We have hit 1000 signatures for our National Forest Incinerator petition. 

Thank You! 

There is still time to object: 

Whilst the petition has helped to share news about this and has got the TV and print press interested, a petition only does a little in the context of planning. Objections are what count. These can be based on factors such as:

• water and flood management (zone 3 flood area and the previous flood compensation measures not done);
• nature conservation (there are green-crested newts and a species of beetle previously considered extinct at the site);
• traffic and access;
• air emissions (we'll have two incinerators which the application's air quality assessment seemed to neglect to factor);
• odours (search Sinfins incinerator for that!);
• vermin;
• noise, light and vibration;
• litter;
• land use conflict. 
• impacts on landscape (the LVIA in the planning documents cite major-to-moderate landscape impacts)
  Earlier updates on the petition page have details of the policies that can be set against: 

https://www.change.org/p/save-the-national-forest-landscape-from-a-60metre-incinerator/u/31226971

There are reports in the planning applications under 'associated documents' that cover key points.

Send a letter to your MP

If all of the planned incineration developments in England go ahead, then Waste incineration in England is set to reach 28 million tonnes of incineration capacity that's 9.1million tonnes of over-capacity (i.e. we will have more than we need by a lot!). UKWIN has made a letter generator for you to instantly email your MP about this. Just enter your postcode, it finds your MP, and fill out your details and submit. 

England currently has too much incineration capacity! By 15.6 million tonnes!

Scotland and Wales have already stopped incinerators from being given planning permission!

Send your MP a letter now: https://ukwin.org.uk/overcapacity/

Waste Plan 

Yesterday, I submitted a complaint to the Council about its Waste Local Plan, which is 18 years old. It has not been updated despite a formal review in 2009 (published on their website) stating that documents relating to Waste Development in Derbyshire require 'radical review' and are 'unsound for public consumption'. I believe that Derbyshire residents are put at potential harm because of this and their failure to identify potential waste development sites (which it should according to National Policy). You can read the letter here. 

Thank you once again for supporting this cause. 

I really hope that together we can do enough to save the National Forest landscape.