Minerals and waste
Minerals
We are a Mineral planning authority and are responsible for managing the extraction and safeguarding of mineral resources.
The purpose of the Minerals Local Plan (PDF 9.53 MB), adopted September 2012, is to provide a framework for minerals extraction through site allocation and safeguarding of mineral resources. This will enable the borough to continue contributing to the supply of minerals to meet the anticipated needs of the London economy in a sustainable manner. It will be used alongside other planning policies when considering minerals development and/or development on minerals safeguarded sites.
In Redbridge aggregates are the only mineral presently being worked. We work with the London Aggregates Working Party to monitor the supply and demand for aggregates, rocks and building material to be used in construction.
Waste
Redbridge Council is a partner of the East London Waste Authority (ELWA), a Statutory Waste Disposal Authority responsible for the disposal of waste in East London from the Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Newham and Redbridge. ELWA is responsible for providing treatment services for waste collected by the four East London councils, and also produces the Joint Strategy for East London's Resources and Waste, which sets out the aims and aspirations for waste management in East London, and the objectives and priorities for the prevention and reduction of waste, increase in reuse and recycling, and support for infrastructure improvements.
Under the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 the four East London boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Newham and Redbridge are responsible for the collection of household waste, providing access to kerbside collections, bulky collections, and household waste recycling, as well as for the collection of waste from businesses, and for street cleansing. They are also required to produce a waste local plan that sets out how and where waste will be managed, and includes policies that are used to decide planning applications for new facilities affecting the management of waste.
The Joint Waste Development Plan Document (PDF 4.60 MB), adopted February 2012, sets a strategic framework to manage waste across the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Newham and Redbridge between 2011 and 2021, including the identification and safeguarding of waste disposal facilities. It will be used alongside other planning policies when considering the development of waste sites.
The East London Waste Authority boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Newham and Redbridge produced a monitoring report in December 2025 for the adopted 2012 East London Waste Plan (ELWP). The monitoring report provides data and information regarding the success of the implementation of the adopted ELWP. It reports against the indicators and targets listed in the adopted ELWP using, where available, data for the period 2020 to 2024 in particular.
You can access the East London Waste Plan Monitoring Report (December 2025) via the link below:
East London Joint Waste Plan Monitoring Report (PDF 553KB)
East London Joint Waste Plan Review
The London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham, and Redbridge are working collaboratively to produce a new East London Joint Waste Plan (ELJWP).
It is a statutory requirement to produce an up-to-date waste plan. The current East London Joint Waste Plan adopted in 2012 expired in 2021. The emerging East London Joint Waste Plan will replace the out-of-date 2012 Plan.
The Regulation 18 Consultation for the emerging East London Joint Waste Plan (ELJWP) took place between Monday 29 July and Monday 16 September 2024, and the Regulation 19 Consultation stage took place between Monday 19 May and Monday 30 June 2025. These stages are now closed, and the Plan has been drafted as a submission draft Plan and was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate on Friday 30 January 2026 for examination (Regulation 22 stage).
You can find out more about the submission ELJWP document submission, the supported documents submitted with it, and the representations made at Regulation 19 stage by visiting the Council's East London Joint Waste Plan Examination page, via the Planning Policies Hub at: Planning policies.
