LOSRA Says

Back in 2012 a small cadre of local highly qualified professional residents with engineering and science qualifications spent a considerable amount of their time to oppose the construction of the Eco Park at Charlton Lane, the gasifier part of which was clearly a dangerous experiment in the most sensitive area possible in which to put it. This was, and is, a site too small for a proper EfW (Energy from Waste) plant, a precious few acres of Metropolitan Green Belt between two suburbs, scheduled for remediation to Green Belt in 2016. The AD (anaerobic digester) was clearly a smelly technology and meant for the countryside, not the precious site of the Metropolitan Green belt between two suburban villages. The solution should have been a larger EfW Incinerator and AD in the much less sensitive, less populated and already less polluted Surrey countryside, which didn’t want it because the councillors representing the people there had more influence than their SCC colleagues north of the river in Spelthorne. With a few exceptions all were deceived on the facts at the time by SCC and SITA officials as to the nature of the development. The drawings described a grassy knoll with a small chimney, never a massive industrial plant as we now have. It should be remembered that, unlike districts south of the river, the whole of Spelthorne Borough is an AQMA (Air Quality Management Area) and therefore even less suited to the installation of a plant such as the EcoPark. Judging by the numerous posts on social media we are aware that many local people have been affected by the smell, noise and light pollution from the gasifier (euphemism for incinerator) at the Eco Park in Charlton Lane. Affected people are encouraged to make a formal complaint to local authorities and the relevant government department. The information you will need is shown below and In most cases it will be a short phone call or a simple form. Please also contact your local councillor.

03456 009 009 (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays - normal rates apply) contact.centre@surreycc.gov.uk Online complaint form: https:// www.surreycc.gov.uk/council-anddemocracy/contact-us/complaints-commentsand-compliments/waste-and-recyclingcomplaints Spelthorne Pollution Control (areas cover contaminated land and air quality) pollution.control@spelthorne.gov.uk 01784 446251 Spelthorne Residential Team (areas cover noise, housing and public health) eh.residential@spelthorne.gov.uk 01784 446251

How to find your local councillor: The Spelthorne councillors for Halliford and Sunbury West, where the park is located, are: Sandra Dunn - cllr.dunn@spelthorne.gov.uk Tom Fidler - cllr.fidler@spelthorne.gov.uk Lawrence Nichols cllr.nichols@spelthorne.gov.uk

Spelthorne Borough Council: https:// democracy.spelthorne.gov.uk/ mgFindMember.aspx Surrey County Council: https:// mycouncil.surreycc.gov.uk/ mgFindMember.aspx

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