BCAG Statement of Case
The Public Inquiry regarding the Barton Renewable Energy Plant (Davyhulme Incinerator) requires each party to submit a Statement of Case. These had to be in the hands of the Planning Inspector by Wednesday 25th July.
The Breathe Clean Air Group has identified the key considerations as:
a) The location of the incinerator where people live and children play, which is not appropriate or safe.
b) The impact of air quality, as emissions from the incinerator would add to the already high levels of pollution.
c) The impact on health as the incinerator emissions could contribute to a range of ill-health and diseases from asthma to cancer.
d) The public perception of harm, since there is easy access on the Internet to information on incinerators, biomass and health issues.
e) Policy mis-alignment, as the proposed site contradicts some of Trafford’s, Greater Manchester’s and National policies.
f) Amenity Impact, as the public will suffer increased noise, traffic and disturbance, and pollution could affect home-grown food.
g) Degeneration of our area, if people want to move away and house prices could fall.
Chairman of the Breathe Clean Air Group, Pete Kilvert said “the BCAG team has worked very hard to produce a robust and thoroughly professional Statement of Case. We feel that we have a very good chance of convincing the Inspector and the Secretary of State, Eric Pickles, that the incinerator must not be built in Davyhulme. However, the presentation of the case at the Inquiry will be done by Barristers and Air Quality experts. This requires funding and we are appealing to the community to support our fighting fund. Please see www.BreatheCleanAirGroup.co.uk for details on how you can help.”
CHIMNEY HEIGHT
• Chimney height – why is BREP the only plant in the country with a chimney this
short? Other plants with chimneys of this size handle less than half of the waste/
waste wood/ Solid Recovered Fuel (85k tones and 24k tonnes).
• Saica papermill plant (Carrington) is 22m higher (at 66m) why is ours a third lower
when same weather models will have been used?
• Peel’s biomass plant at Ince Marshes has a chimney height of 85m. Why? Why
doesn’t the same standard apply in Davyhulme? Burning 200,000 tons the same as BREP.
• At a meeting with the Breathe Clean Air Group on the morning of 12th June 2012,
Simon Holbrook (EA) stated that the chimney height should ideally be 60-100m.
Why isn’t it then? Why haven’t you rejected the plant, as it can’t meet this
specification?
Why?
• Not modeled using the accurate local data – why should we give this data any
credence? E.g. Arsenic data is from Wythenshawe, Runcorn and Walsall. False
information leads to a false conclusion.
• We live next to the busiest stretch of motorway in Trafford between j10-11 of M60 – why is it
acceptable to pollute us even more?
• St Anthony’s, Kingsway, Highfield, Barton Clough – these schools are all in the
AQMA– how are you protecting these children from these additional incinerator
emissions?
• Would the EA consider postponing the decision until TMBC have carried out an
effective study on air quality in local area? If not, why not, as we cannot put a price
on people’s health?