There
are items in there which I need to bring to your attention.
Contamination
has been 'scoped out' of the report - that means it's not being considered.
From
what I understand this is because the landowner, TATA, says that this land
isn't contaminated.
I
want much more than somebody's word that land around here isn't
contaminated. I want proof - independent evidence to show us for sure
that there's no toxic materials buried beneath Brookfield Plantation.
People
who previously worked for British Steel claim that all sorts was buried
there. We don't want a repeat of the
birth defects that occurred when contaminated land was dug up.
Also,
the new paperwork discusses another renewable energy generation facility
processing waste in the 'Resource Recovery Park'.
So
despite the developer insisting that it isn't a waste plant, plans definitely
include one - it's there in s4.3.8 of the Environmental Report.
With
NCC having already granted planning permission for a gasification plant on
Gretton Brook Road, and a pyrolysis plant and an anaerobic digester at Shelton
Road, that would bring us a total of FOUR waste plants just in Corby.
There
are health concerns surrounding these waste plants, from their emissions and
also the increased HGV traffic transporting the waste.
Depending
on which way the wind is blowing and routes taken by the lorries, the emissions
potentially affect a large number of people living in Corby, Gretton, Priors
Hall, Deene, Weldon, Rockingham, Great
Oakley and Stanion.
But
the bottom line is, how can this development ever be in the interests of the
environment, as is being claimed? To
create it 120 acres of trees - equivalent in size to 70 football pitches - will
be destroyed; this is a designated wildlife site, home to numerous rare and
protected species.
Please
e-mail planning.services@corby.gov.uk or write to Corby Borough Council by 16th
October 2014 to let them know your opposition before it's too late. Thank you.
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