Adrian Lea -Fails to reject Scottish Power's gas plant

Fails to reject Scottish Power's gas plant

Responding to the report supporting Scottish Power's Byley gas plant, by County Council Planning Officer Adrian Lea, RAP Chairman John Halstead said: "This isn't approval: just Adrian Lea's recommendation to Councillors who will make the actual decision on October 23rd, but we're amazed that Mr Lea is unmoved by so much evidence that the gas plant is risky, polluting, ugly, and above all - absolutely unnecessary." David Ord, RAP technical specialist added: "Adrian Lea's decision not to reject Scottish Power's proposals goes against our comprehensively researched evidence. However his decision is based on planning technicalities and does not consider aspects such as safety or the wishes of the entire local community, as shown by an enormous number (over 9,000 and growing) of protest letters to Councillors. There is no other local matter that has caused such widespread fear, and it's deeply disturbing that the views of so many electors can be set aside by a planning officer" John Halstead concluded: "Now we look to the County Councillors, who will certainly be responsive to public opinion, and who have looked carefully at our evidence, to ignore Mr Lea's report, and to reject a proposal that is designed purely to make money for Scottish Power, bringing no worthwhile benefit to the UK in general, nor Cheshire in particular." Dr John Edwards, Press and Media Officer