new surrounding land uses. The transfer station is over 40 years old and architecturally very much out of keeping with the proposed new developments. Furthermore, the current operational design of the waste transfer station is based around waste storage bunkers; whilst functional, the open air system can, on occasion, emit odour nuisances.

Despite its Safeguarded Wharf status, without redevelopment, the arrival of large numbers of residents, workers and visitors to the area will undoubtedly cause issues that could seriously impinge on the operations at Cringle Dock.

Since 2012, the Authority has been in discussions with the owners of Battersea Power Station to see what could be done to safeguard the long-term operation of Cringle Dock, by improving it operationally and visually and thereby reducing the potential for conflict with its new neighbours and contributing towards the strategic regeneration of the area generally.

There is now a shared goal to provide a state-of-the-art waste processing facility that minimises, or even removes, the need for it to interact with or impact upon its new neighbours in any way. Noise, dust, vibration, smell and even visual impacts can and have been removed through design.

In July 2016, planning permission was granted by Wandsworth Council's Planning Committee for a proposed new facility at Cringle Dock based on a design incorporating residential accommodation facing the Thames above a new Waste Transfer Station (WTS). The new WTS would use modern equipment and processes to continue operations with much greater control over environmental issues. The new WTS design is both safer and operationally very much more resilient than the current operation. Further approval was sought in January 2017 to amend the existing permission for the area currently set aside for the Bulk Bays to be used to provide around 4,700 sq m of additional commercial floor space. It is anticipated this will be approved at the Council's planning meeting in June 2017.

WRWA currently operates a bulk waste transfer station (BWTS) at Cringle Dock which receives and bulks up green waste and recyclables. The facility comprises a combination of open bays and an ageing temporary transfer building. The materials brought to the BWTS are generated by the public delivering bulky waste and recyclables to the Household Waste Recycling Centre at Smugglers Way and by local businesses.

However, as a result of the proposed redevelopment of Cringle Dock detailed above,