The campaign against the Plymouth Incinerator has only just began. We are presently following in the footsteps of the successful St Dennis Campaign in gaining legal advice to stop the dangerous monstrosity from being built. For this we are going to require a legal fund. Starting with a pub quiz on Sunday 22nd January 2012 830pm at Ferry Inn, Saltash Passage- we aim to do as much as we can to build this fund. There are also plans for a regular saturday coffee morning- for which we are seeking a venue at present, if you know of one- let us know. This will enable discussion and fundraining.

IIW have now set up two committees. One for fundraising and another for our legal case. If you can assist with either- please let us know.

We will have a date for our next protest march in St Budeaux asap.

Additionally, on the day that the Life Centre is officially opened we intend to be there on mass to protest against the Death Centre aka incinerator. The truth is that St Budeaux was chosen because it is one of the poorest wards and because cllr’s did not expect to have a fight on their hands. Please join us.The official date and time is to be confirmed.

It needs to be repeated and repeated that the only winner when the 7 councillors voted to accept the incinerator on December 2011 was the profit hungry MVV. On this note we would ask people to remember at election time the names of the seven Conservative councillors who happily voted to place an incinerator a stone’s through away from people’s homes. They are: Cllr Thomas Browne of Southway, Cllr Nigel Churchill of Plymstock Dunstone, Cllr Edward Delbridge of Moor View, Cllr Wendy Foster of Plymstock Radford, Cllr John Lock of Plymton Erle, Cllr Lynda Bowyer of Egbuckland, Cllr Ken Foster of Plymstock.

Please write to The Evening Herald and remind people that we have not given up.

This is a case of David versus Goliath. The incinerator company MVV have had the money and resources to spread misinformation. Moreover, those at the council vote would have heard various claims from ‘it will be a nice landmark’ to’you wont even realise its there after a few months’ to ‘this is green technology’ and so on. We need to remember that nothing can stand in the way of thousands of people in Plymouth and further afield calling for a stop to this expensive dangerous monstrosity.

Kind regards

Incineration is Wrong.

There is a general meeting at St Budeaux community centre at 19.00 on Wednesday 4th Jan.

On 22/12/11 we were saddened to lose the vote by 7 to 5 in favour of building the incinerator in Plymouth. Particularly disappointing was the spectacle of all seven conservative councillors giving the green light for the building of a giant incinerator 60 metres from housing in one of the most deprived areas in the city. These seven city councillors should be ashamed of themselves. They ignored every concern and have now voted to grant a 25 year grant minimum contract. The seven who let down our city are:

Cllr Thomas Browne of Southway
Cllr Nigel Churchill of Plymstock Dunstone
Cllr Edward Delbridge of Moor View
Cllr Wendy Foster of Plymstock Radford
Cllr John Lock of Plymton Erle
Cllr Lynda Bowyer of Egbuckland
Cllr Ken Foster of Plymstock

However, the battle is not over. Anyone who attended the council meeting would be in no doubt that the people of Plymouth are fired up and ready to go. We will not give up. The next stage is pushing for a public enquiry. We will also aim to fight our case through the courts as St Dennis did successfully this year. Please keep updated at www.iiw.org.uk or through our facebook group Stop the Incinerator in Plymouth.

Thursday 22nd December is the day of the planning department meeting. The time to be there is 09.30 as the meeting starts at 10.00hrs. We plan to hold a demonstration before hand to show the feeling of the public.
This meeting is extremely important as there should be a decision made on the incinerator so we would like to see as many supporters there as possible.

On the 17^th October there is an Environmental meeting hosted by the environmental officer for PCC at the Levwinsky Building of Plymouth University 18.30 Room 301 it is an open meeting so everybody is welcome and the more the merrier.

There is an Environmental general meeting on Saturday 22^nd October in the Levinsky building of Plymouth University once again all are welcome.

There will be a at information stall the corner of Dingles by the Sun Dial on Saturday 5^th November from 12.00 – 2 anybody that can make it please come along to help.

We are proposing to have a General meeting 22^nd November at the St Budeaux community centre at 19.00. Watch this space for final details.

Also worth noting is a Protest against the Nuclear facility alterations which will affect the Incinerator and our lives if the incinerator is built this is on Saturday 29^th October.

Last night there was a very interesting programme on Channel 4 on rubbish / recycling etc.
Well worth watching. Here is the link.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches
It brings up a lot of points which we will discuss at our next meeting. You can also see the delightful
Pickles and his henchman.

Please see this poster about planning aid meetings surrounding the incenerator:

Planning Aid – MVV Incinerator Workshop 12 10 11 Poster

Everybody is extremely welcome and the meetings could be beneficial to anyone who has an interest in the incinerator.

The meetings are on 12 Oct 2011 at the tamar view community centre from 1pm till 5pm.

The events are completely free, and hosted by volunteers of Planning Aid England, a charity offering independent planning advice and training to communities. The sessions will allow residents the opportunity to discuss community benefits associated with the proposed Energy from Waste Plant. There will be the opportunity for any views expressed to be fed back to Plymouth City Council.Places on the training session (hosted by a planning solicitor) and workshop are limited, and residents are asked to book these in advance through Melv Chislett at the SABBR Community Flat, 2 Roberts Road, Barne Barton – tel: 01752 365658.For further details on this event, please call Peter Whitehead – Planning Aid’s Outreach Coordinator on 07974 075762

This link will take you to the replies that MVV have decided to give to our letters of concern regarding the incinerator.

Please read and send your comments to The planning department before 7^th October.

http://www.mvv-environment.co.uk/environment/web/media/downloads/environment_1/plymouth/planningapplication/5_furtherinformationunderregulation19/vol1maintext/Appendix_E11_-__Responses_to_Letters_of_Representation.pdf

We feel that the responses given are not satisfactory, and urge you to review them and make your own independent objections to Plymouth city planning department.

Rob.