EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE: Brandesburton asphalt plant plans resubmitted
Campaigners say they're prepared for a fight over plans for a plant near Hornsea
Objectors have vowed to resist the return of plans for an asphalt plant on the outskirts of an East Riding village, claiming they would be detrimental to it.
Jackie Sutherwood, an objector from the Community Rejects Asphalt Plant (CRAP) group, claimed people in Brandesburton would be exposed to noise, nuisance and toxic emissions if the plant is approved.
But applicants Newlay Asphalt said they had chosen a different site to the one previously rejected which would see the plant built among existing industry, boosting the local economy.
It comes after East Riding Council’s Planning Committee rejected the company’s plans to build the plant between Bridlington Road and Catfoss Lane in August.
Newlay Asphalt’s Jamie Brown told councillors at the time that the plant would be screen and pledged it would not harm the area.
But 476 people, including a doctor, objected over fears of the effects of pollution from the plant along with concerns it could damage the local tourism industry.
The company’s latest plans would see the plant build west of the previously proposed site, in Catfoss Lane in an existing industrial estate.
The proposed plant would coat road stone with bitumen and be capable of processing up to 100 tonnes per hour.
The structures in the plant would be 13m-tall at their highest point.
It would run from 5am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, until 12pm on Saturdays and would be closed on Sundays and bank holidays.
The company estimates that 30 HGVs would travel to and from the site every day for deliveries and collections, along with 15 visits from smaller lorries.
Plans claim that the site could create up to 12 jobs.
Ms Sutherwood said moving the proposed site about half a mile down Catfoss Lane would do nothing to address objectors’ concerns.
The objector said: “The application states that 12 jobs would be created, but this would easily be eclipsed by a consequential loss of employment in our tourism and hospitality sector.
“Which visitors would be attracted to a location where a heavy industrial operation close by has the potential to cause such air and noise pollution as this development?
“There can certainly be no guarantee that airborne pollution and dust, will not find its way into the nearby village, affecting all in our village population, residents, sports participants, schoolchildren and visitors.
“This plant would only be detrimental to our village and its residents and businesses.”
Newlay Asphalt said the plant would fit into a place with long-established industrial activity, adding that the effects on locals would be negligible.
An air quality assessment commissioned by the company claimed the effects from odours, dust and traffic would be insignificant while another study concluded the noise impact would be low.
The company’s plans stated: “The development will provide an economic and employment contribution within a strategically located site and support the expansion and needs of an existing business.
“The development is appropriate in terms of scale, massing and layout, with a suitable choice of colours and materials to finish.
“Existing landscaping features such as hedgerows will be retained, with some additional planting to buffer any visual impacts of the site.
“The design of the proposed development is industrial and functional in nature and will therefore integrate with the existing character of the surrounding industrial estate.”