Information about
waste sites and services within the National Park
The
South Downs National Park Authority is the Waste Planning Authority (WPA) for
the National Park. This means that the National Park Authority has a specific
responsibility for producing a Waste Local Plan. It
is also responsible for the determination of planning applications for the
processing or disposal of waste and for ensuring compliance with planning
permissions.
The Districts and Boroughs,
as Waste Collection Authorities (WCA), are responsible for collecting
the municipal waste for their areas. Some Districts/Boroughs also choose to collect
some commercial and industrial waste.
The County Councils remain the Waste Disposal Authority (WDA) and
they are responsible for co-ordinating and managing the disposal of municipal
waste, which includes household, some commercial or industrial waste, and waste
deposited at Household Waste Recycling Sites. The Waste Disposal Authorities
have to produce a Municipal Waste Management Strategy jointly with Waste Collection
Authorities and the Environment Agency (EA). There are four Household Waste
Recycling Sites within the
The facilities for waste recycling, treatment and disposal are
provided by private sector through the waste industry and most landfill sites
are privately owned. Contracts are entered into with the WDA for the treatment
and disposal of municipal waste and with businesses for the collection and
disposal of their wastes. Waste water is treated at Waste Water Treatment Works
(WWTWs) operated by the water companies. There are thirteen WWTWs in the National
Park.
Within the National Park there are two commercially operated
composting facilities, at Titnore Lane near Worthing
and Beddingham near Lewes. There are no active
landfill sites taking non-inert waste and the former landfill site at Beddingham is now being restored.
Other
waste sites within the National Park include a specialist facility for recycling
waste electric goods and facilities recycling construction and demolition waste
(usually associated with active mineral workings and producing recycled
aggregate).
Waste Regulation is
undertaken by the Environment Agency which aims to prevent or minimise the
effects of pollution on the environment. It issues Environmental Permits and is
responsible for the enforcement of any conditions it imposes.
Key
Data for Waste
The South Downs National Park
Authority, with its partners, will monitor the number of waste sites in the
National Park
Key Data: The number of inert landfill
sites, number of recycling sites, waste water treatment sites
Current position: Active inert landfill 0, Household waste recycling
sites 4, Waste water treatment works 13, Composting sites 2, Construction
and Demolition Waste Recycling sites 4, Soil Processing/Recycling sites 2,
Other active waste sites 6
Data based on the number of planning
applications for above types of site permitted in monitoring year
Responsibility for data collection:
SDNPA, Local Authorities and Environment Agency
