Update / Information Concerning the proposed nutrient
reprocessing centre at Normans Grave
There is a lot of speculation going around concerning the proposed development. Beer Parish Council is fully aware of the situation and has been working behind the scenes for several months and will continue to do so to make sure that we are ready to make detailed comments about areas of the scheme that concern us, as and when the time comes for it to be appropriate to do so.
The present information available comes from a Scoping Opinion document produced by a consulting company called Aardvark for the applicant operators of the proposed development. As the development is officially on land under Branscombe Parish Council’s jurisdiction, it is they who take the lead, with members of Beer Parish Council working closely with them.
Since the scoping document came out there has been a great deal of activity between Devon County Council who will deal with planning consent, and many other organisations and departments, but it is not yet at a stage where public comment can be made. This, however, has come to a halt, as the document has been partially withdrawn - Aardvark, it seems, are no longer working for the operators and a revised scoping opinion document is yet to be issued by a new consulting company.
Beer Parish Council is therefore in a position where we cannot comment about the scheme, as officially, until the new scoping opinion document is released, there is nothing to comment on. One should also bear in mind that the scoping opinion document is not one for public debate, it is for the applicant to inform the relevant authority (DCC) about their plans and is used by DCC to make a decision as to how the planning process will be conducted. Only once the planning process is properly started can public comment and submissions be made.
The applicant operators, however, are hosting a drop-in information meeting at the Branoc Hall on Friday November 14th, between 14:00 and 19:00 hrs and we would encourage as many residents from Beer as possible to attend.
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