WESTBURY Town Council is urging residents to make their protest against the planned waste incinerator by writing to the planning inspector.
The council has created three letter formats for residents to download and send to the planning inspector, who is set to make a final decision on the controversial incinerator plans in November.
Leaflets from the town council have started going out to every household in Westbury to help explain the incinerator case in full and to ask residents to submit their comments. The letters can also be found on the town council website here: www.westburytowncouncil.gov.uk/dept/incinerator/
23rd August deadline
Residents can choose from the three example letters, but there are also key themes in the leaflet which can be used if you wish to write your own worded letter. All letters and emails must be received by the case officer by the 23rd of August.
The town council say, “The Planning Inspectorate will hold a public inquiry into this application in November 2022. Public opinion matters and will be considered at this inquiry, so we have one final opportunity to let the planning inspector know how we feel about this proposal.
Asking for support
“We are asking once again for the support of our residents – this time by encouraging as many residents as possible to write to the planning inspector expressing their views on this proposed incinerator, by no later than 23rd August 2022.
“Westbury Town Council has been fighting against a planning application to build this incinerator capable of processing 430,000 tons of waste and adding at least an extra 80 HGV lorry movements along all major routes leading to Westbury, via numerous neighbouring towns and parishes.
“With an anticipated operating lifespan of 25 years, if approved, this incinerator will add 25 years of pollution that won’t only impact Westbury, it will impact a far greater area.
230,000 tons of CO2
“Not only will the building where waste is processed be huge and dominate the surrounding countryside, the chimney built to disperse emissions is so high it will be seen for miles spewing out 230,000 tons of CO2 and a myriad of other chemicals and pollutants which will drift with the wind direction before finally finding a place to settle many miles away from source, adding to the additional pollution from the extra vehicles on our already congested roads. Who knows where these particulates will settle?”
All written submissions should be sent to: Alison Dyson, The Planning Inspectorate, Room 3c, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol. BS1 6PN
Email responses to: alison.dyson@ planninginspectorate.gov.uk
