Consultation Portal

The ten Local Planning Authorities in Greater Manchester are working together to produce a Joint Waste Development Plan Document (known as the Waste Plan).  The Waste Plan includes detailed development control policies and identifies sites/areas for the range of waste management facilities required up until 2028. The Plan will form an integral part of each authority's Local Development Framework.

In February 2011, the Waste Plan was submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination.  During the examination hearing sessions at the end of June, a number of proposed minor changes to the Submitted Waste Plan were proposed.  The Planning Inspector, Mr Andrew Mead, appointed to examine the soundness of the submitted Waste Plan by the Secretary of State, has requested that these proposed minor changes be publicised.

Consultation on the proposed minor changes to the Waste Plan will run for a six week period from Friday 22nd July to Friday 2nd September 2011.  Preparation of the Waste Plan has already been through a number of stages during which extensive consultation has taken place, indeed the Waste Plan was published in November 2010 and representations on soundness and legal compliance were received and considered.  At this stage, the intention of issuing an amended version of the Waste Plan is to allow for representations to be made in connection with issues of soundness (i.e. whether the Waste Plan is justified, whether it is effective and whether it is consistent with national policy) and legal compliance in relation to the proposed minor changes only.

You can read and comment upon the Waste Plan Proposed Minor Changes report by clicking on the 'View and Comment' icon below. Supporting documentation including the maps to accompany the Plan and a copy of the representation form can be found by clicking on the 'Supporting Document' tab below.

Please note that:

• The Greater Manchester Geological Unit is fully committed to compliance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.
• Comments cannot be treated as confidential.
• Personal information provided as part of a representation cannot be treated as confidential as all representations must be available for public inspection. If you choose to make a representation you will be regarded as having consented to that representation being made available for public inspection. All comments received will also be made available via the internet, along with the name of the person who submitted them. Your address will not generally be available via the internet if you submit your comments electronically through our Limehouse consultation portal. In addition, you should note that any documents, plans etc, you submit to accompany your comments may also be made available via the internet. If you are using the Limehouse consultation portal to supply supporting documents, please make sure you do not include email addresses, telephone numbers or signatures on the supporting document. If we receive supporting documents containing email addresses, telephone numbers or signatures, we will endeavour to remove them. If your postal address is shown on any accompanying documents provided, though, then this will also be accessible via the internet.