Congleton council say no to fgas plant 2!!!

NOW IT'S UP TO CHESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL AS CONGLETON TELLS THEM TO SAY
NO TO GAS PLANT II THIS IS A LOCAL ELECTION ISSUE

Following last week's vote by Vale Royal's planning committee, to tell Cheshire County Council to say NO TO GAS PLANT II, yesterday Monday 15th April, the Congleton Borough Council Planning Committee voted to tell the County Council that Congleton, "…objects strongly to the application because of its environmental impact and wishes to see it refused." And Congleton went on to say that it, "…considers the application for such a facility in this location fundamentally ill conceived."
Said RAP Chairman John Halsted, "We're delighted to see the Borough Councils acting in this way after a careful consideration of the evidence, and also responding to the postbag of letters and personal calls, opposing Gas Plant II., that so many councilors have received. Now we look to Cheshire County Council to say ' no' on May 21st, when their Development Regulatory Committee meets to decide on the planning application."
Added Dr John Edwards, RAP's Press Spokesman, "With Borough Council elections on May 2nd, this is now an election issue. We must all challenge our Councillors to say where they stand - and most important of all - we must ask Borough Councillors what they personally are doing to tell County Councillors that our community is immovably against Gas Plant II." Dr John Edwards, Press and Media Officer

RAP SCORES 5,200 AS CHESHIRE SAYS ----- NO! ---- TO GAS PLANT II

Last week on 28th March, with a stunning 5,200 no-gas-plant letters delivered to Cheshire County Hall, the guillotine came down, since that's when Cheshire County Council Planning officers stopped counting the continuing flood of protest letters for the official report to the Development Regulatory Committee, who will make the big decision on May 21. Said RAP Chairman, John Halstead, "We are absolutely delighted with this huge number of letters. The target we had to beat was the 4,200 letters which Council Officers counted against Scottish Power's first gas plant planning application. So the huge margin by which we have surpassed 4,200 is final proof that the people of Cheshire don't want the gas plant, and we look to our elected Councillors to reflect the will of the people in their decision on May 21st." Added RAP press spokesman Dr John Edwards, "Remember too, that the people of Cheshire sent in this many letters in only three weeks, as compared with the three months or more, they had last time. This huge success is partly due to our use of standard letters that people could simply sign for us to deliver, but every one of those was signed of somebody's own free will, because unlike Scottish Power, RAP believes in democracy and in giving people a free choice."