WE are re-starting posting on this Webpage, to cover the many issues from Tidal Lagoons to Air Pollution.
The incinerator campaign is covered primarily on the Facebook page: Stop the Barry Town Incinerator - where we have just won the NRW to accept full public consultation - meeting at Castleland Community Centre 13th Feb.
Next meeting of Barry&Vale Friends of the Earth is
Tuesday 7th February, at 7-30 in the Castle Hotel, Jewel Street, Barry.
Several members attended the Aberthaw Power Station demonstration on Saturday, called by 'Reclaim the Power' to close down this highly polluting plant. We need Green Energy projects which make use of our tides, winds and the sun.
We are setting up air pollution (NO2) monitoring test tubes in Barry and the eastern Vale to expose the heaviest polluted areas.
At the latest LDP session, we put a strong case against the Cosmeston Green Field costal housing development.
We also appeared at the Five Mile Lane CPO Inquiry into converting this to a 60mph road through archaeological sites, SINCs and SSSI woodland. This disrupts local farmers taking animals and equipment between fields. They include a much needed path/cycleway to the Hawking Centre, but refused to consider an alternative low-impact path from Waycock's Cross.
The Group were pleased to see Councillors challenging the 'steamroller' of the Planning Department at their 5th January Planning Meeting, when the Northcliffe Lodge development (Penarth) and the United Reform Church development (Windsor Rd, Barry west end) were rejected. We hope the Councillors will continue voting to protect the environment and rejecting crammed development.
Note that the Planners struck back** after their defeat and tried to get a tight new "protocol" against Cllrs challenging their recommendations - but the non-Labour councillors combined to vote it down.
Keith Stockdale
Barry&Vale Friends of the Earth Coordinator
