The Natural Resources and Waste Development Plan Document is part of the local development framework. The plan sets out where land is needed to enable us to manage resources, like minerals, energy, waste and water, over the next 15 years and identifies specific actions which will help us use our natural resources in a more efficient way.
Previous consultations
We undertook the Issues and Options consultation between May - June 2008. The comments received at this early stage were used to inform and help focus the Policy Position stage (and related material) which underwent formal consultation in January – March 2010.
Current consultation
Based on what you told us earlier we have now prepared a draft publication document and related material. This is the final stage of public consultation prior to the formal submission of the document for independent examination. An inspector will examine the DPD against three tests of soundness which require it to be
- Justified
- Effective
- Consistent with national policy.
More information about soundness can be found in the guidance from the Planning Inspectorate entitled Local Development Frameworks, Development Plan Documents: Soundness Guidance, available from www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk
We would like to hear your views about the ‘soundness’ of the DPD. Please send us your comments using the response form available. You can either:
- email your comments to NRWDPD@jacobs.com or
- post them to Natural Resources and Waste DPD, Jacobs UK, 1 City Walk, Leeds LS11 9DX
- if you need to contact us about the DPD then telephone the Leeds City Council number 0113 247 8092
This consultation runs from 15th December 2010 to 9th February 2011. Consultation responses should be received no later than 5:00pm on 9 February 2011.
Consultation documents available
- Publication document
- Appendix
- Response form
- Map Book
- Energy Topic Paper
- Waste Topic Paper
- Minerals Topic Paper
- Sustainability Appraisal - summary document
- Sustainability Appraisal Report – full version
- Site Identification Schedule Update 2010
Other background documents
- Appropriate assessment letter from Natural England
- Appropriate assessment – table
- Statement of Representations Procedure (Reg. 27)
- Report of consultation – NRWDPD ‘Policy Position’ consultation
- Schedule of UDP Saved Policies to be deleted as a consequence of the NRWDPD
- Municipal waste site requirements 2009
- Background waste research 2008
- Site selection study 2007
- Site selection study update 2009
- Site Identification schedule 2009
- Local Transport Plan Transporting Freight by Rail and Inland Waterways in West Yorkshire
The next stage
Following consideration of representation responses, we anticipate formal submission of the NRWDPD for independent examination in spring 2011.