Plans to build a biowaste transfer station in High Wycombe, which could process more than 100,000 tonnes of rubbish each year, are up for discussion at the county council next week.

On Monday, July 2 Bucks County Council’s (BCC) development control committee will discuss proposals to build a new single-storey transfer station at the High Heavens household recycling centre in Clay Lane.

The new station has been designed to cope with the rising amount of waste in the county as the population increases over the next 20 years, according to contractors, Galliford Try.

Currently 54,375 tonnes of waste passes through the site per year, however this is expected to increase to 74,460 tonnes by 2038, according to a BCC report.

The new plans also include the refurbishment of the existing BCC office on site as well as a 26-space car park and another four-space car park for the contractors.

If it is given the green light, the development will change the way the rubbish dump operates – as green and bulky waste will be processed under one roof, rather than three separate outdoor locations within the site.

Processing the waste inside is expected to reduce dust, noise and odour emissions.

The new building could process up to 45,000 tonnes of green waste per year, 20,000 tonnes of food waste, 24,000 tonnes of un-shredded bulky waste, 16,000 tonnes of shredded bulky waste and 2,000 tonnes of fly-tipped waste.

The site is located within the AONB and Green Belt, however the contractors insist the plans present the “very special circumstances” required to develop protected land – such as the need to sustainably manage waste and the benefits of managing waste inside a building.

It is expected the biowaste station would see an additional 34 vehicle movements in and out of the site per day – 21 of which would be HGVs.

However the contractors stated waste vehicles will continue to follow the route already arranged with High Heavens to minimise the impact on surrounding roads.

“Usual good practices” will also continue, including putting sheets over vehicles to ensure loose waste does not fall off.

The contractors said: “When compared with existing operations at the High Heavens Waste Management Complex, it is considered the proposed development would result in multiple benefits in terms of likely effects to the environment.

“With clear benefits to the environment, comes the justification for the need for the proposed development, without which less appropriate processing of waste would continue within the AONB.”

The new biowaste station is not related to the BCC’s household recycling centre, but they will share the same site.

A county council report has recommended that the committee should back the application and send it to the secretary of state for housing, communities and local government for assessment.

To view the application visit https://publicaccess.buckscc.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=P2LI5HDS03F00