Waste planning evidence and monitoring
This page contains evidence and monitoring information that supports waste planning in Somerset.
The documents below formed part of the evidence used to prepare the Somerset Waste Core Strategy. They cover waste management needs, potential locations for facilities, transport, construction waste, commercial and industrial waste, radioactive waste, carbon emissions and flood risk.
Waste Core Strategy evidence
Waste management need
Waste Management Need to 2028 assesses how much waste Somerset was expected to produce and the waste management capacity needed up to 2028. It covers municipal, commercial and industrial, construction and demolition, hazardous, sewage and agricultural waste
Locations for waste facilities
Broad locations for proposed waste facilities identifies and assesses broad areas that could accommodate strategic waste management facilities. It considers areas around Bridgwater, Taunton, Yeovil, Street and Glastonbury, Wells and Frome.
Topic paper 2: Broad locations for Strategic Waste Management Facilities
Waste transport
Waste Transport policy and infrastructure examines how waste was transported in Somerset and the implications for waste planning. It considers road, rail and water transport and access to the strategic freight network.
Site waste management
Site Waste Management report examines the use of site waste management plans in construction and demolition projects and how they could inform waste planning policy in Somerset.
Commercial and industrial waste
Commercial and industrial waste survey summary summarises research into the amount and types of commercial and industrial waste produced in Somerset and how that waste was managed.
Topic paper 5: Commercial and Industrial Waste Survey Summary
Radioactive waste
Radioactive waste provides evidence about radioactive waste, its management and the implications for waste planning in Somerset, including issues associated with the Hinkley Point sites
Waste management and low carbon development
Low carbon development considers how sustainable waste management could contribute to lower-carbon development. It covers the waste hierarchy, recycling, energy recovery, landfill and integration of waste infrastructure into new development.
Flood risk
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment – non technical summary summarises the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment evidence used to consider flood risk when planning for waste and minerals development in Somerset.
Topic paper 8: Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SRFA) – non-technical summary