Cardiff Bay Incinerator - public meeting, Sat 7th Feb

[llantwit]

Went this - was pretty ickle, really. But not bad for a lunchtime jobby, and the echo were there with a hack and a snapper.

 

[lewislewis]

Does anyone have any more info on Friends of the Earth backing the sterecycle/steam cooker option?

 

[llantwit]

News coverage of the FOE demo in the Echo:

Protestors fight planned incinerator site in heart of city

Mar 12 2009 by Andrew Dagnell, South Wales Echo

THE heat was turned up on plans to build an incinerator in the heart of Cardiff yesterday.

Protesters gathered outside City Hall before a planning committee meeting, promising to fight the proposed £1bn development in Splott.

Waste management firm Viridor, backed by Cardiff City directors Mike Hall and Paul Guy, had hoped to get the go-ahead for the plant, which will burn 350,000 tonnes of rubbish a year.

But the decision was deferred until next month, so the committee could visit the proposed site at Trident Park and another incinerator in Colnbrook, near Slough.

Moments before the meeting, Friends of the Earth Cymru members living in the site’s surrounding area waved placards and banners and donned gas masks to show their disapproval.

Cardiff University lecturer Andy Williams, 31, of Adamsdown, said: “As a resident, I’m concerned that this is going to be on my doorstep.

“I’ve just had a son and he’s one month old. The thought that he is going to be growing up breathing in heightened levels of toxins and impurities is awful.

“There are better and greener solutions.”

[snip]

 

[Udo Erasmus]

Stop the Cardiff Incinerator

On Wednesday 15 April, Cardiff councillors are planning to decide whether or not a massive incinerator can be built between Splott and Cardiff Bay.

If they say yes, it will burn waste from across south Wales. This would mean more pollution, more lorries in Cardiff and more waste of valuable resources.

Show your opposition.

Join the peaceful demonstration before the planning committee meeting. Meet at 1.30 pm on Wednesday 15 April at the front entrance of City Hall in Cathays Park.

Bring placards, gas-masks, family and friends!

Make sure your councillors know how you feel.

For more information go to www.foecardiff.co.uk/incinerator

 

[spacemonkey]

There are better and greener solutions

Any ideas what these are? Apart from the autoclave mentioned previously?

Obviously 'produce less waste in the first place' is the main answer trotted out. But it takes time for society to change, we're already far behind our Landfill Directive targets and face heavy fines from the EU.

Although there are no mechanisms through the power companies for residents to get cheap leccy. Could there not be a one-off payment to compensate?

 

[Col_Buendia]

Good news on the incinerator front. In a rare display of independence of thought, free from bribery by Big Bizniz, Cardiff Council's planning committee has apparently rejected Viridor's proposal to build the incinerator.
http://www.letsrecycle.com/do/ecco....217&listitemid=52866&section=waste_management

Walesonline reported it as "suicide" - keeping up their one-sided coverage of the issue:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/2009/0...al-could-be-a-costly-decision-91466-24110209/


But on the other hand, they did manage earlier to print an unbelievably one-sided article which basically amounted to a free piece of public bullying from Viridor about what they'd do if they didn't get their way on this one:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...-incinerator-plan-is-rejected-91466-23997284/

So, is this the end of Viridor's plans, or shall we have round two?

 

[ddraig]

it'll be going somewhere else not too far in South Wales imo 'job creation in these difficult times' etc

sterecycle, another big autoclave waste project in Cardiff had something approved this week

A LOW-POLLUTING waste plant has emerged as a rival to the controversial incinerators proposed as a long-term solution to South Wales’ waste crisis.

Waste management firm Sterecycle has submitted multi-million-pound plans to Cardiff Council for a giant steam pressure cooker to turn waste into a biomass fuel.

The plant – known as an autoclave – would only be the second of its kind working in the world today following the firm’s plant in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

It could take up to 200,000 tonnes of waste a year – around the total figure that the five South Wales local authorities working together to find a long-term solution to dwindling landfill space estimate they will need to dispose of.

