Dear all,
As you may be aware Valley Trading have applied to increase their current recycling limit at Babdown Airfield from 45,000 tons to 75,000 tons. This is a vast capacity, on the scale of a big city and the location of the site is quite unsuitable. The resulting increase in HGV traffic would have an unacceptable impact on the surrounding roads and villages including Beverston, Tetbury, Kingscote and Nailsworth, and it needs to be resisted. The application was very low on detail and Valley Trading have been asked to provide supporting information which will include likely vehicle movements.
We are really grateful to the work of the Parish councillors, and our MP, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown who have led the objections on this, and I note there are over 70 independent objections on the Gloucestershire planning website with more being added each day. A Facebook page for those wishing to reject the application has been set up and can be found athttps://www.facebook.com/groups/367776513945795/?ref=group_header
Despite this, it appears that the application has not been well publicised, and we have complained that formal notifications seem to have been overlooked in many areas. Therefore, we felt it may be useful to hold a group meeting with the objective of formalising and growing support for the objections to the site.
I am hoping therefore you can join us for a brief meeting in The Barn at Calcot at 18:00 on Friday 17th May. It would be good to air the views of each impacted parish, and our own planning consultants CSJ Planning will be on hand to answer any technical issues on the application. Hopefully we can conclude with a plan of action to grow support for the objections, perhaps the various bodies, Beverston, Kingscote, Tetbury (TTC) etc could join together in a planned campaign with the backing of the elected representatives.
I would be extremely grateful if you could spread this invitation far and wide and to any of those who may have been missed from circulation.
| Name Representing Name Representing Name Caroline Lowsley-Williams Chair – Beverston Parish Council David Morris Vice Chair – Beverston Parish Council Oliver Preston Beverston Parish Council Fiona Gunn Secretary Beverston Parish Council Dermott McMeekin Beverston Parish Council Cllr Jorn Osterbro Beverston Parish Council Caroline Beardwell Beverston resident John Baldwin Babdown David Hurdle Babdown Greville Vernon Bowldown Farm Geoffrey Cliffton-Brown Local MP Melanie Graham-Hunter Local Resident Debbie Patrick Local Resident Fiona Thornton Clerk at Kingscote Parish Council Graham Nicholls Kingscote Parish Council John Bowers Kingscote Sebastian Cooper Chair of Kingscote Parish Council Richard Gale Kingscote Ben Bennett Kingscote Rick Morgan Cotswold District Councillor Richard Norris Tetbury and Tetbury Upton Ward of the CDC. Stephen Hirst Gloucestershire County Councillor Sandra Ball Mayor of Tetbury Richard Witchell Chairman of Tetbury Town Council Jenny Hunt Tetbury Parish Clerk Johnathan Duckworth Nailsworth Town Mayor Anne Elliott Nailsworth Town Councillor Ron Kerby Nailsworth Town Councillor Paul Francis Nailsworth Town Councillor Sue Reed Nailsworth Town Councillor Stephen Robinson Nailsworth Town Councillor Robert Maitland Nailsworth Town Councillor Michael Kelly Nailsworth Town Councillor Angela Norman Nailsworth Town Councillor Emma Bonner Nailsworth Town Councillor Sally Millett Nailsworth Town Councillor |
I do hope you can join us. It would be really helpful if you (and anyone else subsequently invited) could respond to Lindsay.reynolds@calcot.co if you are hoping attend, so that we have an idea on numbers attending.
Many thanks
Richard
RICHARD BALL
Exec. Chairman Calcot Hotels
T: 01666 891213