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Cheshire County Council

Cheshire Replacement Waste Local Plan

The adopted Cheshire Waste Disposal Local Plan dates from 1987 and consists of a written statement and for maps. The maps (and written statement) can be accessed from the Download Documents section of the Cheshire web site.  Policies now need to be reviewed and where necessary, replaced. As part of this process, Cheshire County Council has concluded its consultation on the Re-deposit Draft of the Replacement Waste Local Plan for Cheshire.

The Replacement Waste Local Plan will help Cheshire County to make decisions on planning applications for waste management facilities by:

  • Highlighting aims and priorities
  • Setting the criteria that planning applications must meet
  • Identifying sites that might be suitable for managing waste

The Plan’s priorities are:

  • Balancing the need for new waste management facilities with the protection and enhancement of Cheshire’s environment and quality of life.
  • Enabling an increase in the number of facilities in Cheshire which recycle and re-use waste.
  • Encouraging the use of the most up to date waste management technologies.
  • Reducing the need for landfill.

The following pages on Cheshire's web site have further details on: