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Joint Merseyside Waste Development Plan Document
The Merseyside Joint Waste DPD is being jointly prepared by the districts of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral. Technical work is being undertaken on behalf of the districts by a specialist team located in the Merseyside Environmental Advisory Service at Maghull.
The preparation of a Merseyside Joint Waste Development Plan Document began in December 2006. Public consultation on an Issues and Options Report took place in 19 March 2007. The deadline for comments was 30 April 2007.
The Joint Waste DPD will establish up-to-date policies for the provision of waste management facilities, to replace the policies currently included in the Unitary Development Plan for Wirral. Any site-specific proposals will be shown on a Proposals Map.
The Joint Waste DPD must be submitted to the Secretary of State for independent public examination.
This link will take you to the timetable for the preparation of the Joint Waste DPD from the amended Local Development Scheme approved by the Secretary of State in April 2007.
Further background information on the stages completed so far is set out below:
Background
Select Committee Report - 7 July 2005
Cabinet Report - 14 December 2006
Initial Consultation
This link will take you to an external website set up to provide further information on the Waste DPD project and to co-ordinate public consultation at each stage of the process. It provides a link to the Issues and Options Report and its related background papers and provides details on how to contact the Waste DPD Team.
Cabinet Report - 28 March 2007
This link will take you to the Council's own response to the Issues and Options Report.
The next stage is the publication of a Spatial Strategy and Sites Report, which is now being consulted upon. The following link will take you to an external web page set up to register your views on the document.
www.wasteplanningmerseyside.gov.uk
The target date for the adoption of the Merseyside Joint Waste DPD is February 2011.