Preston residents and parents fear an incident similar to Corby with the proposal of the redevelopment of a gas works that could release toxins from a site which is adjacent to Preston Primary School.
There are major health concerns linked with the development of the Hollicombe Gas Works, which have yet to be addressed, says the Hollicombe Action Group.
When conditional planning approval was granted for 185 flats at the Hollicombe site, it was subject to the council receiving satisfactory information in three key areas including the decontamination of the site.
These fears have yet to be address says the group, as it points to the remediation strategy, which still leaves question marks over the safety of the site, with toxins such as arsenic and cyanide linked to birth defects, cancers and respiratory illnesses knocking about.
The remediation strategy says ‘extensive areas of the site have not been investigated’. And ‘it is possible during site clearance works that additional contamination may be identified or mobilised’.
If the extent of the contamination is not fully known, then how can it be safe to start digging? Asks the group.
Objections need to be expressed in writing to Torbay’s planning department by Friday, May 14.
Find out more about the Hollicombe Action Group and join their Facebook Group.
(image: flooding at the proprosed Hollicombe site)
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