakeholders aspirations on issues related to natural resources, minerals and wastes. This was an important starting point in the development of the current Strategy, particularly as the MRS helped to provide some early consultation as required under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act In effect the MRS represents an extension to the Community Strategies with a focus on natural resources. Further details on the MRS process and the stakeholders involved can be found at: More from Less identifies a number of outcomes which stakeholders wished to see delivered: i. Achieving behaviour change that maximises reuse, recycling and recovery; ii. Reducing overall year on year waste growth to 1% by 2010 and 0.5% by 2020; iii. Achieving an overall recycling rate of 60% by 2020; iv. Optimising the cost of recycling to public and private sectors; v. Achieving net self-sufficiency in dealing with all waste arisings by 2016; vi. Maximising materials and energy recovery from unavoidable waste; vii. Reducing use of landfill for all waste materials to a minimum practicable level by 2020; viii. Reducing demand for new minerals to minimum practicable levels, with extraction of land-won sand and gravel reduced as far as practicable; ix. New sites and facilities provided meeting needs in a sustainable efficient way; x. Providing a supportive policy framework and involving all sectors of the community in delivering solutions and change 13 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 8.3 These outcomes were useful in developing options, during the Strategy-making process, which were subsequently subject to Integrated Sustainability Appraisal. Similarly, many of the stakeholders involved in the MRS have remained involved as consultees during the development of the Strategy.

23 9 Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy 14 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 9 Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy 9.1 Project Integra ( is the brand name of Hampshire s waste management partnership, which includes all waste collection and disposal authorities as well as Hampshire s waste management contractor. In 2002, Project Integra adopted an interim Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy (JMWMS) which has an aim to provide a long-term solution to dealing with Hampshire s household waste in an environmentally sound, cost effective and reliable way. The partnership also produces an annual business plan, available to download from the website, and in 2005 adopted a target to achieve a 50% recycling rate for household waste in Hampshire by Project Integra are currently working on a revised Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy for submission to Government in Spring This is closely linked to this Strategy, as both have been developed in parallel, using More from Less as a reference point and using similar sustainability objectives and appraisal techniques.

24 Local Transport Plans Local Transport Plans 10.1 A number of existing minerals and waste sites are poorly located in relation to the road network. Transport related concerns are very important in relation to minerals and waste sites. It is important that future minerals and waste sites are located appropriately to minimise transport related impacts, and that the Strategy's approach seeks to overcome some of the locational problems of the past.the County and City Councils are in the process of finalising and updating Local Transport Plans in Hampshire, for submission to Government in March This work is integrated through the Solent Transport Strategy, which considers the transport needs of the Isle of Wight, Southampton, Portsmouth and south Hampshire There are a number of key themes which are common across the whole of Hampshire and that are also applicable to this Strategy these include: air quality, congestion, freight transport, road safety and accessibility. These factors have been taken into account during the development of this Strategy and have been reflected in the policy approach that has been taken The Hampshire Local Transport Plan will include proposals for a Hampshire-wide Strategic Road Network and will also show other routes historically used for the transport of minerals and waste. These routes differ from the Hampshire Lorry Route Network shown on the adopted Proposals Map. In particular, suitable routes for the transport of minerals and waste includes the A27 (between Romsey and Whiteparish), the B3334 (between Titchfield and Gosport) and the A30 (between Hook and Camberley), the A3 (between Portsmouth and Horndean), Harbridge Drove (between the B3081 and the entrance to Hamer Warren Gravel Pit) and excludes the A259 (between Havant and Emsworth) and the A342 (between Andover and Ludgershall). These changes are necessary to enable continued access to operational facilities. The Proposals Map will need to be updated to reflect these changes. The road network for the transport of minerals and wastes is shown on the Key Diagram and will be known as the Minerals and waste lorry route. 15 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 10.4 Highways issues, including where appropriate cross-border issues, will be considered during the evaluation of all potential sites for inclusion in the Hampshire Mineral or Waste Management Plans. Sites with unacceptable highways impacts will not be brought forward in these plans. Similarly, applications for planning permission will be considered against the highways criteria in Policy DC6.

