County Council Submits Waste Policies and Defers Recycling Charges

Published on: 29 May, 2019
Updated on: 31 May, 2019

A Surrey Recycling Centre. Photo courtesy Surrey County Council.

By Rebecca Curley

local democracy reporter

Surrey County Council has submitted its Surrey Waste Local Plan 2019 to 2033 to the planning inspectorate.

This shows how and where waste will be managed and outlines policies for handling the waste of future housing developments when councillors in boroughs and districts consider planning applications.

And council leader Tim Oliver said on Tuesday (May 29) they had decided to defer introducing charges for dumping DIY wood and roofing felt at Community Recycling Centres while they review the decision.

Plans approved in January this year would have meant residents being charged £30 for a loose car-load of construction wood from June 3. People with single items of wood or a bag no bigger than 50cm x 77cm would be charged £4.

Guildford Recycling Centre at Slyfield. Photo Mandy Millyard

The council’s website lists construction wood waste such as sheds, fencing panels and posts, decking and fitted kitchen units.

Plans to close six CRCs were deferred for six months earlier this year after thousands of people signed petitions calling on the council to re-think its plans.

Cllr Oliver told his cabinet: “We are absolutely committed to the environment and to make recycling as easy as possible for our residents. We need to have a joined-up approach to all this.”

The Waste Local Plan has identified industrial sites as potential land for waste development and composting, renewable energy-making plants and recycling.

The plan was agreed by SCC cabinet members in December, 2018. Anne Napier has been appointed as the planning inspector. A date for hearings is still be announced.

There are 22 areas named as potential sites for waste:

1. Brooklands Industrial Park, Wintersells Road Industrial Park and Byfleet Industrial Estate Elmbridge and Woking
2. Molesey Industrial Estate, West Molesey Elmbridge
3. Hersham Road North and Lyon Road / North Weylands, Walton-on-Thames Elmbridge
4. Longmead Industrial Estate Epsom and Ewell
5. Slyfield Industrial Estate Guildford
6. Woodbridge Meadows Guildford
7. Land around Burnt Common warehouse, London Road, Send Guildford
8. North and south of Lysons Avenue, Ash Vale Guildford
9. Riverway Industrial Estate, Astolat Business Park and Weyvern Park at Peasmarsh Guildford
10. Land near Dorking West Station, Curtis Road/Station Road Mole Valley
11. Holmethorpe Industrial Estate Reigate and Banstead Banstead
12. Perrywood Business Park Reigate and
13. Salfords Industrial Estate Reigate and Banstead
14. Thorpe Industrial Estate Runnymede
15. Byfleet Road Employment Allocation Runnymede
16. York Town Industrial Estate, Doman Road and Stanhope Road Surrey Heath
17. Windmill Road, Sunbury Spelthorne
18. Hobbs Industrial Estate, Felbridge Tandridge
19. Farnham Trading Estate including Land off Water Lane, Farnham Waverley
20. Land at Dunsfold Aerodrome (As part of new settlement) Waverley
21. Coxbridge Business Park Waverley
22. Monument Way East Industrial Estate (includes Woking Business Park) Woking

And six more sites have already been allocated to provide the necessary land for waste management facilities.

These are:

1. Land to the north east of Slyfield Industrial Estate, Moorfield Road, Guildford Guildford
2. Former Weylands Sewage Treatment Works, Walton-on-Thames Elmbridge
3. Land adjoining Leatherhead Sewage Treatment Works, Randalls Rd, Leatherhead Mole Valley
4. Oakleaf Farm, Stanwell Moor Spelthorne
5. Land at Lambs Business Park, South Godstone Tandridge
6. Land adjacent to Trumps Farm, Longcross Runnymede

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