This policy places requirements upon new development to manage their waste and embrace the principles of the circular economy. The policy requires the following from new development proposals:
• The submission of a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) proportionate to the size and scale of development
• Provision of adequate waste and material storage facilities on site in accordance with the RECAP Waste Management Design Guide (or successor)
• Submission of a Circular Economy Statement with each application.
Countryside fully support the strategic objective of the policy in terms of its objectives to reduce waste and, perhaps more importantly, encourage circular economy principles in development. As explained earlier in these representations, reducing waste is one of our key objectives and one in which progress is clearly being made on our sites.
We fully support the requirement to submit a CEMP for our sites as this is something that we already commit to as part of our best practice approach to waste management and environmental protection.
With respect to the provision of waste management facilities on site, Countryside agree that the correct storage and handling of waste and raw materials is a critical step to responsible management of materials and the prevention of pollution. All of our construction sites deploy best practice measures for the prevention of pollution and provide facilities for the separation and recycling of waste. We therefore support this objective of draft Policy CC/ CE but would ask that the policy recognises that large housebuilders such as Countryside with large and efficient supply chains may use bespoke techniques and practices on site which are not referenced in any guidance but which fully comply with all legislation and best practice.
With respect to the submission of a circular economy statement, Countryside are happy to provide such information with an application although we would request that this is proportionate to the size and scale of the development in question.