New Waste Local Plan

Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham City Council are working together to prepare a new Waste Local Plan which will replace the previous Adopted Waste Local Plan (2002) and the Waste Core Strategy (2013).

The new Waste Local Plan will provide the future planning strategy for waste management in Nottinghamshire and Nottingham until 2038 and will aim to provide sufficient capacity to meet future needs. It will also provide key policies against which future waste development will be assessed.

A timetable for the development of the new Waste Local Plan can be found within the Local Development Scheme.

Modifications to the Waste Local Plan

The Councils have proposed modifications to the Waste Local Plan following the hearing sessions in October 2024, without prejudice to the Inspector’s final conclusions on the Plan which will consider representations made. The modifications consist of Main Modifications, which are deemed to materially affect the Plan, and Additional modifications, which correct minor errors or provide further clarification.

We are now consulting on the proposed Main Modifications to the Pre-Submission Draft Waste Local Plan. As the Main Modifications are deemed to materially alter the Plan, these modifications have been subject to further Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulation Assessment. All documents are available to view on our consultation webpage. 

The consultation on the proposed Main Modifications to the Pre-Submission Draft Waste Local Plan will be open for representations between Wednesday 8th January 2025 and Wednesday 19th February 2025. Please note you need to submit your representations by 11.59pm on the Wednesday 19 February 2025.  

The easiest way to make comment is using our online consultation system, OPUS Consult. This ensures your response is in the correct format. Alternatively, you can download the response form [Word] and send it to us via email to planning.policy@nottscc.gov.uk or via post to

Planning Policy

Nottinghamshire County Council

County Hall

Loughborough Road

West Bridgford

NG2 7QP

The schedule of additional modifications is also available to view on our consultation webpage. However, these do not materially affect the Plan and so are not subject to formal consultation. 

The Councils have also published a tracked change version of the Pre-Submission Draft Waste Local Plan which show the proposed Main and Additional modifications to aid understanding of the context of the modifications. Please note though that this is for information purposes only and is not open for comment.

We look forward to receiving your representations. Once the consultation has closed on the 19th February, all representations will be sent to the Inspector who will take these into account when making their final conclusions on the soundness and legal compliance of the Plan.

Previous Consultations

Pre-Submission Draft Waste Local Plan

Following consultation on the Draft Plan, we prepared a Pre-Submission draft Plan along with supporting documents, which are below, and published these for formal consultation between the 30 August and the 11 October 2023:

The consultation period has now closed, and we are no longer accepting representations. All comments received can be viewed on the Opus Consult web page.  As the consultation is no longer live, the representations for the Pre-Submission Draft Plan are under the heading 'historic documents'. You can then go through the Plan document and click on the magnify glass to see representations on the section displaying.

All representations received during the consultation period have been considered by the Councils and have been passed on to the Planning Inspectorate to consider as part of the Independent Examination.

Draft Plan

A Draft Plan, informed by the results of the previous consultation and evidence of future need for recycling and waste sites was published for public and stakeholder comment between the 7 February and the 4 April 2022. The following documents were published for consultation:

All comments received can be viewed on the Opus Consult web page.  As the consultation is no longer live, the Draft Plan is located in 'historic documents'. 

As part of the consultation on the Plan we held an online event  - “Nottinghamshire and Nottingham – Planning for Waste”  on Friday 11 February 2022. You can watch the event: 

After the Draft Waste Local Plan consultation, we noted an error in the Strategic Objectives in the Draft Plan. Further detail is explained in the Errata Note [PDF].

Issues and options

The first stage of the new Plan has been completed with consultation on issues and options for the Plan running from 27 February until 7 May 2020. The following documents were published for this consultation.

Key contact points

Nottinghamshire County Council is administering the preparation of the Plan on behalf of both Councils. You can contact us directly by email at planning.policy@nottscc.gov.uk or via our customer service team on 0300 500 8080

Nottinghamshire County Council’s Planning Policy Service is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring all personal information is kept confidential and safe. Read our privacy statements - County Councils' and Planning Policy.

Nottingham City Council’s Planning Policy and Research Team is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring all personal information is kept confidential and safe. View the Privacy Notice for Planning and Policy Research at Nottingham City Council [PDF].

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