Issue - meetings

That the revised Minerals and Waste Development Scheme, as set out in annex 1 of the submitted report be endorsed and be recommended to the County Council for approval.

Reasons for Decisions:

It is a statutory requirement to produce the Scheme and to keep it up to date. The Surrey Waste Plan was adopted in 2008 and Government anticipates that such plans should have a life of around 10 years.

The Minerals and Waste Development Scheme is the County Council’s public statement of its planning policy documents and its programme for revising these documents. A revision to the Scheme was required primarily because the Surrey Waste Plan will need to be reviewed in the foreseeable future and the Scheme therefore needs to set out a programme for the review of the Waste Plan.

The Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care drew attention to waste recycling rates. The Cabinet Member for Environment and Planning responded stating that recycling rates have begun to level out after many years of improvement during the time of the Surrey Waste Partnership and that conversations are taking place with Leaders and Chief Executive’s of district and borough councils to discuss how recycling rates might be improved further.

RESOLVED:

That the revised Minerals and Waste Development Scheme, as set out in annex 1 of the submitted report be endorsed and be recommended to the County Council for approval.

Reasons for Decisions:

It is a statutory requirement to produce the Scheme and to keep it up to date. The Surrey Waste Plan was adopted in 2008 and Government anticipates that such plans should have a life of around 10 years.