HEYWOOD Parish Council submitted an objection to Wiltshire Council on the following grounds:
1. The only access road to the site for HGVs from the A350 is the B3097 (Hawkeridge Road) and is unsuitable for the volume and size of the vehicles that currently use it.
The road was a C road and was reclassified to a B road several years ago with no upgrading works being carried out. It has a 50mph limit, even though there is a school on it, and suffers from a number of traffic issues resulting from the high level of movements (approximately 12,750 per working day). NREL’s transport plan forecasts an increase in traffic volume on the road of 25% by 2025 and that 1,218 HGVs will be using the B3097 daily by then, 53 of them being from the incineration plant.
2. The increased volume of traffic generated by the proposal would have an adverse effect on the already poor air quality along the A350 in Westbury.
3. A previous application on the site was rejected because the proposal would have an adverse effect on the appearance of the area and would be contrary to Core Policy 51 which seeks to protect, conserve and enhance the amenity of the landscape and this proposal is for a bigger building.
4. Any discharge from the chimney will be blown by the prevailing south-west winds over the housing areas on Storridge Road and The Ham and on to the West Wilts Trading Estate raising health concerns for anyone under the plume.
5. There will be residual waste from the incineration plant which will have to be taken elsewhere for disposal.
6. Wiltshire Council has declared a climate crisis and this proposal to use incineration is a retrograde step in waste management.
