Waste to Energy Plant

We are having a public meeting on this matter on Thursday 16th April in Kinnoull Church at 7.30.p.m..  Our M.P. Pete Wishart will attend.

We are pleased to see our concerns aired in the P.A.. Pete Wishart's interview with perth fm will be broadcast on the afternoon of Tuesay 14th April. Richard Salvin's interview  will be broadcast on Wednesday 15th April.

Two issues are of concern - 1) how such a development was given outline consent without coming before the Development Control Committee and 2) the dangers and problems posed by the development itself.
We sent the following mail to our Councillor Peter Barrett:-
"We find it quite disturbing that an application of such significance and importance has been dealt with as it was. It is extraordinary that there were:-
1) no objections to the application from adjoining properties or the general public.
2) it was dealt with under delegated powers and was therefore not considered by the Development Control Committee.
3) that  we were listed as consultees, but we were never consulted (EIA -Opinion on Scoping Report 06-02-09)
4) Approval was granted ( Delegated Report 08-03-06) despite an 'objection due to the lack of information' from Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) - PKC Environmental Services response was - 'consider it acceptable in principal provided full details are submitted at the reserved matters stage to ensure noise, dust and other forms of emissions can be properly assessed and controlled.'
Does this mean that a Full Planning Submission is not now a requirement?
5) there was no serious concern about the existing road infrastructure serving this site.
' My roads colleagues are satisfied about the principle in terms of road safety, subject to a detailed scheme having access, parking and turning facilities to an acceptable standard' ".

We hope that there will be a large turn out at our meeting where there will be presentations and the chance to ask questions. Unfortunately no member of the planning department will be there as they feel that their attendance might compromise their position. We are hopeful that our councillors will attend.

There is still time to write to PKC Planning Department about this (REF 09/0000348/REM).

You can register comments on line until 29th April at PKC's planning website

You can also sign Councillor Peter Barrett's petition (see P.A. of Friday 10th April)