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To: Monmouthshire County Council
Say NO to the Usk Valley Incinerator
Refuse consent for the planning application DM/2018/01641 which would lead to the operation of a waste incinerator/power station in a rural area.
Why is this important?
Monmouthshire County Council is dealing with an application to create a waste incinerator/power station to operate in a rural location near the River Usk (at Trostrey Court, near Llancayo). The incinerator would take waste wood, and refuse-derived fuel, including plastic. The plans involve three chimneys, 17 metres high (more than 55 feet).
Despite there being a climate change emergency, and the fact that official assessments have indicated that there are enough incinerators in this area to deal with our own waste, the plan is to develop an industrial scale power station on green fields in the Usk valley.
Many issues still remain unclear - visual impact, noise, pollution, health, air flows – but many are all too clear: truck-loads of waste will be brought down country lanes to feed a polluting, C02-emitting power plant.
The current application, part of a scheme expanded since 2007 in dribs and drabs, could be presented to a future planning meeting at any time, with objectors getting just 21 days’ notice.
The planning matter is being handled by the case officer, Kate Bingham ([email protected])
The application is ref: DM/2018/01641
Sign our petition to STOP this scheme now before it is too late.
Despite there being a climate change emergency, and the fact that official assessments have indicated that there are enough incinerators in this area to deal with our own waste, the plan is to develop an industrial scale power station on green fields in the Usk valley.
Many issues still remain unclear - visual impact, noise, pollution, health, air flows – but many are all too clear: truck-loads of waste will be brought down country lanes to feed a polluting, C02-emitting power plant.
The current application, part of a scheme expanded since 2007 in dribs and drabs, could be presented to a future planning meeting at any time, with objectors getting just 21 days’ notice.
The planning matter is being handled by the case officer, Kate Bingham ([email protected])
The application is ref: DM/2018/01641
Sign our petition to STOP this scheme now before it is too late.
