The waste managment firm Sita -who are contracted to deal with Cornwall's waste and recycling- are currently in the middle of a planning appeal with Cornwall Council. The French firm sought planning permission for an energy from waste incinerator in St Dennis. This was opposed by a local campaign group
St Dennis Anti Incinerator Group. Cornwall Council rejected the planning application over health concerns and the size of the project, Sita appealed this decision. At the moment this appeal is winding up and as the West Briton reported on
September the eighth:
"Closing statements by all parties will be heard at the planning inquiry from October 5 to 7 in the One Stop Shop Council Offices in Penwinnick Road. The final decision is not expected to be made until Autumn 2011."
This same impression can be gleaned from the local councillor Dick Cole's
blog and from the Cornwall Council website
page about the appeal. However this does not seem to coincide with Sita's actions who have on the 23.9.2010 opened the project
to public tender. An
article in the Construction Enquirer explains about the planning appeal:
"Sita is currently appealing against a decision by councillors in March 2009 to refuse planning permission and expects a decision shortly."
Really am puzzled, will the decision be made after the appeal or are we kidding ourselves that this planning inquiry is in fact a charade?
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