Query sent to both NLWA and NLWP (now with one reply)

Date: 25/5/2011
From: Member of the public

Clarification of the status of the "North London Joint Waste Strategy"

I see on the NLWA web site:

"How does the North London Joint Waste Strategy fit in with the procurement and the North London Waste Plan?

The North London Joint Waste Strategy sets out how municipal waste is going to be dealt with in north London through to 2020.

The North London Waste Plan identifies where in north London sites to deal with all waste could be situated.

The procurement process is the identification of what facilities are needed to manage the municipal waste.

Each of these processes contribute to a new environmentally sustainable approach for managing waste in north London into the future."

Does that mean that the NLWP is only about "Sites", and not about "Issues"?

Or how do the NLJWS (of 2008, I believe [actually finalised February 2009]) and the NLWP (intended to be 2012) interrelate, and have preference?

Thank you for your assistance.

(The NLWP is supposed to be about 'Sites and Issues' - but with Pinkham Way, the NLWA has ignored both aspects of it.) 

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REPLY FROM NLWP (Camden Town Hall):

Thank you for your email. The Joint Waste Strategy is drawn up under the aegis of waste-related legislation, to drive forward the management of municipal waste.

The North London Waste Plan is drawn up as part of the town and country planning system, to plan for all [including municipal] waste for a fifteen year period. Both documents need to take account of each other.

I hope this helps.
Archie Onslow (http://www.nlwp.net/)