Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant (LSEP) is under construction after being granted planning permission on appeal in 2012. Now LSEP wants to increase the amount of waste handled by more than 20 per cent to 728,000 tonnes per year. It claims the energy-from-waste plant could then generate enough electricity for up to 148,000 homes. But there are fears over the impact on air quality and the local road network after the operator admitted this would mean a ‘higher number of vehicle movements’. The Weaver Vale MP said: The company describes the waste incinerator as a sustainable energy plant and is very keen to stress its green credentials.
Esther McVey is firmly opposed to the plans for Lostock sustainable energy plant A MOVE to increase the time between bin collections in Northwich from two to three weeks is further proof that the Lostock sustainable energy plant is not needed. That is the view of Esther McVey, Conservative MP for Tatton, who is standing against plans to ramp up capacity at the development. LSEP Ltd wants to burn an additional 128,000 tonnes of waste each year at the new site, which is due to be built by the end of 2023. It comes at a time Cheshire West and Chester Council is considering reducing its number of bin collections – and the irony is not lost on Ms McVey.
An aerial shot of the development CAMPAIGNERS and councillors are lining up in opposition against plans to burn more waste at the new Lostock sustainable energy plant. LSEP Ltd, the firm which acquired the site in 2017, wants to increase the amount of waste used as fuel from 600,000 to 728,000 tonnes a year. The company insists it will have environmental benefits by diverting more waste from landfill, but residents in the surrounding area will be faced with more lorry journeys travelling to and from the site. Previous plans for the site suggest there would be 276 lorry movements per day, but at Monday’s Northwich Town Council meeting, Cllr Sam Naylor told members the proposal would see this increase to 434 per day.
A CAMPAIGN group has urged Cheshire West and Chester council to think again about plans to build a new incinerator plant in the region. The call for action comes in the wake of news about a fellow environmental campaigner from Northwich winning her argument to take the UK government to the High Court over its plans to exclude waste incinerators from the post-Brexit emissions trading scheme. In the letter, a copy of which has been seen by the
The Guardian, Cheshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) have written to all members of CWAC to urge them to reconsider its proposals to build an incinerator plant in Ellesmere Port.