Surrey Waste Plan - expansion of Witley Dump

Surrey households produced 574,000 tonnes of waste in 2005/06 at a cost to Surrey County Council alone of nearly £30 million. It is the County Council’s duty to dispose of the waste which the district and borough councils collect from households and which the members of the public bring to the Community Recycling Centres (civic amenity sites).

The Surrey Waste Plan was approved by the Full (Surrey County) Council on 13 June, 2006. The Plan sets out planning policies and site assessments for the development of waste management facilities in Surrey up to 2016. You can the current documents and status here.

There are a large number of documents in connection with the Waste Plan, and a guide to them can be found here.

The plan proposes to extend the Witley Dump in 2006 to 2007.

Table source:
Surrey County Council Waste Disposal Authority JMWMS Action Plan 2006-2025


In the case of Martyrs Lane, Randalls Road, and possibly Petworth Road the plan states that land would need to be secured from third parties to enable expansion.

Did you know about these plans to expand the Witley Dump? I live next door to it and I didn't!!

You can view the current plan here.

The plan identifies that land may have to be acquired to fulfil the plans for the Witley site. Whose? Why have the land owners not been identified and consulted prior to the submission of a major plan to government?