Recycling plant thrown out

A GOVERNMENT-appointed inspector has rejected plans for a controversial waste transfer and recycling plant at Warrington – ending a long running planning battle.
The borough council’s development control committee refused permission for the development three times in 13 months before the issue eventually went to appeal.
Now the inspector has also thrown out the proposals for New Cut Lane, Woolston – and local residents are celebrating.
More than 60 nearby householders had opposed the scheme – although planning officers had recommended it for approval.
The inspector has backed the view of councillors that noise created by the plant would cause serious harm to the living conditions of nearby residents
He said the number of noisy skip movements would increase and that lorries carrying empty skips would be noisy on the poor and uneven surface of New Cut Lane..
The site would have dealt only with non-hazardous waste, such as wood, green waste, hardcore, sand, stone, rubble, etc.
It would have involved two industrial buildings which, the appellant claimed, would screen recycling activity from nearby home.
About 50 vehicle movements were expected per day, plus about 20 associated with an existing landscaping business.