MEMBERS of Thurrock Council’s Planning Committee have slammed another proposal by the operators of a quarry in East Tilbury continue their activities past 2010, declaring enough is enough.
S Walsh and Sons have applied to Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation for approval to continue using the land on Princess Margaret Road for inert waste and soils recycling, primary aggregates extraction, processing and sale beyond 2010 when the current permission expires.
The application also proposes a phased restoration of the site to conservation and amenity use afterwards, with the formation of temporary screening landforms, and the siting and operation of a plant for the processing of waste materials, soils and extraction.
This would include an associated entrance road, office and weighbridge, water management systems and a stockpiling area.
The proposal would see activities at the site continue for up to 13 years.
The operator have already lodged an application with the TTGDC to extend the excavations and subsequent restoration of the site by four years to 2014.
This proposal, which attracted mass criticism for the council’s Planning Committee back in May, is currently under consideration by the TTGDC.
Their latest application was also met with disgust by members of the council’s Planning Committee at the meeting on Thursday night.
East Tilbury ward councillor John Purkiss is not on the committee but attended the meeting to speak against the proposal.
He said: “I represent most of the people in East Tilbury, if not all, who have spent many years fighting against this.
“Lo and behold here we have Walsh coming up with another 13 years of tipping.
“The residents suffer from mud and debris on the road, the lorries now mount the kerbs and I don’t think it will be long before we have a fatality.
“They have totally destroyed a lake over the last ten to 15 years in which wildlife flourished.
“Its about time we all stood together and said no more, you finish in 2010 when you are supposed to and no more.”
Committee Vice chair Councillor Barry Palmer was of the same view, he said: “They’ve completely destroyed our last window to the Thames, there is nothing left that is visible from the highway.
“There is continual damage and devastation to the area caused by their lorries pounding through.
“The people of East Tilbury have had enough - its the pits nothing more and nothing less!”
Councillor Joy Redsell was also in agreement, she said: “Its about time the residents got East Tilbury back, 2010 is enough, we’ve shut our Thames off- we’re not seeing it from anywhere.”
The committee voted unanimously to move the officer’s recommendation that Thurrock Council object to the application.
The final decision now rests with Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation.
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