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CAMPAIGNERS against the Keighley incinerator have abandoned their plans for a judicial review - but they insist the fight is far from over. In December 2020 the Environment Agency decided to formally approve the Environmental Permit application for the incinerator which is four miles from Ilkley Moor. The scheme has prompted strong local opposition and a campaign by Aire Valley Against Incineration. Simon Shimbles, Chair of the AVAI steering committee, announced this week: "Since December...

CAMPAIGNERS fighting controversial plans to build a waste incinerator in Keighley have launched their next move. Aire Valley Against Incineration (AVAI) – through its solicitors – is instructing counsel to write to the Environment Agency, challenging its decision to issue an operating permit for the proposed plant. The agency announced in December that it had approved the permit for the incinerator, which is earmarked for the former gas works site at Marley. Opponents of the plant s...

CAMPAIGNERS fighting controversial plans to build a waste incinerator in Keighley have launched their next move. Aire Valley Against Incineration (AVAI) – through its solicitors – is instructing counsel to write to the Environment Agency, challenging its decision to issue an operating permit for the proposed plant. The agency announced in December that it had approved the permit for the incinerator, which is earmarked for the former gas works site at Marley. Opponents of the plant s...

They said an Environment Agency decision to issue a permit for the plant was “very disappointing”. But the campaign group, Aire Valley Against Incineration, says options are still available to fight the project – including a possible legal challenge. Opponents of the incinerator, earmarked for the former gas works site at Marley, say it would pose a risk to people’s health and damage the environment – claims that are refuted by the applicant Endless Energy. Aire Valley Against...

CAMPAIGNERS are looking at ways to keep on fighting after an environmental permit was given to the Keighley incinerator which will be sited just four miles from Ilkley Moor. Aire Valley Against Incineration committee members have met to discuss the next stage of their campaign after the permit was granted by the Environment Agency this week - and they stressed there were still options available. AVAI chairman Simon Shimbles said “This represents the final green light for Endless Energy ...