Decision details
Minor revisions to operating policies at the Council’s Household Waste & Recycling Centres
Decision Maker: Director Environment
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
A van permit policy has been in place since
2006. A number of changes were made to operating policies on sites
in 2017 and these have now been reviewed having been in operation
for 2 years.
Feedback from staff indicates that landscape gardeners and small
scale builders routinely access the site using residential van
permits to deposit their commercial waste using small flat-bed
trucks, passing the waste off as domestic waste and disposing of it
free of charge. These vehicles by nature are not typically owned as
domestic vehicles and cause congestion on site.
The proposal to exclude flat-bed vehicles from the Recycling
Centres will better manage the illegal disposal of commercial waste
a reduce a level of congestion.
The weight was reduced to 3.4 tonne vehicles as part of the policy
review in 2016 in a bid to deter use of the site by the standard
commercial 3.5 tonne vans. However, this has caused unnecessary
confusion for staff and residents alike and the majority of 3.5
tonne vehicles have still been allowed a permit. It is therefore
recommended to allow all 3.5 tonne vehicles a permit routinely for
clarity.
Decision:
In consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Climate Emergency & Neighbourhood Services, to amend the
operating policies at the 3 Household Waste & Recycling Centres
as below:
1) Exclude flatbed trucks from all sites
2) Increase gross vehicle weight of vehicles entitled to a permit
from 3.4 tonnes to 3.5 tonnes in line with standard commercial
classifications.
To implement these changes from 1st November 2019
Alternative options considered:
Option 1 - To make no changes and stay as is.
Rejected as does not make improvements identified
Publication date: 29/10/2019
Date of decision: 13/10/2019