 |
A campaign for sustainable methods of waste management |
Invergordon
|
Campaign website |
Invergordon Community Action for Recycling and the Environment - Contact Icaretrust@aol.com |
|
|
Applicant |
||
|
Application number & details |
08/00455/FULRC - To see details of the application, click here, and copy the application number into the search box |
|
|
Technology |
Incineration |
|
|
Capacity |
100-130,000 tonnes per annum |
|
|
Local authority |
Highland Council |
|
|
Status of current application |
Planning application rejected, Tuesday 18 August 2009 (click here and scroll down to item 4.1 to see the arguments that were made at the Planning Committee meeting). On 11 May 2010 the Government Reporter overturned that refusal on appeal (click here), but Mohamed Al Fayed challenged the Reporter's decision in court. On 22 Dec 2010 the local campaign group announced that the Goverment had conceded defeat. |
|
Latest News Please email relevant news stories for publishing Businessman Al Fayed joins fight against Invergordon incinerator,
8 Mar 2011 - external link to STV report ICARE seeks support for a public inquiry in Invergordon, 7 February 2011 - After the Government Reporters decision to allow an incinerator at Invergordon was quashed...read more ICARE warns of plans for Inverness incinerator, 7 February 2011 There are moves afoot to look to put an incinerator in Inverness harbour, which under Trust Port rules does not require planning... Invergordon - Government concedes defeat in court battle, 22 Dec Tina McCaffery, Director of ICARE (Invergordon Community Action for Recycling and the Environment), has declared victory
The Big Rally, as reported in the Dundee Courier on Saturday 16 October Environmental supporters gave their backing to a protest in Perth...read more THE BIG RALLY, PERTH, FRIDAY 15 OCTOBER 11.30am All anti-incineration campaigners are invited to attend a rally at the SNP conference...read more Digest of media reports on Al Fayed court case Below follows the media that have covered the story so far; there has been coverage on BBC Online and Radio Inverness, Moray Forth Radio, STV online and Ross-shire Journal. Please see the articles below. Highland estates...read more Invergordon campaign press release - Al Fayed goes to court Dear All, I am delighted to finally announce that a Statutory Appeal has been lodged in the Court of Session against the delegated Scottish Reporter’s decision to grant planning permission for a £43 million incinerator in...read more OPINION - Anguish at Lochhead's broken promises, 14.6.10 At last year's National Conversation (travelling roadshow of Scottish Ministers), Richard Lochhead pledged that he would not overturn local authority planning decisions on waste incinerators. He said that...Read more 3rd Invergordon meeting announced for tonight (9 June) Tina McCaffery of IINTW (Invergordon Incinerator No To Waste) Official Site has issued a reminder to concerned residents about the group's third meeting tonight, Wednesday 9th at 7pm Invergordon Museum....read more Deadline near for Invergordon appeal Scottish Ministers have claimed they are prevented by the law from intervening to prevent the construction of a 130,000 tonne-per-annum waste incinerator in Invergordon, leaving campaigners with just one option - going to court. After Highland Council's refusal of planning consent in August...read more Fight against waste-burning scheme stepped up, 25 May 2010 Published: 25/05/2010 - A second meeting has been called by campaigners in Ross-shire to fight plans by Combined Power and Heat (Highland) to build a £43million waste incinerator at Invergordon. Invergordon campaign group IINTW has launched a new petition demanding that Scottish Ministers recall the decision by its Reporter to overturn the planning refusal by Highland Council last August.....Read more Government approves incinerator in Invergordon
|
Related news stories Coatbridge
protestors demand response from Ministers, 19 June |