Unearthed: The 2004 plan to close Evanston Avenue as a Waste Transfer Station

An email has been unearthed from a Senior Council Officer in February 2004 to local Elected Member(s) outlining the plans to relocate the Waste Transfer / Transfer Loading Station (TLS) from Evanston Avenue to a newly identified site.

The text of the email, shown below, implies the plans were near completion with the new site and funding for the project  identified, including the redevelopment of the Evanston Avenue site as a smaller Household Waste Sort Site (HWSS).

So what happened to these plans? We are awaiting a response from Leeds City Council. 

The present position is developing in line with our previous discussions:

The Site at Evanston Avenue continues to be used as a Household Waste Site and a Waste Transfer Station for the citywide green Sort bin material ( Dry Recyclables only). We need to continue to use it for these purposes until alternatives / replacements are available.

With regard to the Sort Waste Transfer Station we will be developing the replacement TLS at the rear of 155 Kirkstall Rd. Funding via prudential borrowing has now been identified for this scheme as part of the MRF and SGP development. We are currently going through the tendering process to appoint the MRF/SGP partners. Once in place (March/April 2004) we can start to draw up the development plans for that site with a view to removing the activity from Evanston Avenue.

The Evanston Avenue site will be reshaped to offer a brand new Household Waste Sort Site and then remainder of the site released surplus to requirements. Colleagues in Development Department ( Asset Management ) will be involved in dealing with the site disposal arrangements. I expect to be submitting the development plans for the new HWSS early in the summer. Funding for the scheme has now been identified in the 2004/05 capital programme.