Purpose

The updated Draft Recap
Design Guide (RDG) is a supplementary planning document aimed at
ensuring new developments support waste collection authorities with
operationally compliantlayouts. It replaced and out of date guide
written in 2012.
 
This Guide is for use
across all council in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The
revised RECAP Design Guide has
been through aconsultation
period that concluded in Jan 2026.  Consultation
responses are being reviewed, and the proposed final document will
be produced in March.
 
All Cambridgeshire and
Peterborough authorities are being asked to review
and approve these new documents. Following this it will be
approved by the Cambridgeshire County Council, as the minerals and
waste planning authority on the 23 April.
 
The
consultation version of the RDG has been reviewed and supported by
the Climate and Environment Advisory Committee and Cabinet have
granted delegation for approval to Executive Cllr for the final
post consultation version.
 

Content

To
approve the final version of the RECAP Design Guide.

Reasons for the decision

To
ensure updated guidance is available as soon as possible to create
an Supplementary Planning Document that enables complaint
development.

Alternative options considered

The Final version of the RDG
could have come back to Cabinet later in the year for approval but
this would have led to missing the key County Council committee to
approve in April. A review of consultation responses showed that
they will not impact on the final version of the document too
greatly from the version already viewed. Cabinet granted delegated
powers to the Lead Cabinet Member on 03/02/2026 for the final
version of the RDG to be adopted following conclusion of public
consultation and any subsequent amendments in February
2026.