The Waste Incinerator planning application has gone to appeal and there is a very real threat of an incinerator being built in our Green Belt despite it being refused by Surrey County Council.
This is serious. 70% of Incinerators are permitted on appeal, so the community must be prepared to fight again and bring everything they have to fight this appeal.
There are two important meetings coming up which the public can attend.
The "No Elmbridge Waste Incinerator Group" (NEWIG) will be holding a meeting to discuss the appeal, with a view to fighting this application which local people do not want, especially with its impact on the Green Belt.
The meeting will be held:-
Date: Tuesday 14th January 2014 at 6:30pm
Venue: Silvermere Golf Club, Redhill Road, Cobham, KT11 1EF
Please let the organisers know if you are able to attend by emailing: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The Public Enquiry Appeal is due to take place at 10am on Tuesday 4th March 2014 at County Hall, Penryn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2DY.
For more details of these meetings and the impact of a Gasification Incinerator, please visit the NEWIG website at www.noelmbridgewasteincinerator.co.uk
An application to build a wood burning gasification incinerator (Biomass Plant) on Green Belt land in Redhill Road, near Silvermere has gone to appeal. This small scale power station which is only 1.5 miles west from the centre of Cobham would generate 2.5 megawatts of electricity an hour by burning 30,000 tonnes of imported wood each year.
The campaign group "No Elmbridge Waste Incinerator" successfully fought the original application which resulted in both the Elmbridge Borough Council and the Surrey County Council refusing the application. The group is working hard to oppose the appeal and has applied for rule six status which means it can take on the developer SAS Waste Ltd at a similar level which gives it more chance of defeating the appeal. The date for comments from interested parties has now closed (5 Dec 2013) with the appeal due to be considered on the 4th March 2014.
The plan was originally rejected on the grounds that the applicant had failed to demonstrate a "very special circumstance" which would outweigh harm to the Green Belt.
Read more: Gasification Incinerator near Cobham has gone to Appeal