Incinerator objections
More sign to say no
Blantyre Community Council delivered a further 1800 objection letters against plans that would see an incinerator built in neighbouring Hamilton.
A few weeks ago, residents from the area handed in 1600 letters of objections – bringing their total to more than 3000.
A spokesperson for Blantyre Community Council said: “Some of our community councillors have been handing them in as they gathered them, so we know we handed in many more, but are none the less quite delighted with this effort.
“We supported Whitehill by giving them a thousand blank objection letters and have also handed out many in Cambuslang, so we have got about.
“Our online petition is now up at 2162 signatures, so it’s fair to say that folk are spelling it out that they don’t want this incinerator at Whistleberry Road.”
Residents in Hamilton, Blantyre, Bothwell and Cambuslang have put in objections to the latest planning application for an incinerator to be built on the Whistleberry Road site in Whitehill, Hamilton.
Clean Power Properties were met with opposition to their original incinerator plans at the site of the former Craighead School back in 2013 and a campaign was launched against the proposals.
South Lanarkshire Council at that time refused the application.
However, a decision was taken by the Scottish Government Reporter in 2015 to overturn that.
But a new application has been put in by Clean Power Properties who say the development will represent an estimated £100million investment in the local economy and will generate around 150 jobs during construction and 30 full-time jobs once operational.
They have hosted a series of public consultation events in Blantyre, Bothwell and Hamilton.
Commenting on the submission of the planning application, a spokesman for Clean Power Properties said: “We have submitted a planning application on a location that is an allocated industrial site and therefore ideally suited to the proposal.
“There is already a planning consent for an energy recovery facility at this location and the principle of the use is established.
“We shall continue to consult with the wider local community and are keen to set out the facts behind the plans.”