A spokesman for the firm said the proposed plant in Trowbridge would bid for a contract, dubbed Project Green, to deal with a third of the municipal waste produced in Cardiff, Caerphilly, the Vale of Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Newport.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/c...on-city-s-incinerator-project-91466-23096879/
and the pr guff

Sterecycle, a leading UK waste recycling technology company, is pleased to announce that it has been granted planning consent to build and operate a major new recycling plant at Wentloog, near Cardiff in Wales that will divert “black bag” household waste and unsorted commercial refuse from landfill.

Approval for the plant was given by Cardiff Council and paves the way for
an investment of up to £50 million by the Company, creating 60 new long-term jobs for plant operators as well as employment for more than 100 during the construction phase. The plant, expected to commence commercial operations in spring 2011, will provide a clean alternative to mass burn incineration, a contentious local issue, as a means to achieving the UK’s obligations under the EU Landfill Directive.

http://www.pr-inside.com/sterecycle-secures-planning-consent-for-r1376189.htm

 

[penderyn2000]

Hey Col B, fancy coming round for a celebratory drink?

 

[shygirl]

Fantastic news, guys. Well done!

 

[ddraig]

not so good news with the permit being granted today
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-11692083

The Environment Agency has given the final go-ahead for a controversial incinerator in Cardiff.

The £150m waste-to-energy plant in Splott, Cardiff required an environmental permit.

The agency had wanted to assess the original advice it was given about the potential health impact. A campaign group of residents opposed the plant.

Operator Viridor said it hopes to start building work next year, with the plant fully operational by mid-2014

Campaigners had said the agency based its original advice on partial evidence.

 

[teqniq]

Who is in charge of planning in Cardiff?

Are the elected councillors in charge of planning in Cardiff or Viridor?

Viridor started building their incinerator in August 2012 without having met all the planning conditions set by Cardiff Council.

After months of fruitless attempts to get Cardiff Council to stop them building, The solicitors of Cardiff Against the Incinerator (CATI) sent a legal letter to Cardiff Council asking them to enforce the planning rules by issuing a Stop Notice to Viridor.

Cardiff Council the Planning Department have now replied saying they will "consider taking appropriate enforcement action", that "an officers report will be prepared and the matter reported to the appropriate committee". They say that "the Council does not consider it appropriate to require Viridor to stop work while the matter of enforcement is being considered".

In other words the officers have no intention of stopping Viridor unless they are forced to do so by the planning committee, or by a legal injunction taken out by CATI.....

please follow the link above for a form letter and a list of councilors to email

 

[teqniq]

Also I received the following via email the other day, if anyone is inclined to register an objection:

Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995

______________________________________________________________________

Proposal: THE ERECTION OF AN ENERGY FROM WASTE FACILITY TO INCLUDE A COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANT, PRE-TREATMENT/RECYCLING FACILITY, INCINERATOR BOTTOM ASH RECYCLING AND ANCILLARY OFFICES AT TRIDENT PARK, GLASS AVENUE, OFF OCEAN WAY, CARDIFF.

Location: Land at Trident Park, Glass Avenue,Cardiff

Applicant: Viridor Waste Management Limited

_______________________________________________________________________



I give notice that the above applicant has made the following subsequent applications to Cardiff County Council as the relevant planning authority in respect of the discharge of the following conditions in order to carry out the above development for which planning permission was granted on the 29 June 2010, which is accompanied by an Environmental Statement and which was granted subject to conditions and to the completion of a section 106 agreement:




Condition Number: Date of Applications

2 (Samples of Materials):
3 (Risk of Contamination):
4 (Verification Report):
7 (Ground Gas Protection):
10 (Piling):
11 (Drainage Details):
12 (Archaeology):

13 (Loading, Unloading and Parking Within Site):
14 (Cycle Parking):
15 (Details of Roads):
16 (Construction Management):
17 (Landscaping):
19 (Construction of Site Enclosure):
20 (External Lighting):
21 (Aviation Warning Lights):
24 (Green Roof):
9 November 2011, 19 March 2012 & 16 May 2012;
7 & 9 February 2012;
19 March 2012, 13 and 19 July 2012 ;
16 November 2011;
31 January 2012;
9 February 2012, 20 April 2012, 6 & 28 June 2012;
9 November 2011, 16 May 2012, 28 June 2012 & 2 July
2012;
21 March 2012;
16 January 2012;
9 February 2012, 20 April 2012, 6 & 28 June 2012;
26 March 2012;
9 November 2011;
22 March 2012;
9 November 2011;
22 March 2012;
9 November 2011.



