HUNDREDS of residents have launched a fight against plans to double the size of a recycling plant in Kings Worthy – resulting in 80 HGV movements through the village each day. Ecogen Recycling Ltd has lodged a bid with Hampshire County Council to increase the number of lorry movements it is allowed each day. The business was given permission in May 2019 to open a waste paper recycling facility at North Winchester Farm, Stoke Charity Road. Now the company is asking Hampshire County Council (HCC) to alter planning conditions as it is “approaching the operating limits imposed”. Currently, Ecogen are only allowed to handle 30,000 tonnes of waste each year and are restricted to 40 HGV movements per day - 20 in and 20 out – but it wants the council to alter these conditions to allow it to import 60,000 tonnes of waste and increase the maximum HGV journeys to 80 a day.
Stoke Charity Road. Photo: Google HUNDREDS of residents have launched a fight against plans to double the size of a recycling plant in Kings Worthy – resulting in 80 HGV movements through the village each day. Ecogen Recycling Ltd has lodged a bid with Hampshire County Council to increase the number of lorry movements it is allowed each day. The business was given permission in May 2019 to open a waste paper recycling facility at North Winchester Farm, Stoke Charity Road. Now the company is asking Hampshire County Council (HCC) to alter planning conditions as it is “approaching the operating limits imposed”. Currently, Ecogen are only allowed to handle 30,000 tonnes of waste each year and are restricted to 40 HGV movements per day - 20 in and 20 out – but it wants the council to alter these conditions to allow it to import 60,000 tonnes of waste and increase the maximum HGV journeys to 80 a day.