A CONTROVERSIAL plan to expand a waste recycling centre on Green Belt land near Warrington has been given the go-ahead
More than 20 residents, two councils and three individual councillors lodged strong objections to scheme at ADS Recycling, in Camsley Lane, Lymm – but after visiting the site, members of the borough council’s planning sub-committee gave approval
The scheme involves building two industrial steel frame buildings – one for use as a waste reception area and the other to provide a second waste picking station.
Planning officers had recommended approval because the development will increase the recycling of materials and so reduce the need for landfill.
But strong opposition has come from Lymm Parish Council, Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council, 25 residents and borough councillors Ian Marks, Sheila Woodyatt and Elaine Welborn.
Councillors were told the site was originally used for processing animal carcasses but since 1992 had been used for recycling inert waste. It already had permission for use as a haulage depot and in 2001 permission was granted for installation of a waste picking conveyor.
Objectors claimed the expansion would be inappropriate in the Green Belt, would cause noise, smells, dust, vermin and loss of rural outlook.
Planning officers said many of the objections related to the existing site and the proposals would actually improve the situation. There would be no increase in the amount of material processed and no increase in traffic movement.
