NORTH Bradley Parish Council, in its submission to Wiltshire Council, said it “strongly objects” to the application on the following grounds:
TRAFFIC: Traffic to and from the site. This site is situated in a very over used road network. Westbury Road is at present a very busy road already leading to traffic backing up and queuing in both Westbury and Yarnbrook. The amount of extra vehicles using this site will cause complete deadlock on the roads and the surrounding villages of North Bradley and Southwick. Our local roads are already over crowded with even more lorries bypassing Bath. The roads cannot cope with more large lorries cluttering them up.
ENVIRONMENT: The extra fumes in areas that already have higher pollution levels than they should, will lead to more cases of asthma and other lung diseases already aggravated by the high volume of traffic, would be unacceptable. These plumes will not just be affecting the many residents close by, but the neighbouring villages. The tall chimney will spew its toxic fumes over a very wide area. The plant uses technology that does not reach the standards already agreed upon. It will burn commercial rubbish (of no benefit to local residents) from a very wide area to make it viable.
LOCATION: The site is next to a food processing plant and in close proximity to new housing estates and Westbury town.
VISUAL IMPACT: It is apparent that a previous application was REJECTED on the grounds of visual impact and yet this proposal is even larger. The NEW plant dwarfs the ARLA factory which can be seen from far and wide, including the WHITE HORSE.
OPERATING HOURS: This proposed Incinerator will operate 24 hours a day, which means traffic coming and going 24 hours a day!
The Parish Council strongly OBJECTS to this proposed waste combustion plant in Westbury.
