Meeting documents

Cabinet agreed the following:

1)    The revised Waste Access and Acceptance Policy (WAAP) (Appendix 2); - 7 voted in agreement, 1 abstention.

2)   To introduce charging for construction and demolition waste (also known as nonhousehold waste) for Buckinghamshire residents and non-Buckinghamshire residents; - All Agreed

3)   To close the Rabans Lane (Aylesbury), Chesham and Burnham (during closure review period) HRCs on Wednesdays and Thursdays, reducing the opening days from 7 to 5 days a week; - All Agreed

4)   To close the Bledlow HRC and to delegate authority to the Environment Services Director, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Environment, to determine future arrangements for the site; - All Agreed

5)   That based on the current financial analysis, it would be necessary to close Burnham HRC on a permanent basis on 30th September 2019, but agreed that a final decision to continue with closure, or rescinding the closure, would be made in the 9th September 2019 Cabinet meeting, following a detailed financial appraisal of the other savings implemented from 1st April 2019; - 7 voted in agreement, 1 abstention.

6)   To delegate authority to the Environment Services Director, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Environment, to maintain a service level agreement with Slough Borough Council, and enter agreement(s) with any other neighbouring authority, to share costs of operation of the HRCs on a fair basis to reflect usage; - All Agreed

7)   Incidents of fly tipping would be monitored to identify whether there is an increase in activity and delegate authority to the Environment Services Director, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Environment, to identify appropriate mitigating measures should fly tipping activity increase; - All Agreed

8)    To delegate authority to the Environment Services Director, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Environment, to extend the current HRC contract with FCC up to 31st March 2022 as appropriate to align with future procurement strategies and timelines – All Agreed