Author:
Joe Margetts (Needs public consideration)
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Date Posted: 18/10/09 20:46:03
At first sight, application 2009/L115/02 for a new household waste and recycling site looks well conceived and well presented.
I do not dispute the need to move the site from its current location in Sileby due to its proximity to residential houses and poor access roads.
I do however wish to comment on some of the issues raised in the planning application.
1: The whole planning application has a very ‘positive spin’ to it. For example it is highlighted in conclusion that 64% of respondents were ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the location of the proposed recycling facility whereas in the pie chart below it is clear that 31% were either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied and this is not referred to at all in conclusion.
2: There is no balance to the weighting of important factors in the effect this is going to have on residents’ quality of life. For example, ‘Access to containers’ appears to be treated with the same importance as ‘location of the proposed site’. No one disputes it is a very nice design of recycling facility but you cannot compare this with the impact to residents of building the facility at the end of their gardens.
3: Reporting that 64% are very satisfied or satisfied with the location does nothing to investigate why 31% were not.
4: My expectation why so many nearby residents are not happy with the location is due to the nature of the products being taken in for recycling:
These include gas in pressurized containers, oils, asbestos, solvents, acids, alkalines, petrochemicals, pesticides, CFC’s, paint inks & resins containing dangerous substances, detergents containing dangerous substances, batteries and accumulators, and fluorescent tubes and other mercury containing waste amongst many others.
5: The site seems to be planned to be connected to the same sewage and storm water drainage system as my family house. The current frequent flooding in the area already causes water to ‘back up’ the open brook at the end of my garden and this is less than 75m from the proposed site. I see nothing in the application to convince me that any provision is made to ensure none of these toxins end up in the brook or any of the number of local wells in the vicinity.
6: Dust: In a simultaneous application by Lafarge Aggregates 2009/1443/02 (Application for determination of conditions, Review of Mineral Permission) it can be seen that air quality and particularly dust are already a concern with regard to the residential area of Hawcliffe Road. Averaging 202.5mg/m2/day and peaking at a maximum of 322.2mg/m2/day when by Lafarges own research typical deposits should be expected to be 30-80 mg/m2/day in a suburban area and only 80-160mg/m2/day in the city centre or heavy industrial areas.
However, the Air Quality assessment for the construction of the new waste site puts the dust caused by construction alone to be in the medium category stating that there would be significant increases in soiling rates leading to an economic cost.
It seems no correlation has been made regarding the cumulative impact of the two applications nor of the new waste site application in regard to the existing Lafarge operations.
It is for these reasons that I wish it to be noted that I object strongly to this application and consider it to be ill conceived and not sufficiently finished to proceed.
I would also like to highlight the other more obvious issues of:
1/ Traffic: Especially in regard to the illegal but unchallenged parking at the Quorn Car Boot sale during peak times. I appreciate the road was designed and built to account for disproportionately high HGV usage but the appalling standard of driving and parking will be even more dangerous if vans, trailers and overloaded vehicles are attempting to access the Granite Way site through this Sunday maelstrom of cars accessing the Car Boot sale.
2/ Noise: Waste compactors are not quiet in operation, even electric ones, so I am not convinced enough has been done to ensure the efficiency of the suggested noise screening. There is no evidence of any testing of the effectiveness of the proposed screening in the application. Saturday and Sunday are the only two days on Hawcliffe Road when there is not an ambient background noise from the quarry coating plants and it would be upsetting to have this noise replaced by compactor noise leaving not a single day of peace to residents.
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