Residents block recycling plan

RESIDENTS have won a planning battle to block proposals for a recycling firm at Warrington to extend its operating hours.
They were given time by planning chiefs to produce evidence to support their argument – and produced a statement signed by 35 people which convinced members of the borough council’s planning committee.
ADS Recycling, of Camsley Lane, Lymm had applied for a lawful development certificate to allow longer working hours on the grounds that planning conditions had been breached continuously for more than 10 years and therefore were unenforceable.
The company produced signed witness statements to support their application – and officers recommended it should be approved.
But the committee decided to give residents time to produce their own evidence – and 35 people signed a statement which indicated breaches had occurred regularly only over the last two years, during which time there had been frequent complaints by residents.
Cllr Graham Welborn supported residents.
He claimed the company had increased the volume and type of recycling carried out, resulting in increased early morning noise and traffic over the last 12 months.
The original conditions had been designed to protect residential amenity and neighbours rights would be ignored if breaches were allowed.