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  • Waste Core Strategy Hearing Ends - for now Hearing Conclusion The public hearing on Gloucestershire County Council's Waste Core Strategy came to an end last week.  Here is an update following its closure and some reflections. The Council have now been sent away to make some "main modifications" to the document. In essence, certain parts of the strategy as currently defined mean that it is not "sound" and so cannot be adopted. Therefore the Council must now rework certain parts of it. There will then be a further meeting on March 12th. Here the inspector will consider the modifications made by the Council. If he agrees to those that are made the WCS will be approved but the Council will need to consult on it again. Depending ...
    Posted 15 Feb 2012 05:24 by planning users
  • Breaking News - Planning Application Submitted The planning application for the Javelin Park incinerator has been submitted by Urbaser Balfour Beatty to Gloucestershire County Council. It will appear on the council's website shortly.   This is an absolutely key event and commences the next and most important phase of our opposition to the plans to date. A huge amount of work starts now. We will scrutinise the application, which will contain large amounts of detail not previously available. By doing this and enlisting expert assistance we will formulate a comprehensive objection to the application.   The application itself must be considered objectively on planning grounds by the Waste Planning Authority (a different part of the council to that running the incinerator project). It is expected that the ...
    Posted 8 Feb 2012 14:05 by planning users
  • News from WCS Hearing - Final Week GlosVAIN and other campaign groups spent yesterday trying to persuade the Inspector undertaking the examination of the Waste Core Strategy that an incinerator at Javelin Park would have an unacceptable visual impact.    On Thursday, we shall find out whether he has been convinced by any of our arguments over the past week, and if he will require any changes to the plan which would support our case.        
    Posted 8 Feb 2012 13:12 by planning users
  • News from WCS Hearing - Week 1 Last week saw the first week of a two week "Examination in Public" of Gloucestershire County Council's "Waste Core Strategy" (WCS). The WCS sets out the framework and strategy for dealing with waste in the County, and this examination process sees an independent planning inspector assess whether or not the document is sound.   Last week, GlosVAIN members attended three gruelling "Hearing" sessions. We, along with other groups who are trying to get changes to the WCS made some progress in convincing the Planning Inspector that the Council's predictions on waste figures are unreliable and probably too high. High figures could lead to overcapacity and would affect the business case for the proposed incinerator. The Council are claiming that ...
    Posted 5 Feb 2012 12:45 by planning users
  • Call-in Attempt Unsuccessful as Predicted Protestors, some as young as two, braved the winter cold on Friday 27th Jan to lobby on the steps of Shire Hall whilst the County Council’s Scrutiny Committee met. The committee convened to consider the Liberal Democrat “call-in” of a decision in December to select Urbaser Balfour Beatty as “preferred bidder” to build the council’s incinerator.   Unfortunately, as predicted, the "call-in" attempt was not successful and all challenges were rejected. Voting patterns on the County Council's "Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee" were as per the norm for such occasions and would seem to call into question for many the level of genuine impartial scrutiny at play. Read our full press release on the Press Releases ...
    Posted 30 Jan 2012 14:54 by planning users
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