Luke Pollard, Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for South West Devon, has complied a list of 10 reason that you could use to oppose the planning application of the incinerator at Ivybridge.
The planning committee can only consider objections on planning ground so you need to tell the them why you think the incinerator application should be turned down using planning lingo.
You can post or email your objection (as long as you give your name and address).
Check out the application for the troubled site, which is bringing woe to the community. It’s where you’ll also find the email and address to send your objects.
And here’s the top 10 list of objections to the site. You will need to put these reasons into your own words and include your full name and address for your views to be considered.
1. Impact on local roads and the A38 – 120 extra trucks will go through Lee Mill every day as a minimum, and that’s not including construction traffic.
2. Negative visual impact – The incinerator’s chimney will be seen from miles around and will be a massive 100m tall.
3. Impact on health – The prevailing wind will blow any toxic emissions and particulates onto Lee Mill and Ivybridge and further afield. Start up and shut down times as well as any times of malfunction would likely release large amounts of pollution including dioxins. There are also concerns regarding the damaging effects of nanoparticles which cannot be filtered out.
4. Flooding – The proposed site is on the floodplain of the River Yealm. We are worried that the toxic bottom ash could pose a threat to the Yealm and its estuary.
5. Wrongly identified site – We have concerns that the council wrongly identified the New England Quarry as a site for incineration in November 2005 and overlooked better sites and technologies.
6. Habitat impacts – The emissions, dioxins, and ash that is high in metals, will have long-term effects on our local agriculture, animals, fish and shellfish.
7. Carbon dioxide – The incinerator will emit 17 tonnes of C02 every hour for its 25 year life span. We want to find a more sustainable way of dealing with our waste.
8. Waste of energy – The incinerator is supposed to generate heat for local homes but there are none near enough to the incinerator to benefit, so the heat will be wasted. In addition, far more energy could be saved by instead further improving our recycling.
9. Impact on tourism – A polluting incinerator and landfill on our doorsteps will put off tourists who cherish our clean, green environment, although Viridor think it will be a visitor attraction!
10. Lack of proper consultation by Viridor – The local community has not been properly consulted by Viridor regarding the plans. Viridor’s consultation has been cosmetic and not genuinely trying to engage the community.
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