25 11 Strategy Objectives 16 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 11 Strategy Objectives 11.1 Taking into account relevant geographical and policy context and the minerals and waste issues, the following objectives of the Strategy have been developed: i. Ensure that infrastructure for the management of waste and the extraction of minerals are developed with due regard to the principles of sustainable development. ii. Help eliminate waste growth in the long-term and meet or exceed regional targets to limit waste growth to 0.5% a year by iii. Support the driving of waste resource infrastructure and management up the waste hierarchy by helping to deliver: A significant change in recycling so that the average recycling rate for all waste in Hampshire increases to 60% by 2020; Increasing the recovery of un-recycled waste; Provision of disposal facilities as the last option (however, one that nevertheless has to be provided for); and Enough facilities to ensure that Hampshire is net self-sufficient in waste handling capacity by iv. Provide for a supply of minerals to meet national, regional and local requirements including the regional apportionments for recycled and secondary aggregates and land-won sand and gravel, with due regard to geological, environmental and market considerations. v. Encourage and safeguard facilities for the use of rail and sea transport for the movement of minerals and waste. vi. Ensure that new mineral, waste and resources development are sized appropriately and designed to reduce pollution, maximise energy efficiency, promote renewable energy, encourage recycling and reduce the use of primary aggregates. vii. Safeguard mineral resources and existing/potential facilities for mineral, waste and resource management. viii. Ensure the high quality restoration and aftercare of mineral working and landfill taking into account public access, biodiversity, agricultural and forestry objectives, climate change considerations and aerodrome safeguarding. ix. Protect land with international and national biodiversity designations, National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and historic heritage sites and building of national importance from the impact of mineral and waste development. x. Protect local communities and areas of environmental interest from the adverse impact of mineral, waste and resources developments.

26 Consultation and Integrated Sustainability Appraisal Consultation and Integrated Sustainability Appraisal 12.1 Over the last few years there has been extensive consultation on minerals and waste issues in Hampshire. The most important of these was the MRS process. However, further consultation, in line with statutory requirements was also carried out. Full details of the consultation processes and how the comments made have influenced this Strategy are included in the Consultation Statement, a supporting document The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 and the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 require a systematic appraisal throughout any plan-making process. This is an iterative process, known in Hampshire, as Integrated Sustainability Appraisal (ISA) and comprises the statutory requirements for Strategic Environmental Assessment and Sustainability Appraisal of the above respective legislation The Sustainability Report, a background document, which supports this Strategy, gives details of the methodology and findings of the Integrated Sustainability Appraisal carried out during the stages of preparing the Strategy. The Sustainability Report also details how the ISA process has influenced the Strategy, throughout its development, and includes a number of recommended mitigation measures and monitoring indicators. 17 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 12.4 The ISA process has been very helpful in making the Strategy more sustainable. Examples of this include the approaches taken on reducing waste growth, reducing the demand for primary aggregates through sustainable design and construction, treating similar wastes in similar ways, maximising the recovery of value from wastes by increasing the reuse, recycling, composting and recovery and treatment of wastes, minimising landfill, and the approach to location, co-location and control of development The Strategy has been subject to screening for its impact on equality, to make sure that no members of the community are disadvantaged. Similarly, an assessment under the Habitats Regulations 1994, has also been carried out. These assessments are iterative like that for the ISA and are documented in the Technical Document.The findings have been reflected within the Strategy.

27 13 Other development plan documents and saved policies 18 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 13 Other development plan documents and saved policies 13.1 Other than the Strategy, two additional Development Plan Documents will be prepared in parallel and jointly by the planning authorities during 2007/08. They will contain detailed policies and plans addressing sites, locations and 'areas of search' for new minerals and waste developments along with resources and sites to be safeguarded and areas of protection such as protected landscapes. The additional Development Plan Documents in effect refine the principles and concepts set out in the Strategy. Alongside these Development Plan Documents, a Proposals Map will be prepared on an Ordnance Survey (OS) base so that the precise spatial effect of these policies can be identified. Ultimately the features of this Proposals Map will be incorporated into the district councils' Proposals Map when their Local Development Frameworks are prepared so that all policies including those for housing and employment etc. can be seen together on one map The two development plan documents will be: Hampshire Waste Management Plan which will include policies and plans for specific sites and locations and areas of search for waste management development other than landfill, along with safeguarding areas around and including existing and proposed development. Hampshire Minerals Plan - which will include policies and plans for specific sites and locations and areas of search for mineral development including clay, sand and gravel extraction, wharves and depots, and sites for the manufacture of recycled and secondary aggregate and landfill, along with safeguarding areas around and including existing and proposed developments. The Hampshire Minerals Plan will also include detailed plans showing the Mineral Resources Area, Landfill Potential Areas, Areas of Search for the Strategic Reserve ( ) and Mineral Safeguarding Areas for brick-making clay, sand and gravel. The Hampshire Minerals Plan will also include recommendations for buffer zones as detailed in paragraph below When adopted the Strategy will replace all the existing minerals and waste policies within the Hampshire County Structure Plan ( ) - adopted in January Similarly, the Strategy will replace all the Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton Minerals and Waste Local Plan (Adopted 1998) policies except policies 19, 21, 38 and 43, relating to specific sites and safeguarding which will continue to be saved. The relationship between the policies in this Strategy and the previous policies, is shown in Appendix Once adopted, the Strategy will also replace the saved policies that cover the Wiltshire area of the New Forest National Park contained within the adopted Wiltshire County Structure Plan (2006); the adopted Wiltshire and Swindon Waste Local Plan (2005); and the adopted Wiltshire and Swindon Minerals Local Plan (2001). The relationship between the saved Wiltshire policies and this Strategy is shown in Appendix Prior to adoption all the existing policies are saved through their inclusion in the Councils Development Schemes.

