Formal consultation on waste and recycling transfer station plans

A consultation on a planning application for a waste transfer facility on the Colomendy Industrial Estate in Denbigh has been launched.
Denbighshire County Council currently has two waste and recycling depots, in Ruthin and Kinmel Park in Bodelwyddan, but the facilities are outdated and are in need of major improvement works and investment.
Now the council is consulting on plans for a new facility that would provide a central location for the council to collect all waste and recycling and will allow the council to sort and bail materials so that Denbighshire can market its own recycling, creating a new income stream to help support the collection service. This will improve the environment through increasing recycling rates, efficiency and sustainability.
The development forms part of a larger development on the industrial estate being proposed by a consortium which is made up of the council, Yard Space Wales Ltd, Henllan Bread, Lock Stock and Emyr Evans.  The proposal would also see these firms expand their businesses on the estate and provide additional units to support existing and new businesses. The development will be a significant investment into the estate and offers the potential to create a substantial number of jobs.
The council is reminding residents that the application does not include the current recycling centre in Denbigh.
Subject to planning permission, the council hopes to begin work on site in early summer 2020, with a view to having the depot operational by September 2021.
Cllr Brian Jones, cabinet member for  highways, environmental impact, waste and sustainable travel, said: “The proposed facility forms a major part of the way the council intends to deliver and manage significant changes to its waste and recycling collections county-wide.  The changes are expected to be introduced in the county in around two years’ time.
“The setting up of a waste transfer facility will allow us to modernise the service and capture better quality recycling which will help fund the collection of all waste from residents in the future. It means that we can carry out the work of separating recycling and bailing materials ourselves without having to pay an external company to carry out the work.
“We would ensure that the facility was well-managed, would be kept clean and would contain odours within the facility”.
To view the plans, please visit: www.denbighshire.gov.uk/planning.  The closing date for comments is 14 January 2020

By Shane Brennan – Local Democracy Reporter