Bristol and Cornwall Together on Environmentally Friendly and Cheaper Waste Disposal Technologies
March 27, 2009 7:22 AM
Like Bristol City Council's Lib Dems, County councillors have thrown out plans for an incinerator to be built in mid Cornwall to deal with their waste. At a meeting of the council's planning committee councillors rejected the plans for the Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre which was to be built at a site in St Dennis near St Austell.
A report from senior planning officers had recommended the plans for approval but county councillor Jackie Bull put forward an alternative proposal to refuse permission. When put to the vote 20 councillors voted in favour of refusal with one against and one abstaining.
International firm Sita had submitted the plans for the energy from waste plant as part of a contract with the county council to manage residential waste for the next 30 years.
Local residents had formed a campaign group St Dennis Anti Incinerator Group (STIG) which argued that the proposed plant and site were unsuitable.
Speaking at the start of planning meeting, Matthew Taylor MP for Truro and St Austell said to Councillors:
"Since the project was conceived new more environmentally friendly and cheaper technologies have come forward which could be examined if the application was refused. In addition the site at St Dennis on the edge of Goss Moor required an incinerator as it would have to be elsewhere to provide special environmental protection measures, impacting on a huge area of mid-Cornwall."
After the overwhelming decision to refuse the application Matthew Taylor MP said:
"This was clearly the right decision as the overwhelming majority against the application clearly shows. The county should now urgently work to look at cheaper, quicker and more environmentally friendly options for dealing with Cornwall's waste.
"Liberal Democrats at County Hall have done what they always promised they would - listen to the people, scrutinise the pros and cons of the proposal, and come to the right democratic decision. Liberal Democrats are all about listening and democracy and the environment and today we have shown by all three."
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