28 The Spatial Strategy The Spatial Strategy 14.1 The section of the Strategy comprises a set of 'high' level policies for delivering the vision and objectives of the Strategy taking into account the context and background to Hampshire, national, regional and other policy, the integrated sustainability appraisal and public consultation. The Strategy is not intended to address all mineral and waste planning issues, particularly those matters which may arise from exceptional circumstances. Instead it sets out intentions, targets, goals and a direction of travel that can be monitored. It is spatially quite general so geographic references in the text - other than those which are the subject of statutory designations such as the New Forest National Park - should not be taken to identify any specific pieces of land or sites. Subsequent Development Plan Documents - see paragraphs 13.1 and will deal with the more specific issues that are not dealt addressed by the Strategy There are references within the Strategy to a number of spatially specific policy areas e.g. Mineral Resource Areas, which are explained in the Glossary. These 'areas' are part of the spatial dimension of the whole Spatial Strategy and have been included so that the public and others have an understanding where minerals and waste facilities may or may not be developed. It should be noted that these areas are very broad and should be considered to be 'areas of interest' rather than an indication of a presumption in favour of development. However, subject to the site selection processes outlined in Appendix 2, these areas will provide the geographic context within which, other than in very exceptional circumstances, sites, locations and 'areas of search will later be identified. The identification of sites at later stages will involve a greater and more detailed degree of evaluation and therefore greater protection will be provided at this stage. 19 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 14.3 There are also references to the Key Diagram. This is a purely illustrative diagram to help with the understanding of the spatial strategy and should not be used to identify specific pieces of land or sites. Indeed if there is any conflict between the text of the spatial strategy or any other part of the document and the Key Diagram the text should take precedence.

29 15 Sustainability and Resource Efficiency 20 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 15 Sustainability and Resource Efficiency 15.1 The current rate of consumption of natural resources is acknowledged as unsustainable. So it is important to use natural resources efficiently to avoid harming the quality of life of future generations. Minerals and waste are natural resources - waste should be regarded as a secondary natural resource - and need to be used efficiently. This approach is consistent with the Government s sustainable development agenda generally and their approach to sustainable waste management in particular. PPS10 refers to a key planning objective of: helping to deliver sustainable development through driving waste management up the waste hierarchy, addressing waste as a resource and looking to disposal as the last option, but one which must be adequately catered for. It includes the following hierarchy: Picture The Waste Hierarchy concept is deeply embedded within the Strategy and this, along with the requirements of the emerging South East Plan and the concept of resource efficiency have shaped it. An important element in this is the area of sustainable design and construction which can have an important impact on the higher parts of the waste hierarchy.

30 Sustainability and Resource Efficiency The emerging South East Plan actively promotes sustainable design, construction and demolition, although the emphasis and detail is limited. This is taken forward for Hampshire in the Strategy. Accordingly, these principles need to be embedded in every one s approach to future planning, so that markets for recycled and secondary materials can be developed and supported. This will help increase the use of recycling wastes like recycled aggregates and lead to a reduced exploitation of primary natural resources. S1 - Sustainable Design, Construction and Demolition New built development should facilitate the efficient use of resources through: a. Designs and layouts that allow the effective sorting, recycling and composting of waste; b. Design principles and construction methods that minimise primary aggregate use and encourage the use of high-quality building materials made from recycled and secondary sources; c. Construction and demolition methods that minimise waste production and re-use/recycle materials, as far as practicable on-site. 21 Hampshire Minerals & Waste Core Strategy (2008) 15.4 Planning and the building control regimes along with the construction industry have a major role to play in ensuring that sustainable design, construction and demolition principles are applied to all built development. The emphasis should be on maximising the reuse of materials, preferably on-site as this reduces the need for transport, and failing that, the wastes arising from construction should be managed using more sustainable methods This policy shall also apply to new minerals and waste development. Additional requirements relating to energy and water efficiency shall also apply to new minerals and waste development, these are detailed in Policy DC1.