Joint statement on Portland Incinerator
Weymouth and Portland Town Councils have issued a joint statement about the proposed incinerator at Portland.
It follows a response received from Rushanara Ali MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy, which can be downloaded below:
Joint Statement:
“Portland and Weymouth Town Councils have received a reply from Rushanara Ali MP – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy, responding to the letter sent to Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP expressing their concerns regarding the decision by the Government to grant planning permission for the incinerator at Portland.
“The Councils are disappointed with the response. It disregards the Councils’ request that the decision to grant planning permission is revisited after the Government have determined their national policy position on incinerators and the call on the Government to impose a moratorium on the building of waste incinerators. The correspondence also ignores the Councils’ and community’s views opposing the incinerator plans for environmental, economic, aesthetic, and health reasons.
“The two Councils continue to object to the proposal and remain vehemently opposed to any suggestion of the waste incinerator development proceeding.”
– Chair of Portland Town Council, Cllr Sue Cocking, the Mayor of Weymouth, Cllr Jon Orrell, Cllr David Harris, Council Leader, and Cllr Matt Bell, Chair of Environment and Services Committee
ENDS