Thank you for signing if you could share it would be much appreciated.This is the agenda for the Zoom meeting at 8:05pm this Thursday.The log in details are: ID is 890 5703 9275 & password is 050000, Any questions I am on 07956 263088
Agenda for Zoom Meeting 8:05pm on Thursday 21st May
1- Introductions along with what items to add to agenda
2 – Redbridge Cabinet is on 18th June is when Cllr Athwal, the Leader of the Council takes questions from the public.
Our campaign has suffered an injustice because the Council initially said nitrogen dioxide (N02) monitoring had been done around surrounding schools close to the Tesco site. This was helpful to the campaign to because the expected high NO2 levels during the rush hour at schools could be used to argue that the Gladman judgement (Case No: C1/2017/3476 ) binds the Council to refuse the Tescos application. The key paragraph in the Gladman judgement is at paragraph 75.
"...proposed development would have “at least a moderately adverse impact on air quality in the Newington and Rainham AQMAs, and thus a significant effect on human health”
We need to prove either the construction traffic, dust arising from the works and/or traffic projections from the 1300 homes once built would amount to "moderately adverse impact" in Redbridge, especially to local school children. This task has become harder with the Council on 28th April no longer insisting Tescos provide hourly NO2 hourly monitoring around schools near to the store and claiming it was not done in the first place. A key campaign task is to persuade the council to do the pollution monitoring they said they would do.
If residents ask good questions on 18th June it will be helpful. For example, the Council is set to bring in no-idling zones at 50 schools in the borough to reduce the damage done to child health by traffic pollution. A key task is to discover the academic research underpinning the decision for no-idling zones. The expected reduction in NO2 emissions at local schools by no-idling zones is likely to be more than off set by the increased pollution if the Tesco Toxic Towers are built. This appears evidence of meeting the “moderately adverse impact” threshold we need to meet to persuade the Council to vote against the development. Getting the pollution specification of the construction lorries used along with the schools being driven by also appears helpful.
3 – Other grounds apart from air quality, C-19 has been linked to high density housing. Climate change: the ventilation for the towers appears an unnecessary CO2 pollutant, and any any issues raised.
4 – Building the petition – The petition stands at 166 today, it will need a lot more to influence the Council.
5 – Getting as many people to attend the virtual planning meeting on 16th July as possible. A recent major application for the Bodgers tower was passed by one vote. Lots of residents attending on the night from home via a video link and asking good questions/objections could make be decisive.
6 – Date of next meeting