Deputy Prime Minister written question – answered at on 18 November 2003.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many planning applications are being considered for hazardous waste landfill; and how many sites for hazardous waste landfill received planning approval in the last year for which figures are available.
Information collected by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on planning applications relates to decisions taken and does not distinguish the waste stream going to landfill. In 2002–03, 335 planning applications relating to landfill were considered by waste planning authorities, of which 302 were approved. A breakdown of those decisions relating to landfill by type of application is in the table.
Nature of application | Number | Granted | Refused |
---|---|---|---|
New site | 73 | 57 | 16 |
Extension to area | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Extension to life | 47 | 45 | 2 |
Deepening or other within site | 25 | 25 | 0 |
Increasing void for landfill | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Ancillary operations | 40 | 38 | 2 |
Variation of conditions | 69 | 64 | 5 |
Sum of above(14) | 227 | 250 | 27 |
Total | 335 | 302 | 33 |
(14) Totals do not correspond to number of waste planning decisions because some were categorized as being of a dual nature and some were not specified as to nature of application.
Source:
Data provided to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister by waste planning authorities on CPS1/2 Returns.
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