Seventeen percent of visits to North Yorkshire's Household waste sites last year were made by people who don't live in the county.
Now the council is looking at ways to either reduce that number or potentially charge people who live outside the county.
229,000 visits were made to North Yorkshire's household waste sites last year by people who live outside the county and as the council battles with tight budgets it's now considering ways to reduce that number.
The council already uses a permit Scheme at the Stokesley tip where people from Teesside regularly use the facility. One option is to extend that scheme across the county.
The authority, which is facing losing about £800,000 annually in revenue after the Government moved to stop councils charging for the disposal of DIY materials, is also examining limiting the number of times commercial-type vehicles can visit waste sites to 12 times a year, introducing weighing devices at waste centres or even banning trade waste altogether.
A 12-week public engagement exercise is set to be approved next Monday to look at the options.
Legislation requires waste disposal authorities to “arrange for places to be provided at which persons resident in its area may deposit their household waste” and that “each place is available for the deposit of waste free of charge by persons resident in the area”, but they don't have to make the facilities available to people fro outside the area.
Most of North Yorkshire's neighbouring local authorities provide their HWRC networks for their own residents and seek to restrict access to North
Yorkshire and other ‘out of area’ residents, something that up until now North Yorkshire hasn't done other than at Stokesley.
| Area | No of sites | Restriction |
|---|---|---|
| North Yorkshire | 20 | None (Resident Permits at Stokeseley) |
| Bradford | 8 | Resident Permit Required |
| City of York | 2 | None |
| Cumberland/ Westmorland & Furness | 14 | Permit for waste type (checks address) |
| Durham | 13 | Resident Permit Required |
| East Riding | 10 | Resident Permit & Proof of Address |
| Leeds | 8 | Provided for residents (booking system withdrawn) |
| Middlesbrough & Stockton-on-Tees | 1 | Booking System |
| Redcar | 1 | Booking System |
The council says that an options appraisal will be undertaken, to understand the benefits of each approach and the ease and convenience to residents. If a resident only access approach is progressed, all neighbouring authorities will be contacted prior to implementation to explain the
introduction of a residents only policy in North Yorkshire. If there is an opportunity to consider alternative collaborative arrangements such as reciprocal arrangements whereby each local authority pays for its residents to deposit waste at a neighbouring authority’s facility, then these options will be explored at this stage.
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