Incinerator appeal will be one of the biggest
ONE of the biggest planning appeals ever held in Cornwall is set to start next week when plans for an incinerator to deal with the county's waste come under intense scrutiny.
The planning inquiry into the plans for the Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre (CERC), an energy from waste plant proposed for a site at St Dennis, is due to start on Tuesday at Kingsley Village.
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An artists impression of the incinerator at St Dennis
The inquiry is due to last for more than a month and will be the longest such inquiry ever held in Cornwall.
A planning inspector appointed by the secretary of state will listen to evidence provided by Cornwall Council, waste firm Sita and campaigners against the CERC from the St Dennis Anti-Incinerator Group (STIG). The plans for the CERC were rejected by the former Cornwall County Council in March last year and Sita has appealed against the decision to refuse permission for the plant.
Under the proposals Sita want to build an energy-from-waste plant which would be capable of processing up to 240,000 tonnes of waste a year.
The plant is a key part of the 30-year waste management contract which was signed with the former county council in 2006.
Campaigners have urged the council to terminate the contract with Sita and look for alternative means of disposing of the county's waste.
However the council has indicated that it could cost up to £300 million to scrap the contract, find alternative ways of waste management and dealing with the county's waste in the meantime.
Opponents to the CERC claim it could have a severe impact on the environment in Cornwall as well as the health of people living nearby.
However, Sita state that the CERC is the best way of disposing of waste and would pose no threat to public health.
Once the planning inquiry is complete the planning inspector will provide a report to the secretary of state who will make the final decision on whether to allow planning permission for the incinerator.
For full coverage of the incinerator planning inquiry go to www.thisiscornwall.co.uk
5 Comments
by Su, plzeath
Tuesday, April 13 2010, 2:25PM
“I don't see A.Janner saying lets have the incinerator in redruth, they would welcome it. I bet if they did they would be the first to complain. The incinerator is an eyesore, which is why they won't put in any where that might put of the tourists. If Cornwall stopped taking Devons waste, landfill wouldn't have filled up so quick, perhaps it should be built in St Day on the Landfill Site, no they would say they have had enough of waste, or perhaps build it right on the A 30 and make a hugh tourist attraction of it. No it does't matter where it goes nobody will welcome it,. And those that do perhaps should get in touch with sita and ask them to build in there back garden”
by Tom, London
Tuesday, March 16 2010, 4:49PM
“Seeing as so many windfarms are turned down because of adverse visual impact I take it that this Incinerator is going to be a replica of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and beautiful to behold or am I just being silly?Farewell Cornwall we won't be holidaying with you again!”
by Stormbringer, Ankh Morpork
Tuesday, March 16 2010, 11:15AM
“Lets follow all the rules regarding waste and build this monster where the most waste is produced and where is that,it's Redruth so who are the NIMBYS now,the protesters opposed to this INCINERATOR have never said put it somewher else they are opposed to INCINERATION full stop.We are now well into the 21st century and Cornwall as ever is doing what it does best that is "Leading the way in going backwards"This is not the answer to Cornwall's waste problem it is a money making plan for SITA for the same reason VIRIDOR want to build one just over the Tamar,open your eyes,never trust a man in a suit!”
by annadl, Truro
Tuesday, March 16 2010, 10:07AM
“@ A. janner. Well Said,”
by A.Janner, Redruth
Monday, March 15 2010, 1:37PM
“This is not about Health Concerns this is about vested local interest protecting their property prices for the future and making the rest of the county pay for it.
If the SIta contract is terminated I personally will be sending my increased Council Tax charges (and they will be massive) to everyone in St Dennis. They can pay the penalty for refusal.
Pirate FM did a great story when this first started. They went to France to talk to locals about living with an Energy from Waste centre. The reporter couldn't find anyone with a word to say against it. The live in close proximity to it and have no health issues
We live in a county that is founded on Granite (think Radon) with massive deposits of various dangerous chemicals left over from mining, add in loads of vehicle fumes from the A30 and we're told by protestors we should be worried about a 21st Century state of the art waste plant?
The rubbish the CERC plant is needed for, is ours! Sita don't make the waste, we and our many tourists do.. So the first step should be to get more people recycling, if they don't recycle, then tax them.
I bet St Dennis isn't leading the way in recycling, if they were maybe we'd sympathise, but it's just another case of nimbyism.”