Draft Updated West London Waste Plan (Regulation 18) Consultation
This consultation is now live and you are invited 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 will also identify 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. Please visit the dedicated consultation portal in order to:
- learn more about what a waste plan is,
- see the consultation documents,
- find out more about planned consultation events, and
- understand how you can submit your comments.
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.
Printed copies of the consultation documents are being hosted at the following venues in the OPDC area:
- OPDC offices, First Floor, 6 – 8 Victoria Road, North Acton, London, W3 6FF (Monday-Thursday).
- The Collective Old Oak, Nash House, Old Oak Lane, London, NW10 6FF.
As part of the consultation, we will be holding online and face to face drop-in sessions to give you the opportunity to speak to officers and to find out more about the WLWP. The first online information session is due to take place on 16th December 2025 and you can register to attend this via the portal. Other consultation events are taking place throughout West London during the consultation period and we would encourage you to check the consultation portal website for details. A drop-in session will be held in the OPDC area on Tuesday 20th Jan 2026 between 3 – 7pm, at Oaklands Social, Oaklands Rise, 19 Green St, London NW10 6FT.
Please visit the consultation portal for details of other events.