Further information or any other information is available in relation to the Environmental Statement, which has already been provided, and a non-technical summary of the subsequent applications.



You may inspect copies of the subsequent applications, the plans, the Environmental Statement, the further information or any other information (“the documents”) at the Council’s offices at Development Management, City Development, City Hall, Cardiff CF10 3ND during normal office hours from 8.30 am to 4.45 pm Monday to Thursday and until 4.15 pm on Fridays until 21 days from the date of this publication. Please quote the application reference number located at the top of the letter to reception staff. You will not necessarily be able to see a Planning Officer without an appointment.
You may obtain copies of the documents from the above Council offices at a charge of 50p for 3 no. A4 sheets (10p each thereafter) and copies of the environmental statement from Will Ryan, SLR Consultancy Ltd, Fulmer House, Beignon Close, Ocean Way, Cardiff CF24 5HF so long as stocks last at a charge of £500 for a hard copy and £5 for an electronic copy (CD). The documents may also be viewed online at http://planning.cardiff.gov.uk/online-applications.
Please tell the owner of your property about the proposal if you are a tenant, or other occupiers if you share a property.

Please write to me within 21 days of the date of this letter if you have any comments about the further information or any other information that you wish the Council to take into account before a decision is made. Please note that your letter will be open to public inspection. Due to time and resource constraints, planning officers are not able to acknowledge receipt of correspondence or to respond in writing to any comments or queries made. You should enclose a stamped addressed envelope if you wish to be informed of the decision.


Yours faithfully



Phil Williams

HEAD OF PLANNING



PLEASE REPLY TO: Development Management, City Development, City Hall, Cardiff, CF10 3ND (e-mail : [email protected]) (internet: www.cardiff.gov.uk/dc)



This correspondence can be provided in the Welsh Language upon request / Pe dymunir mae'r cyfatebiaeth yma ar gael yn y Gymraeg.[/quote}

 

[teqniq]

Had this by email today:

CATI and our lawyers have found formal errors in the new 'consultation'; as we wait for the Council to correct them, the 26th December deadline for responses is invalid. But we'd like our supporters to write/e-mail back short responses, using points below.
Most important is that the Council conceded in response to our lawyers' deadline, that 'enforcement' to stop Viridor is on the Agenda for the 9th January Planning C'ttee Meeting.
We have to pay for our lawyers so far and expect they'll have to take legal action after 9th January. They set us to raise £3000 (not as much as other groups). CATI would be most grateful for donations, as below, and will need to fundraise further in the New Year
Points to make in responding
1. welcome the prospect of the Council taking enforcement action to halt Viridor's unlawful building works
2. note that Viridor's 23rd Nov. responses do not address all the issues raised by the consultants Atkins (on the paper file but not the e-file), particularly that potentially hazardous bottom ash could not be processed as the planning consent requires, and that health hazards of fugitive dust from processing/handling the bottom ash have not been assessed.
3. note the site is in a flood-risk zone (B - low risk) and Viridor accepts there's a risk of storm flooding, contrary to the officers' report that flooding is not an issue.
4. point out possible impact on the Severn Estuary resulting from accidental discharges has not been assessed,despite legal requirements, including flooding of the incinerator site
5. point out the Council's letter to Viridor (2nd November, wrongly omitted from the e-file) said the Council would require responses based on the Atkins analysis, but responses on hazardous bottom ash and dust blown from this ash are not available
6. say the Council should formally write to Viridor demanding full responses and defer determination of the Subsequent Applications.

Responses to Cardiff Council, Development Manager, City Hall CF10 3ND].
E-responses to [email protected]; view documents on-line (no easy read!) athttp://planning.cardiff.gov.uk/online-applications/ ref. 10/00149/E, Trident Park.