Issue - meetings

          The Board considered a copy of the Waste Local Plan (WLP) Monitoring Report for 2014/15, which was the second annual report prepared by the Merseyside Environmental Advisory Service (MEAS) on behalf of the six Liverpool City Region Councils. The Joint WLP for Merseyside and Halton was adopted by Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St. Helens and Wirral Councils (together with six partner councils), with effect from 18^th July 2013. The WLP Plan Period was from 2013 to 2027 and formed part of Halton’s adopted development plan.

          Production of a Monitoring Report was a statutory requirement under Regulation 34 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, which required Local Authorities to publish a Monitoring Report on an at least annual basis.

          The second Monitoring Report covered the 12 months period from 1^st April 2014 to the end of the financial year 31^st March 2015 and highlighted developments within the LCR and Halton. Due to some of the Merseyside local authorities’ monitoring information not being available, it was difficult to take a City Region-wide judgement on overall performance. However, from a Halton perspective, Halton had performed well and continued to improve its Waste Management procedures.

          RESOLVED: That the report be noted.