WP2
Chairman, LA
Moore, Steps Down
Following
the £41,500 fine imposed by the Environment Agency, Les Moore, chairman
of WP2 Ltd, is “relinquishing his executive responsibilities”
because of “ill health”
according to WP2 spokesman Richard Storey.
WEPG
is concerned by the relationship that exists between WP2 and L A Moore
Ltd who will provide a significant amount of waste for the proposed WP2
pyrolysis co-incinerator. Mr L A Moore himself has a 36% stake in WP2.
The potential implications of this link and that fact that L A Moore Ltd
were fined for breaching the Environmental Protection Act 1990 are
alarming.
LA
Moore Ltd Fined £41,500 for Illegal Dumping of Controlled Waste
LA
Moore of Old Railway Yard, Haybridge, Wells, Somerset, admitted three
offences, two of depositing waste without a waste management licence and
one of not having the necessary transfer notes and proper paperwork for
moving waste.
The
waste was dumped on farmland at Shepton Mallet and at their premises at
the Old Railway Yard at Wells, which is the proposed site of the WP2
pyrolysis co-incinerator.
WEPG
have campaigned for the authorities to regulate the activities of L A
Moore Ltd effectively, and have opposed the development of the site as a
hazardous waste pyrolysis co-incinerator.
WEPG
hope that the Environment Agency will consider fully the implications of
the management of such a co-incineration facility by WP2, now that they
are reviewing the company's application for an IPPC permit. It should be
noted that there is an overlap in personnel between the company that has
been fined and WP2 who intend to operate the co-incinerator - the WP2
chairman is believed to still be none other than L A Moore himself!
Fore
more information please visit the Environment
Agency's website and the online version of the Western
Daily Press.
WP2
IPPC Application (4
Oct 2007)
WP2
have applied to the Environment Agency for the Integrated
Pollution Prevention Control (IPPC). WEPG is awaiting their
comments. IPPC
is a regulatory system to ensure that industry adopts an integrated
approach to pollution control to achieve a high level of protection for
the environment and human health.
First
Test Of Possible Planning Blight From Pyrolysis Plant (21 April 2007)
A planning
application for 12 affordable houses has just been made on a greenfield
site in Wookey village by a housing association. This is on land
presently owned by Somerset County Council, part of holdings south of
the waste-processing site nominally valued at some £9m and intended for
housing development and a new school. This application site is one mile
southwest of the proposed pyrolysis plant and within the orbit of
emissions on settlements.
For the duration of
the Phase 1 operation of the waste plant all emissions exceeding
government air quality limits will be outside the control of any
regulatory authority. WEPG believes that such a development is imprudent
and should not be proposed for housing by a responsible housing
association. Irrespective of the nature of any perceived emissions the
fact that a potential emissions threat exists is sufficient to cause
concern.
Please register your
objections/comments on the Mendip
District Council planning website. Click here
to go to planning application number 119620/000. Click on Make a
comment on this application, which will bring up an online form
allowing an objection/comments to be registered.
Regulatory
Board Approve WP2's Plans (3 April 2007)
Somerset
County Council's Regulatory Board have approved WP2's plans to build the
pyrolysis plant at Haybridge by eight votes to three despite overwhelming
local opposition, the commercially unproven nature of the process, the
increase in A371 HGVs and the close proximity to residents. Among those
who opposed it were:
Read
comment from residents and local papers here.
Regulatory
Board Meeting for the WP2 Application Announced (30 March 2007)
The
long-awaited WP2 pyrolysis application will be heard by the Regulatory
Board on Tues 3 April 2007. The meeting will take place at 2.30 pm at Crispin School, Church Road, Street.
Please
note: The meeting venue has been changed from County Hall because of
issues concerning the distance which people will have to travel in order to come to Taunton to express their views on
this planning application.
WEPG
are running a coach for those wishing to attend the meeting. Pickup
points are: Wookey Hole Caves car park at 1.30pm; Haybridge at
the bus stop on the A371 at 1.35pm; and from Wells bus station at 1.40pm
for a £2 return fare. Telephone 01458 673032 for tickets.
Somerset
County Council planning officer, Bob Mills, is recommending to the
planning committee that the application be agreed with conditions.
Parish
Council to Lobby for Decision Meeting to be Held at Wells
St
Cuthbert Out Parish Council, which incorporates Haybridge, is lobbying
Somerset County Council to hold its planning committee meeting closer to
the proposed site, instead of in Taunton as usual.
Civic
Leaders Reject Wp2 Plant Proposal
The
company behind the controversial plans for a pyrolysis plant at
Haybridge, near Wells, have failed to convince civic leaders to back the
proposal. Read the report from the Wells Journal.
Burning
Issue Returning to the Agenda
The
building of a "pyrolysis co-incinerator" at Haybridge is
unfortunately on the agenda once again after the summer interval. Read
what Dr Zac Watkins has to say in his letter to the Wells Journal this
week (7 Sep 2006).
LibDem
MP Attacks Incinerator Plan
Simon
Hughes has joined the campaign to halt plans for the controversial
incinerator at Haybridge. Read
this cutting from the Mendip Messenger.
Mendip
District Council Rejects WP2
District
councillors voted to reject WP2's application when they met on 28 Feb. Read
more in this clipping from the Fosse
Way Magazine.
Pyrolysis
Plan Fails To Win Backing
Plans
for a pyrolysis plant at Haybridge have failed to win the support of
local councillors. This week Wells City Council voted to object to the
proposal ... read
more
Objection
deadline extended
Somerset
County Council has delayed the closing date for objection letters to
WP2's pyrolysis plant until 19 January 2006 because of expected postal
delays over the Christmas period.
However,
letters of objection may still be sent prior to the Regulatory Board
planning meeting later this year. So please keep sending your letters!
