Plans for a bigger and better recycling centre for Sheringham is set to get a boost next week as councillors discuss proposals for new sites for the growing towns and surrounding areas.
The current location is too small to allow for the expansion that’s needed for the future. A move to a new site would allow improved access to the site with more parking available, smoother traffic flow, and better recycling facilities including the opening of a reuse shops on site.
Cllr Andy Grant, Cabinet Member for Environment and Waste, said: “This is an important first step towards our goal of bringing better recycling centres to the communities in and around Sheringham. Sadly we’ve now outgrown the old site so I’m pleased that we’re seeing good progress being made in identifying this potential location for a bigger and better recycling centre. It’s great that the bigger site would allow us to open a reuse shop, which has proven very popular at our other recycling centres, and helps stop good quality second hand items being thrown away.”
If members agree to go ahead with the proposals the necessary planning and permitting processes could get underway later this year. A first step would be to provide opportunities for local communities to help shape the plans for the new recycling centre.
Sheringham recycling centre, that’s just off the A148 Holt Road near the town, could be relocated to a new, larger site across the road from the current site. The new site would allow for the centre to remain open while the bins are emptied, thanks to a separate operational area.
County council cabinet members will discuss this topic when they meet on Monday 31 January. See the cabinet meeting papers.
Further information
The stage that the County Council is at now, which is site selection, is a very early part of the process, and to help get things right the next steps will involve consultations with customers and the public, developing a final design, and then asking for permission to build and operate the new site - with both those two process also involving public consultations. To do all that properly does take time and following that the new recycling centre would have to be built, so allowing for all that means the new recycling centre could be open approximately two years from now.
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