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Campaigners to fight recycle plan to bitter end
8:00am Saturday 14th April 2007
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CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans for a recycling plant in the Worcestershire village of Norton have warned councillors they will fight the proposal to the bitter end - after parishioners agreed to back them financially.
About 120 Norton parishioners voted unanimously to pay an extra 50p a week on their council tax to raise money so an action group could afford to mount a legal challenge if the application were to be approved.
As previously reported by the Worcester News, Mercia Waste Management has applied to build a recycling centre in Woodbury Lane which could process 105,000 tonnes of material annually from Worcestershire and Herefordshire.
The idea has met fierce opposition from people living nearby who fear it will create traffic congestion and cause pollution and noise nuisance. They also believe the plans could eventually lead to the creation of a much bigger plant and say the proposal will devalue their homes.
The vote, by a show of hands, was taken at the annual meeting of Norton Parish Council after a presentation by j-7 waste action group.
Parishioners heard the group would need to raise £95,000 if the decision were subject to a judicial review and hoped to secure £30,000 from a one-off precept (charge) added to the council tax which would see a Band D property paying an extra £110 a year.
The group's chairman Ken Munn said: "I know it's a total travesty that we must raise this money to fight our own council who are already paid by us to act on our behalf and for our benefit."
Residents were told the group was investigating ways to raise more money through donations and had written to ask the nearby parishes if they would consider a similar precept.
A decision on whether to impose the precept will be taken at a parish council meeting later this month.
Residents also heard they may have more support after Wychavon District Councillor Paul Middleborough, who lives in the parish, said Wychavon could consider a legal bid if the plan was approved.
Speaking after the meeting, Norton resident Alan Yates said: "We are prepared to fight with the action group and do our best to stop it.
"It's such a lovely little village and I wouldn't like to see it spoiled."
The planning application will be considered by Worcestershire County Council on Tuesday, May 15.
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carolfarrell, worcestershire says...
7:12pm Sat 14 Apr 07
Ravaged.
realist, says...
9:27pm Sat 14 Apr 07
Very "green" and a perfect example of "joined up thinking"....NOT!!!
realist, says...
9:27pm Sat 14 Apr 07
Very "green" and a perfect example of "joined up thinking"....NOT!!!
Liz Carnell, Harrogate says...
9:47pm Sat 14 Apr 07
Liz Carnell, Harrogate says...
9:47pm Sat 14 Apr 07
D, Worcester says...
4:51pm Sun 15 Apr 07
D, Worcester says...
4:51pm Sun 15 Apr 07
OMG, Worcester says...
7:44pm Sun 15 Apr 07
OMG, Worcester says...
7:44pm Sun 15 Apr 07
NIMBY, says...
8:20pm Sun 15 Apr 07
Can`t you see that calling someone a NIMBY is the latest fashion among the odiously smug dimwits who have too much power in today`s Britain?
What is wrong with being sensibly concerned to protect what you love and cherish about your immediate environment?
Let`s guess that if it was a case of the Marsh Arabs or Kalahari Bushmen protecting their turf our creepy,smug,Dunce would be shouting support from the rooftops!
Prat!
NIMBY, says...
8:20pm Sun 15 Apr 07
Can`t you see that calling someone a NIMBY is the latest fashion among the odiously smug dimwits who have too much power in today`s Britain?
What is wrong with being sensibly concerned to protect what you love and cherish about your immediate environment?
Let`s guess that if it was a case of the Marsh Arabs or Kalahari Bushmen protecting their turf our creepy,smug,Dunce would be shouting support from the rooftops!
Prat!
D, Worcester says...
9:08pm Sun 15 Apr 07
D, Worcester says...
9:08pm Sun 15 Apr 07
Chris Morag, says...
11:21pm Sun 15 Apr 07
Chris Morag, says...
11:21pm Sun 15 Apr 07
D, says...
11:39pm Sun 15 Apr 07
I`m so despised by my family and everyone around me that it will serve them all right to have the inconvenience!
Anything to avoid being called a NIMBY by every brainless wally on the Web!
D, says...
