URGENT: Appeal from GlosVAIN
Created by sfw in stonehouse…for assistance in leafleting and other PR activities against the incinerator at Javelin Park
Dear Kingsway Residents,
First of all, I would like to thank ‘wayofthekings’ for an excellent informative piece on the proposed mass burn incinerator at Javelin Park in Haresfield on 12th April 2012 (Editors Note: Here). Hopefully most of you are now well aware of the many reasons why the proposed incinerator should never be built.
As a mother-of-two, resident in Stonehouse, I am also very, very concerned that we may not prevent the incinerator being built next year if there are not enough Gloucestershire residents opposing this officially.
If you have not already done so, please send in a letter of objection to the planning application submitted by Urbaser Balfour Beatty, or object on-line via the GlosVAIN website or directly via the Gloucestershire County Council website as soon as possible. When I spoke to Ben Gilpin, the Senior Planning Officer of the Planning & Development Unit at Shire Hall on Monday 16th April, he confirmed that the original deadline of 17th April has been extended to Monday 21st May 2012. All objections submitted up to the new deadline of 21st May will definitely to be considered by the County Council Planning Committee. Furthermore, the Planning Committee must also consider any relevant objections raised after that date, as long as the objections are submitted before the Planning Committee meeting which determines the outcome of the planning application (Original determination date was in June, but this may now be postponed – possibly to late Summer or the Autumn).
For further information, you may wish to visit either or both of the websites below:
www.glosvain.info … www.gloucestershire-against-incinerators.org.uk
I am writing to appeal, on behalf of both anti-incinerator groups, GlosVAIN, and GlosAIN, for assistance in leafleting and other PR activities, particularly in Gloucester. We have had many volunteers assisting us in Stroud, Stonehouse, Quedgeley etc. but it has not been easy to find assistance in Gloucester city itself. There is a tentative plan to put up a small stand and banner at The Cross in Gloucester during a Farmers Market on a Friday, sometime over the next 4 weeks. In recent weeks, we have successfully obtained a few hundred signed standard letters of objection by asking members of the general public outside Tesco’s in Quedgeley & the Farmers Market in Stroud to sign letters of objection for submission to GCC. If nothing else, these signed standard letters of objection help show GCC the strength of local opposition to this unpopuler £500m project.
If you are able to assist in any way, please contact GlosVAIN as soon as possible by email: pr@glosvain.info
Best wishes,
Concerned resident in Stonehouse
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April 30th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Stroud District Council’s Development Control Committee opposed these plans in their meeting of April 24th 2012, listing the following key issues:
The full report is available here.
May 16th, 2012 at 9:25 am
GlosVAIN Newsletter, 8/5/12
Here is the latest news from GlosVAIN on opposition to the mass burn incinerator planned for Javelin Park.
News Updates
Recent prominent objections
Over the last week or so a number of prominent objections to the incinerator plans have been put forth, which is good news:
Wider Objections Status
710 public comments are currently registered on the County Councils website, of which we expect the vast majority will be objections, a large proportion of which having originated from our face to face, postal and online signature gathering initiatives.
Meanwhile within the ranks of GlosVAIN we are currently busy putting together further objection arguments for submission to the County Council in due course.
Timescales
The official target date for the decision on the planning application remains 25th June. However, it is quite conceivable that this date gets put back to later in the year. A key factor is that the County Council still hasn’t had its overall waste strategy (the ‘Waste Core Strategy’) approved by the independent inspector.
Campaign Updates
New Campaign Video
We have produced a new campaign video – “The Proposed Gloucestershire Incinerator” It is intended to put across the case against the incinerator in one hit, covering the key arguments. We hope that it will help win over people that may not currently be aware of the issue, or that are undecided, and give rise to some more objections. We’d appreciate your help in passing on the link!
Eco Poster Competition
The deadline for submissions for the Eco Poster Project we launched for young people as part of our Schools Campaign is almost here. Posters should be submitted by 11th May and entrants will be put in for a prize draw with a chance to win tickets to Slimbridge WWT. We’d really love for some more of you to unleash your creativity and to send in a poster asap!
New “Causes” Page – Stop Incineration in Gloucestershire
We have set up new “cause” via the causes.com website called Stop Incineration in Gloucestershire. You can join it here and then invite friends to join… Other campaigns have had a lot of success in building support via this route and we hope it can help us too.
Thanks for reading and for your ongoing support!
Regards
GlosVAIN