The Waste Local Plan has been prepared to help ensure that Essex and Southend can deal with all types of waste arising, now and in the future, in a way which is least damaging to the environment and helps maintain the best possible quality of life for Essex residents.

The Waste Local Plan will help ensure that future waste needs of Essex and Southend-on- Sea can be appropriately met through sites situated in the most appropriate locations and with minimal impact on communities and the environment. The waste planning policies found in this document provide up-to-date planning policy for waste development in Essex and Southend-on-Sea until 2032. We will annually monitor the effectiveness of these policies to ensure that they are implemented successfully and publish the results.