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A campaign for sustainable methods of waste management |
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Carnbroe
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Applicant: |
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Technology: |
Pyrolysis |
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200,000 tonnes per annum |
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Local authority: |
North Lanarkshire Council - click here to see planning application |
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Status of current application: |
Planning consent denied, 29 March 2010 - click here to read story |
Latest News - Please email relevant news stories for publishing
Reporter appointed to hear Monklands appeal, 14 August
A reporter, Mr Olwyn Thomas, has now been allocated for Simon Howie's appeal against the refusal of planning permission for - read more
Carnbroe press release - Howie appeals, 2 July 2010
Dear All – Please forward as appropriate: As expected, the Appeal against the council’s decision regarding the incinerator has now been lodged with the Directorate of Planning & Environmental Appeals. No ‘grounds’ for appeal on the website yet, should be posted on website by tomorrow -...read more
Carnbroe campaigners to attend appeal hearing, 21 Apr 2010
Next week is the Public Hearing for an appeal by Rossco Investments, aka Mr Simon Howie, against North Lanarkshire Council's June 09 refusal of planning permission for an A8 Trade Park. The appeal relates to land adjacent to the site of a proposed pyrolysis plant at Carnbroe, and will take place... read more
North Lanarkshire Council publishes decision, 21 April 2010
North Lanarkshire Council has now submitted details of its recent decision to refuse planning consent to Simon Howie to build a waste pyrolysis plant at
Carnbroe. Click here to see the decision in full (Word Doc). Four reasons are given, including: "That it has not been adequately demonstrated... read more
Council committee rejects Carnbroe
incinerator - 30 Mar 2010
Some good news from the MRAPP team in Monklands. Yesterday at the Motherwell Civic Centre a special meeting of the Planning & Transportation Committee was held to consider the application from Shore Energy. The North Lanarkshire Council P& T Committee voted...
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Carnbroe
pyrolysis plant - D-Day approaches
D-DAY (Decision Day)
This is it folks............the meeting commences at 11am on Mon 29th March and our councillors will finally vote on whether this pyrolysis plant gets planning approval or not. Please come along and show your support for YOUR campaign against the plant.
The meeting will be held in the Motherwell Civic, we will meet around 10:15 am.
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MRAPP campaigner Maggie Proctor recently challenged NLC Planning on the number of objections received regarding the Carnbroe pyrolysis proposals. "The report from Planning Dept states 4298, yet 5777 passed through my hands." MORE.....
Dodgy dealings of Pyrolysis promoter - 26.2.10
Simon Howie, who is trying to convince the community that this plant will be perfectly safe, has already been fined by SEPA for operating outwith the law – see link -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4446618.stm.
Ok,so it was 2005 but it still happened! Read
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Planning committee grants site visit
& hearing - 26.2.10
Yesterday (Thursday) the Planning Committee of North Lanarkshire Council decided to grant a site visit and hearing. Afterwards Maggie Proctor of MRAPP (Monklands Residents Against Pyrolysis Plant) said "We await the date for that".
GAINS responds to planning recommendation - 24.2.10
GAINS member Michael Gallagher has sent an email to all North Lanarkshire councillors expressing concern over report by planning officers which supports Shore Energy's proposals. Click here to see the email.
The long-awaited planning meeting to decide whether or not the Carnbroe incinerator should get the go-ahead will take place at the Motherwell Civic Centre on Thursday 25 February 2010. Local campaigner Maggie Proctor has expressed concerns that the situation "does not bode well at all", adding, "I will be taking them to task over their take on the number of objections – I maintain it’s 5700, they say only 4k."
Council planning officers have produced a report recommending that the Council accepts the proposal (download as Word Doc or PDF file).