Hundreds attend meeting to protest at plans for new tip
Over 200 residents of Beverley turned out at the site of East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s proposed waste recycling centre on 26th February to display their strength of feeling against the proposal.
Top of the list of objections from the residents is the ‘destruction’ of the countryside and the potential for the proposals to affect the recreational nature of the area.
Other concerns include increased pollution and traffic congestion.
Around half of all the streets in Beverley have registered an objection to the proposal.
The meeting was organised by a residents group and ward councillors Linda Johnson and Dave Boynton were in attendance, with both vocal about the reasons they felt the proposal should not go ahead.
“The passionate stories of residents worried about the alien nature of the facility, in an area that is often used by many as a peace and quiet, nature loving walk, and what that will mean to them are numerous,” said a spokesperson for those who attended the meeting.
“As the council’s own criteria has demonstrated, there are more suitable sites, technically, that have been ruled out for political influences.
“There is no good reason to put this in open countryside, outside the council’s own development plan and then spend money converting the current facility into a non-usable field.
“East Riding of Yorkshire Council have spent a considerable amount of time and effort retrospectively justifying their choice and filling policy voids that were notified to them by a planning lawyer, that the group fundraised £8,000 for, as well as a number of qualified residents.
“Dumping several hundred tonnes of concrete into a green field causing a significant change in landscape and wildlife behaviour, is not an innovative way to deal with this somewhat unjustified requirement.”
