The new facility is replacing a nearly 40-year-old waste station in Hendon, reports Grace Howarth, Local Democracy Reporter

Work on a new waste transfer station in Brent Cross is expected to begin in autumn.

Councillors backed plans at a cabinet meeting yesterday (Thursday 14th) to search for a project manager, technical expertise, and to increase the overall budget for the replacement waste transfer station project in Brent Cross, which is due to be delivered in 2027.

Waste transfer stations are facilities where waste is collected and temporarily stored and sorted before being further transported to a final disposal point, usually a landfill or recycling facility.

The new facility is replacing a nearly 40-year-old waste station in Hendon.

A cabinet report said operations at the Hendon site ceased in 2021 and the replacement station “must be handed over” by November 2027 in a “fully operational” state to the North London Waste Authority (NWLA) and London Energy Ltd (LEL) who will run it.

A temporary facility in Wembley is in operation as an interim site.

The Hendon site will be replaced by residential and commercial properties as part of later phases of the Brent Cross Town redevelopment. The new waste station, located at Geron Way, will be able to manage up to 195,000 tonnes of black bag, mixed recycling, food and street cleaning waste each year.

The council has stated sustainability will be at “the heart of the design” of the new waste facility with plans including a ‘brown roof’, roofs with a layer or soil or other material to provide a habitat for growing wildlife, as well as a “state of the art odour control” technology.

The cabinet was advised to approve a budget increase of £9.1million to prolong “design development to allow for site selection”, to take into account “inflationary pressures” and fire safety compliance, and to meet “planning and operation requirements”.

This means the total funding required to complete the project is £51m. The cabinet also approved a £13.6m increase in July to support the delivery of the waste transfer facility.

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