|
Ward Question - 23rd April 2009 |
Under Standing Order 14, Councillor L.E. Nichols asked the following question:
“In March the High Court quashed the grant of planning permission for an incinerator at Capel in Surrey. What implications does the Cabinet member see the judgement as having for the Charlton site? Does the Council see in the judgement any potential risks to Spelthorne's Development Plan?”
The Cabinet Member for Environment, Councillor G.E. Forsbrey responded as follows:
“Thank you Councillor Nichols for your question. The effect of the High Court judgement dated 5 March was to delete from the adopted Surrey Waste Plan 2008 references to the Clockhouse Brickworks at Capel in Policies WD2 and WD5, together with related references in the Key Diagram, Key Criteria and Site Maps. The decision also quashed the planning permission for an energy from waste plant at Capel. Surrey County Council will now have to reconsider this application having regard to the policies of the amended Waste Plan.
The Surrey Waste Plan remains unaltered apart from the deletion of the references to Capel. As a result, Charlton Lane remains one of thirteen sites identified for the recycling, storage, transfer, materials recovery and processing of waste (including in-vessel composting, but excluding thermal treatment); and one of four sites identified for the thermal treatment of waste. All the same development criteria for any proposed development at Charlton Lane, including the demonstration of very special circumstances relating to development in the Green Belt, would need to be satisfied.
A planning application for the thermal treatment of waste at Trumps Farm, Longcross in Runnymede, is still under consideration by Surrey County Council. It is considered that the Capel decision on its own has no immediate implications for Charlton Lane, and the judgement carries no potential risk to Spelthorne’s Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document, which does not deal with waste or minerals issues.”