Comment
Core Strategy Preferred Options (Revised October 2008)
Representation ID: 3758
Received: 12/12/2008
Respondent: The National Trust Rayleigh Mount Local Committee
It is not clear whether this policy would cover the provision of a waste incinerator to generate electricity. If it would apply to such a development, then the policy should specifically state the planning authority's opposition to a waste incinerator.
The problems of waste incineration go far beyond visual impact, and cover long-term health risks and pollution, excessive traffic movements to bring in the waste, and the disposal of the toxic ash from the site, for instance. As such, it cannot be compared with more passive forms of renewable energy generation such as wind turbines.
It is not clear whether this policy would cover the provision of a waste incinerator to generate electricity. If it would apply to such a development, then the policy should specifically state the planning authority's opposition to a waste incinerator.
The problems of waste incineration go far beyond visual impact, and cover long-term health risks and pollution, excessive traffic movements to bring in the waste, and the disposal of the toxic ash from the site, for instance. As such, it cannot be compared with more passive forms of renewable energy generation such as wind turbines.