Loads of Rubbish (Grantham and Stamford Liberal Democrats)

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Loads of Rubbish

February 11, 2012 11:30 AM
By Mick Tinker
Originally published by East Midlands Liberal Democrats

Waste Transfer Station in Gainsborough

Liberal Democrat District and County Councillor Mick Tinker wants to know why Gainsborough Town Council left discussion of a proposed waste transfer station to be built on Heapham Road Industrial Estate in Gainsborough until three working days before the matter was discussed at a Planning Committee Meeting at County Hall, Lincoln.

Gainsborough Town Council were notified of the planning application on 28 November 2011 and have had three council meetings since that date at which the issue did not appear on the agenda. Lincolnshire County Council finally made a presentation to an informal meeting of Gainsborough Town Councillors on 7 February.

Councillor Tinker, who represents the uphill area of Gainsborough, objects to the proposal as it is within a few hundred meters of existing housing.

Mick Tinker says: "Plans have been approved by the District Council to build a further 2500 homes south of Foxby Lane over the next 12 years which is too close to a site that will see some 45,000 tons of rubbish pass in and out each year."

Cllr Tinker also considered that a waste transfer station within the new Somerby Business Park will not help attract the types of business he would like to see come to the town. In his opinion the County Council should consider further other sites they have identified, which are more remote from housing and business parks.