As part of our
waste strategy, six waste transfer stations are required to support the delivery of new waste treatment facilities.
Waste collected from kerbside collections is taken to waste transfer stations for bulking. Once enough waste is ‘bulked up’ it is taken away for disposal.
Transporting waste in bulk uses fewer vehicles which means the associated costs and the environmental impacts are reduced. The bulked waste at the transfer stations will be taken to new waste treatment facilities in Essex.
Uttlesford waste transfer station
The Waste Strategy team has submitted a planning application for a waste transfer station on the land to the rear of the ambulance station, off Chelmsford Road in Great Dunmow. This waste transfer station would handle approximately 29,400 tonnes of household waste a year, collected from Uttlesford residents. The waste would be bulked up at the waste transfer station for onward transfer to waste treatment facilities.
The documents submitted as part of the planning application can be viewed below.
The planning application will be subject to wide publicity, including a notice in the local press, inviting representations. The Waste Planning Authority will provide a period of 28 days for written representations to be made. Writing directly to the Waste Planning Authority will mean that your views on the proposal are taken into account when the Planning Authority reaches a decision.
Harlow waste transfer station
Essex County Council’s Waste Strategy team submitted a planning application for a waste transfer station at a site on West Road (formerly Kores Nordic Printing Works), Harlow.
On 23 September 2011 your elected members from the
Development and Regulation Committee resolved to grant planning permission for the proposed Harlow waste transfer station, subject to the conditions recommended by the Planning officers.
Uttlesford waste transfer station planning application documents