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4.8.1 Refuse and bin storage

SHOULD

New developments should use one of the following refuse collection options:

  1. In-curtilage provision: For detached or semi-detached houses, bin storage should be provided to the side or rear of the property (from within rear parking area or a service alley).
  2. In-curtilage provision: For terraced housing, collection should either be from the rear (from within a rear parking area or a service alley) or a bin store provided at the front of the house.
  3. Communal provision should be used for flats.
SHOULD

Waste collection points should be no further than 30m from homes. This may be achieved with ginnels or by integrating storage points at the front of dwellings.

COULD

In town centre and high street schemes, refuse could be integrated underground if council collection permits.

SHOULD

Communal bin storage should be concealed within bin enclosures.

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Fig 4.35 Refuse bin storage options (highlighted in blue) include concealed front garden stores, rear bin stores and communal collection points.
MUST

Bin enclosures must be timber, stone or brick.

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Fig 4.36 Examples of brick bin stores at the front of house, Rochester, Kent.
SHOULD

If located at the front of the house, the bin store should be concealed behind a wall or hedge.

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Fig 4.37 Discreet bin stores in front gardens, rear bin stores and communal on-street collection points.