To import or not seems to be the question. However, we are not told in any satisfactory way why leachate importation is seen as a negative matter for the local community, as the volume is unlikely to be larger than previously consented. In any event the sewer operator would be responsible for ensuring no flooding, not the planning department. Please consider visting the original website for the full article. The quoted part of the article below is not the full article:
BANBURY MP Sir Tony Baldry has waded into a row over liquid waste at a north Oxfordshire dump.
The move comes after villagers opposed an application by waste firm Viridor that would allow it to import liquid waste leachate to its Ardley site.
Leachate is a substance generated by landfill waste which is treated and pumped into the sewage system.
The firm was given approval to build an incinerator at Ardley, near Bicester. But as a condition, imposed after a public inquiry in 2010, it must stop importing leachate to its treatment works at Ardley once the incinerator is operating. The company wants this condition lifted.
Sir Tony has written to Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, asking him to call in the application.
His letter said: “Local residents are concerned if Viridor is allowed to continue to treat leachate at Ardley, it makes something of a mockery of the public inquiry only two years ago – that it would increase the risk of flooding and will mean even more lorries going to and from the site.”
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