Category Archives: Campaign Updates

Court action could be a month away – time for vital fund raising

COURT ACTION COULD BE A MONTH AWAY SO TIME MAY BE SHORT FOR VITAL FUND-RAISING! PLEASE HELP NOW! You will have heard that the Government has withdrawn £125M of Private Finance Initiative funding from the Allerton Park incinerator. This is … Continue reading

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The fight goes on

We promised to let you know what the next steps are following last week’s appalling decision not to allow a call-in to public inquiry. Our main focus now is to apply for permission for a Judicial Review (JR). You don’t … Continue reading

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Bad news but by no means the end of the road

Against our strong evidence and petitioning, the government minister, Nick Boles has decided not to call-in the incinerator application for a planning inquiry. Please take a look at this “breaking news” article from the Northern Echo. There will be something … Continue reading

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Update and Christmas Tidings

We were hoping to have some news for you by now on how the request for a Planning Inquiry is progressing. The only information we can give you is that: They received over 600 letters requesting call-in. The Secretary of … Continue reading

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Even NYCC’s own County Architect says the submission is unacceptable

North Yorkshire County Council’s own Principal Landscape Architect has confirmed the impact on the landscape would be severe and the proposals to mitigate this harm are woefully inadequate. More specifically: “The current submission is therefore unacceptable in landscape terms for … Continue reading

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Deadline extended – even though the extended deadline passed on 31st August, all objections have to be noted up until the time of the Planning Meeting – nobody knows where or when that is but it’s possibly October 23rd 2012

Shaun Robson, Team Leader of Development Control, has today confirmed that due to the number of requests received they have had to extend the consultation period for the review of the additional documentation submitted by Amey Cespa until the 31 … Continue reading

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Here we go again! Another round of rushed consultation

If you have already put in an objection to the original planning application for the incinerator at Allerton Park, you will probably have received a letter or email from NYCC notifying you that Amey Cespa have submitted further documentation in … Continue reading

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Objections to AmeyCespa supplementary material

Your Reference: NY/2011/0328/ENV AmeyCespa have recently submitted a vast amount of supplementary material yet we understand that the ‘consultation’ period on this new material ends on the 3rd August. This gives people just 21 days to respond, part of which … Continue reading

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February Newsletter

I am delighted to tell you that Harrogate Borough Council’s planning committee today (Tuesday 14 February 2012) decided to ‘strongly oppose’ plans to build the incinerator at Allerton Park. This does not mean the campaign is won, but it is … Continue reading

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December Newsletter

Please Object before December 16th NYCC have extended the period for making objections to December 16th. Please register your objection to the incinerator before then. There are some sample letters and key points on the website here but PLEASE note … Continue reading

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