Joint Waste Plan - Public Examination

Public Examination

The purpose of the public examination is to assess the soundness of the Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham Joint Waste Plan. To be sound, the Joint Waste Plan must be:

• justified (i.e. founded on a robust and credible evidence base and the most appropriate strategy when considered against reasonable alternatives);
• effective (i.e. deliverable, flexible and capable of being monitored); and
• consistent with national planning policy.

Inspectors Final Report

The planning inspector's report for the Joint Waste Plan has now been finalised. The Inspector found the document to be sound subject to a number of changes.

The report can be downloaded as follows:

• Covering Letter

• Final Report

• Appendix A - Significant Changes

• Appendix B - Minor Changes

Mr Jonathan George King BA(Hons) Dip TP MRTPI was appointed to conduct the public examination. The public examination comprised a series of hearing sessions which discussed matters relating to the soundness of the plan, including representations received during the publication stage.

A comprehensive list of the documents that were submitted to inform the examination process are available via the on-line Document Library (please see below). This includes relevant national and regional planning policy and guidance, documents relating to the evidence base and other documents that have informed the preparation of the Joint Waste Plan.

Examination Documents

Please find below relevant documents from the inspector and other parties during the examination.

Guidance Notes

Initial Questions

Matters and Issues

Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham Councils:

Response to Initial Questions (Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham)

Response to Matters and Issues (Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham)

Residents Against Inappropriate Development (RAID):

• Response to Matters and Issues
• Item 1 - Municipal solid waste statistics
• Item 2 - Projection of commercial industrial waste arisings in Yorkshire and Humber to 2026
• Item 3 - DEFRA commercial and industrial waste statistics
• Item 4 - Incinerator will get other towns waste
• Item 5 - Reports of more capacity at existing sites
• Item 6 - Proposed Changes - Hatfield Power Park

Hearings Programme

Proposed Changes to the Submission version of the Joint Waste Plan

Following the examination hearing sessions, we published a schedule of proposed changes to the Joint Waste Plan. Comments were invited on these proposed changes over a six-week period which ran until Friday 23rd December 2011.

Set out below are the documents detailing the proposed changes (incorporating significant and minor changes) to the Joint Waste Plan:

H1 - Significant Changes Table post hearing

H2 - Minor Changes Table post hearing

H3 - Proposed Amendments post hearing

H4 - Sustainability Appraisal Report Addendum

H5 - Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) Screening Report Addendum

H6 - Correspondence with Natural England

H7 - Revised Waste Figures

H8 - Landfill Gas Information

H9 - Current Applications

H10 - Planning for Growth

Below are the comments that were received on these proposed changes:

Civil Aviation Authority

Civil Aviation Authority Guidance Note

England and Lyle (on behalf of the Newbold family)

English Heritage

English Heritage - Sustainability Appraisal Report Addendum

Environment Agency

Epworth Town Council

Natural England

Residents against Inappropriate Developments (RAID)

Sheffield City Council

The Coal Authority

The Theatres Trust

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Document Library

All of the documents relating to the Joint Waste Plan (including the evidence base) are available from the on-line Document Library - which includes the following:

A: Main Documents

B: Consultation Documents

C: Appraisal Documents

D: Key Local Policies & Studies

E: Key Legislation

F: Key National Policy

G: Other Key Local Policies and Studies

Please note: the final versions of evidence base documents are included. In some cases earlier iterations of these documents were made available alongside consultation documents but to avoid confusion they are not included in this library. References to national planning policy or guidance includes any annexes, companion guides and practice guides etc.

Previous Consultation Stages

Please note this is the last stage of the preparation process. The Joint Waste Plan has already involved a number of stage of public consultation and engagement. Comments received during these stages have been taken into account in the plan making process.