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MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION
53. A partnership between local authorities (working across internal departmental boundaries between waste managers and planners), the public, industry and statutory consultees, such as SEPA, can raise awareness of sustainable waste management and change behaviours. This SPP places particular emphasis on a plan-led approach to waste management, community engagement, the importance of reaching statutory targets on time and the role planning authorities need to play to further the aim of sustainable waste management.
54. While waste management continues to challenge perceptions about environmental and community impact, they are not always based on fact. The industry is engaging with, not just consulting, communities bringing positive results in policy implementation and good neighbour relations. Good publicity about local facilities alerts people to the changes underway. A consolidated industry working to the public sector and handling private sector waste streams is emerging. The industry however relies upon the planning system to accommodate the necessary infrastructure to support the Executive's policies.
55. To monitor progress in successfully delivering on SPPs, the Executive intends to introduce revisions to the way in which planning statistics are gathered in line with the changes that emerge from the Planning Bill. The Scottish Ministers will in due course aim to monitor progress on development plans and planning consents for new installations. They will implement the policies of this SPP in their statutory functions to approve development plans or in making determinations on planning applications notified to them under the present system and through engagement on proposals for planning reform.
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