The Editor
Brecon and Radnor Express
11 Bulwark
Brecon
LD37AE
Dear
Editor
DOUBLE
DIGESTER TROUBLE
Your
article of January 22nd
09 - “Digester faces legal
challenge” mentioned “flaws” in the
Anaerobic Digester application at Porthamel , Talgarth and how badly the
Now
it is announced that the industrial
park at
Hirwaun will be the processing site for
the very latest in waste
recycling and energy renewal technology . The scheme is excellently designed
by Enviroparks
www.enviroparks.co.uk and
the BNPA are one of the planning authorities involved in its permission as it
is on the edge of the Park in one of the 7 constituent Unitary Authority areas.
Included in this 2.7 hectare site is an anaerobic digester that could take many
forms of organic waste such as food stuffs, animal waste, slurries and blood
like those proposed by Porthamel.
The
BBNPA have known about Hirwaun for some time but have
kept it very quiet while working on Porthamel. So why are the BBNPA permitting
the 30 mile haulage of 25,000 tons p/a of animal gut waste and blood through
the National Park to Talgarth from Merthyr, when Hirwaun
is just around the corner?
M&A
Solicitors acting on behalf of the Parks Society and Talgarth Town Council have
indentified how officers have misled the public and their members, ignored
waste and farm diversification policies, failed to carry out any credible or
professional impact assessments on the environment and tourism, given no
accurate or reliable data for transport figures, inputs, outputs or even
acreage of land to be used - let alone the smell. And in
addition to this drafted planning conditions and legal agreements that have no
teeth and are not enforceable. Therefore it is of no surprise that
parallels are now being drawn with
Meanwhile
Talgarth residents feel under siege.
Effectively a regional organic and animal waste recycling plant has been
inappropriately imposed on them by the BBNPA through flawed procedures and
public consultations. If you would like to know more then please contact and/or
link to the following web site: http://www.bywydcymru.com
which is being developed as a medium to expose the unfathomable in
Yours
faithfully
Evan Owen
BywydCymru
Preswylfa
Dyffryn Ardudwy
Gwynedd
LL44 2EH