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Adoption of draft South London Waste Plan
Meeting: 07/11/2022 - Cabinet (Item 5)
5 Adoption of the South London Waste Plan as part of Merton's Local Plan 
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Decision:
RESOLVED:
1. That Cabinet resolved to recommend adoption of the South London Waste Plan to Council (16 November 2022) as part of Merton’s statutory Local Plan and subsequent updating of Merton’s statutory Policies Map, subject to any amendments necessary in order to give effect to any recommendations contained in the Final Report from the Planning Inspectors and that authority to make such amendments be delegated to the Executive Director of Housing and Sustainable Development in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Sustainable Development.
2. That authority be delegated to the Executive Director of Housing and Sustainable Development to deal with all the necessary adoption documents and other consequential matters in accordance with the appropriate Regulations.
Minutes:
The Cabinet Member for Housing and Sustainable Development presented the report and gave an overview of the recommendations, noting that if approved it would be one of the key documents guiding Planning decisions within the Borough, which was being updated as the current plan was no longer considered up to date. All 4 Boroughs within the South London Waste Partnership had worked on their respective plans as well as having been successful in a bid for Government funding to support the waste plan.
RESOLVED:
1. That Cabinet resolved to recommend adoption of the South London Waste Plan to Council (16 November 2022) as part of Merton’s statutory Local Plan and subsequent updating of Merton’s statutory Policies Map, subject to any amendments necessary in order to give effect to any recommendations contained in the Final Report from the Planning Inspectors and that authority to make such amendments be delegated to the Executive Director of Housing and Sustainable Development in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Sustainable Development.
2. That authority be delegated to the Executive Director of Housing and Sustainable Development to deal with all the necessary adoption documents and other consequential matters in accordance with the appropriate Regulations.