Consultation on the Draft Updated West London Waste Plan (Regulation 18 Consultation)

This consultation is now live and you are invited to submit your comments. Please visit the consultation portal to view the consultation documents and find out how you can get involved.

Please note that London Borough of Ealing are hosting the consultation portal webpage.

Background

In 2015, the west London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames along with the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) published a Joint Waste Plan (known as the West London Waste Plan 2015) which set out a planning strategy for the management of waste across West London. 

These seven West London Waste Planning Authorities have now commenced the review of the West London Waste Plan to ensure that it remains up to date and continues to provide a sound and effective planning strategy for waste management in accordance with national policy, the London Plan, and local priorities. 

It is a statutory requirement to produce an up-to-date waste plan. Once adopted, the updated West London Waste Plan will replace the 2015 version of the West London Waste Plan. It will set out the planning strategy for waste management in the plan area up to 2041 and will include policies to be used when assessing planning applications that relate to waste management. It also identifies sites proposed to be safeguarded for waste use. 

The consultation

The first consultation relating to the updated West London Waste Plan (known formally as the ‘Regulation 18 Draft Updated West London Waste Plan’) is now underway. The consultation will run from Thursday 11th December 2025 to Thursday 5th February 2026.

There are different ways you can find out more and get involved in this consultation. Through the consultation portal you can:

The updated West London Waste Plan document and supporting documents are also publicly available for inspection at venues across West London. For more details, please visit the consultation portal.

For Hounslow the consultation documents are being hosted at the following venues: