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Parish Council: A special meeting of the Parish Council was held last Monday at which the main topic for discussion was the Allerton Waste Recovery Park project.
The Council have sent in a response to the scoping opinion request and some of their main points are summarised as follows:
1.Why is such a controversial scheme of 1.4bn proposed when cut backs are being implemented elsewhere?Will it be necessary for the developer to incinerate large amounts of commercial and industrial waste because of a shortfall in levels of household waste?
2.Will the contract terms and conditions be varied in future to allow waste from further afield to be brought to the site, because shipping waste in from other counties will obviously have a massive environmental impact on theroad network and surrounding areas?
3.More details on alternative technologies that avoid incineration are requested and evidence of what those alternative technologies are and what they could achieve.
4.The original planning permission for the quarry was only granted on the clear commitment that the land would be restored and landscaped in 2018. If such a planning requirement can be removed, could any planning requirements associated with this development also similarly be removed in future?What restrictions will be put in place to prevent future industrial enlargement and development of the site and ribbon development along the A168?
5.Allerton Castle (Grade 1), Allerton Folly (Grade 2) and Allerton Park and Garden (Grade 2) are all in the immediate surrounding district.
6.What will be predicted noise levels, particularly at night as the incinerator is planned to be in operation 24 hours a day?
7.With regard to light pollution, what measures would be taken to avoid any dome effect?
8.What implications will there be for the health of the residents of Clareton because of increased magnetic levels from electricity generated going through to the Coneythorpe sub station less than 10 metresfrom residences?
9.Has consideration been given to the predicted extra 120 vehicle movements a day, particularly at the time of the Great Yorkshire Show and with the new hotel development at Flaxby? What analysis of the carbon footprint of construction machines, trucks, employees’ vehicles etc has been made?
10.What will happen to the bottom ash if it is deemed not suitable to be used as aggregate? Will it be landfilled, which completely floors the argument for incineration?
11.The report claims that only 1,200 people live in this “sparsely populated” area and this figure needs clarification; according to the 2001 Census, the parishes of Marton cum Grafton and Great Ouseburn both have populations of over 500, Whixley over 700, and Arkendale, Coneythorpe and Clareton Parish Council a population of nearly 400 Will this development have an adverse impact on the farming economy and more general rural economy locally? Will it affect house prices and drive people from local villages?
12.There is concern that this scheme is being promoted as recycling most of what it receives, and that this will give residents of North Yorkshire the belief that they do not have to bother to recycle their own household waste for kerbside?What other measures are going to be taken to improve overall recyclingrates in North Yorkshire?
Parish councillors urgently need to hear your opinions on the proposed development because it is vital that any statements that the council make reflect your views and not their own. Contact details of the councillors are on the local village notice boards and on the Arkendale website.
As a parish councillor, I will welcome communication, verbal or by email, and will gladly pass on any such communication to our chairman and clerk; my details are at the top of this column. If you wish to contact the chairman direct, his details are Peter Topham on 01423 864146.
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