Purpose

The four Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham,
Havering, Newham, and Redbridge, which make up the East London
Waste Authority area, are working collaboratively to prepare a new
East London Joint Waste Plan (ELJWP), covering issues such as
strategic planning of waste sites and planning policy, to replace
the 2012 East London Joint Waste Development Plan Document.
 
The Cabinet will be asked to approve the
Regulation 18 ELJWP for public consultation. 

Content

Cabinet resolved to:
 
(i)  Agree
the publication of the Regulation 18 Draft ELJWP at Appendix 1 to
the report, its related policies map and supporting information,
for a six-week statutory public consultation anticipated to
commence in late July 2024;
 
(ii)  Delegate
authority to the Strategic Head of Place and Development, Inclusive
Growth (or equivalent) to finalise the draft ELJWP and supporting
information, including appendices, related evidence base and topic
papers, prior to undertaking the Regulation 18 public consultation;
 
(iii)  Delegate authority
to the Strategic Head of Place and Development, Inclusive Growth
(or equivalent) to make the arrangements for statutory public
consultation, in accordance with the Consultation Protocol attached
at Appendix 2 to the report; and
 
(iv)  Note the related
Draft Integrated Impact Assessment and the Draft Habitats
Regulation Assessment attached at Appendices 3 and 4 respectively
to the report.