plans for the relocation of the BWTS have now been developed. These proposals involve replacing the Cringle Dock facility with a new modern BTWS at Feathers Wharf, Smugglers Way. This will assist in the logistics of any upgrade or redevelopment of Cringle Dock, by vacating land that could accommodate a temporary waste transfer facility to allow uninterrupted operation of the facility during any works to the existing wharf.

Much of the material currently managed at the Cringle Dock BWTS originates from the WRWA Smugglers Way facilities. Moving the facility to Feathers Wharf, Smugglers Way, will remove another 2,200 HGV vehicles journeys each year from London's roads. The scheme makes beneficial use of an operational site at Feathers Wharf and provides for effective integration of related operations which have previously been carried out on different sites. The proposed operation will therefore complement the existing waste management functions at the Smugglers Way site, with beneficial utilisation of existing site access and on-site infrastructure (weighbridges, internal roads and traffic control system).

In September 2015 a planning application was submitted to Wandsworth Council's Planning Committee to construct a new Bulk Waste Transfer station, to handle up to 25,000 tonnes of recyclable materials, on the southern part of the Feathers Wharf site. In November 2016 planning approval was received for an eight year period, commencing an occupation. In January 2017 a further planning application was submitted to extend the period of use until December 2032 and it is anticipated that this will be granted by the Planning Committee at their meeting in May 2017.

The proposals provide a comprehensive scheme which combines the proposed BTWS with a current temporary permission for plant storage, with each having an independent access and haul road. The whole Feathers Wharf site will be upgraded by providing a new, good quality BWTS building, together with substantial new landscaping and biodiversity measures, as well as a new public riverside walkway.

The proposed walkway is an exciting scheme to open up the river easement zone along the River Wandle and the River Thames as a public walkway. This also involves a significant refurbishment of the existing unused high level walkway which runs along the northern side of the existing Smugglers Way facility. This will connect up the existing riverside walkways to the east and west which will allow the public to walk along the riverside.

WRWA's previous Waste Management Policy was established within the framework of the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy which was agreed in 2006. It was, in large part, structured around WRWA providing the new infrastructure