11:39pm Sun 15 Apr 07
I`m so despised by my family and everyone around me that it will serve them all right to have the inconvenience!
Anything to avoid being called a NIMBY by every brainless wally on the Web!
Perdiswell resident, Worcester says...
10:46am Mon 16 Apr 07
I live on the Blanquettes estate, and trying to exit the estate onto Bilford Road on a Saturday morning or Bank Holiday is a nightmare, as there is more often then not 4 lanes of traffic and queues to get into the tip blocking the road. Then add to this the fact that they start moving the skips around before 8 in the morning, creating the load squeal of grinding metal!
We tried to stop the extension of the Bilford Road waste site, but that made no difference.
Perdiswell resident, Worcester says...
10:46am Mon 16 Apr 07
I live on the Blanquettes estate, and trying to exit the estate onto Bilford Road on a Saturday morning or Bank Holiday is a nightmare, as there is more often then not 4 lanes of traffic and queues to get into the tip blocking the road. Then add to this the fact that they start moving the skips around before 8 in the morning, creating the load squeal of grinding metal!
We tried to stop the extension of the Bilford Road waste site, but that made no difference.
John Wilson, says...
1:21pm Mon 16 Apr 07
John Wilson, says...
1:21pm Mon 16 Apr 07
realist, says...
10:21pm Mon 16 Apr 07
I suppose we could raise new issues rather than just react to items in the WN,though.
realist, says...
10:21pm Mon 16 Apr 07
I suppose we could raise new issues rather than just react to items in the WN,though.
John Wilson, Worcester News says...
12:49pm Tue 17 Apr 07
John Wilson, Worcester News says...
12:49pm Tue 17 Apr 07
Andrew Guy, Whittington says...
1:40pm Tue 17 Apr 07
Does the premise of the need for such a plant stand up to scrutiny and if so then what alternative sites might exist? (other than what is a brownfield site well away from any major centres of population with existing industrial development alongside and reasonable infrastructure access).
I must confess I'm troubled by the tendancy of some nimby campaigners to co-opt a mandate (for example the prominent signs declaring whole villages to be of one mind).
The heat needs to be taken out of the arguments and a rational debate encouraged on this and many other land-use decisons like it in and around Worcester.
Andrew Guy, Whittington says...
1:40pm Tue 17 Apr 07
Does the premise of the need for such a plant stand up to scrutiny and if so then what alternative sites might exist? (other than what is a brownfield site well away from any major centres of population with existing industrial development alongside and reasonable infrastructure access).
I must confess I'm troubled by the tendancy of some nimby campaigners to co-opt a mandate (for example the prominent signs declaring whole villages to be of one mind).
The heat needs to be taken out of the arguments and a rational debate encouraged on this and many other land-use decisons like it in and around Worcester.
realist, says...
2:29pm Tue 17 Apr 07
The debate you call for would work best in an atmosphere of trust and openess,and the sad fact is people have rumbled that Government in Britain is too often about stitching us up to suit interests which have no connection with our area or even British interests of any kind.Who or what have the Blair years really been about?I can`t see what we have gained!
realist, says...
2:29pm Tue 17 Apr 07
The debate you call for would work best in an atmosphere of trust and openess,and the sad fact is people have rumbled that Government in Britain is too often about stitching us up to suit interests which have no connection with our area or even British interests of any kind.Who or what have the Blair years really been about?I can`t see what we have gained!
Chris Morag, Littlweworth says...
9:52pm Wed 18 Apr 07
Chris Morag, Littlweworth says...
9:52pm Wed 18 Apr 07
realist, says...
8:02pm Thu 19 Apr 07
We have allowed criminals and terrorists to make mincemeat of us,at our expense,for too long,so what about the human rights of those who work,pay taxes and obey the law? When is the system going to consider us for a change?
realist, says...
8:02pm Thu 19 Apr 07
We have allowed criminals and terrorists to make mincemeat of us,at our expense,for too long,so what about the human rights of those who work,pay taxes and obey the law? When is the system going to consider us for a change?
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carolfarrell, worcestershire says...
7:12pm Sat 14 Apr 07
Ravaged.