Purpose

Approval to
 

1.   
Vary the existing waste disposal contract with Suez
Recycling and Recovery Kirklees Ltd to accommodate the operation of
an adjacent replacement Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC)
at Weaving Lane in Dewsbury. 

2.   
Issue a supplemental lease to Suez, extending the
boundary of the existing lease to incorporate the affected
council-owned land for the new facility.
 
The new site is critical
enabling work to allow the existing site to be fully occupied on a
temporary basis by Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (NRIL) to
undertake TransPennine Route Upgrade (TRU) works.
 
The construction of the new
HWRC will be at no cost to the Council and negotiations are ongoing
with NRIL in an attempt to recover costs that will be incurred in
negotiating and completing the documentation above.
 
Background
papers
 
Background to current waste disposal contract:
 
Waste Disposal, Interim Contract Arrangements,
Cabinet Approval (September 2021):

https://democracy.kirklees.gov.uk/documents/s42976/2021.09.21
Interim Contract Arrangements -PUBLIC Cabinet Report FINAL
V1.pdf
 
Background to the
Council’s approach/support for TRU:
 
Network Rail –
Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade Transport and Works Act Order
submission: Council Response – Council Approval
14th July 2021

https://democracy.kirklees.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=42311
 
Consultation
 
The replacement HWRC is being designed
collaboratively with input from technical colleagues across the
Council, partner bodies including the Environment Agency and
Yorkshire Water, and Suez as the operator of the site. The
replacement site will be provided on a like-for-like basis as the
existing operation, so that Kirklees residents are not
disadvantaged by a reduction in the facility’s functions or
capacity. The requirement to vary the waste disposal contract to
accommodate the new site is a necessary step in the process.
 
Engagement
 
The TRU is a NRIL project to
which the Council has given its full support.  NRIL have undertaken wide ranging engagement with
the public, the Council, landowners and other stakeholders affected
by the works. Outcomes from this engagement were considered in the
Secretary of State’s decision to issue the Transport and
Works Act Order for the works to go ahead. The replacement HWRC is
a specifically negotiated mitigation measure to negate the impact
of the TRU works on the continued provision of the existing
facility at this location.

Content

1.         To
proceed with varying the existing waste disposal contract with Suez
Recycling and Recovery Kirklees Ltd to accommodate the operation of
an adjacent replacement Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC)
at Weaving Lane in Dewsbury. 
2.         To issue
a supplemental lease to Suez, extending the boundary of the
existing lease to incorporate the affected council-owned land for
the new facility.