PPG10 recognises that waste management solutions may need to cross waste planning authority or regional boundaries.

Next steps Drafting the Plan 1.21 The planners from the waste planning authorities will soon begin preparing the draft Waste Local Plan.

In Suffolk, the County Council is the Waste Planning Authority and has started the process of preparing a Waste Local Plan.

Will the Sustainability Appraisal prompt the Waste Planning Authority (WPA) to rethink the strategy if so recommended?

It will set out the policies and proposals of the Waste Planning Authority to provide a comprehensive framework for determining planning applications for waste development in Suffolk.

Key concerns: A lack of definitive guidance on how waste planning authorities are to prove that they have fully examined recycling and composting options before moving to expansion of energy from waste.

Minerals & Waste Planning Policy The County Council is the Minerals and Waste Planning Authority for the County of Nottinghamshire.

Clarity of Control All waste management operations must be permitted by at least two separate bodies, notably the Waste Planning Authorities, usually county councils or unitary councils, and the Environment Agency.

The District Council will continue to liaise with the County Council, in their capacity as both Minerals and Waste Planning Authority, to identify appropriate after uses and acceptable means of achieving them.

Within Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire County Council is the Waste Planning Authority and is responsible for determining planning applications for the disposal, treatment and storage of waste.

South West Regional Technical Advisory Body on Waste (RTAB) RTAB Surveys of South West Region Waste Disposal, Waste Collection and Waste Planning Authorities for 1998/99 and 1999/2000.