‘Devastating’ impact of waste transfer station, Teesdale Mercury

‘Devastating’ impact of waste transfer station

Feb 19, 2003

A PLEA straight to County Hall is being made by parish councillors in Stainton and Streatlam, following Teesdale Council’s decision on Wednesday to recommend that the waste transfer station be given permission at Stainton Grove.

Clerk to the parish council, Keith Miles, has told Mark Lloyd, the county director of economic development and planning, that the council remains opposed to the application from Premier Waste Management.

“The revised application does not address any of the concerns raised by the parish council in its initial response dated July 11, 2002,” said Mr Miles. “The addition of a tree planting screen to the south of the proposed site does not address any of the four main objections submitted at the time: the close proximity to residential housing; traffic; loss of amenity and environmental impact; and, lack of consultation.

“Since the initial application, close observation of the housing market in the proposed area, and nationally, indicates a potentially devastating impact on property prices. In addition there appears to have been no apparent effort to consider alternative sites. All this leads the parish council to a growing concern that planning considerations have been set aside – in order to establish the waste transfer station and recycling point at Stainton Grove without due consideration of the planning guidelines.”