NOTICE BOARD

INSPECTOR REJECTS BCP'S DRAFT LOCAL PLAN (7 March 2025)

For details go to Local Plan. 

PLEASE SIGN THE MAGWATCH PETITION TO STOP THE INCINERATOR

For details go to INCINERATOR.

If you want to download Magwatch's campaign flyer and poster, see DOWNLOADS below.

CANFORD PLUME PLOTTER

If you want to see which areas around the propose incinerator would be affected by different wind conditions, follow this link:

http://plumeplotter.com/canford

If you want to read a detailed analysis of air quality concerns (and other concerns) read Steve Harper's submission in DOWNLOADS.

NEW GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES ON CARBON CAPTURE

New guidelines issued by DEFRA at the end of 2024 should make it harder for MVV to obtain approval for their proposed incinerator:  "For those energy recovery developments we do need, we will only support projects that offer the best efficiency and are future proofed towards supporting our net

zero objectives. " To see the new guidelines and Magwatch's latest objection based on those guidelines, go to DOWNLOADS below.

INCINERATION: THE RISING TIDE OF OPPOSITION

Increasingly, politicians are understanding the many negative effects of waste incineration. And at the end of last year, the BBC published details of a wide-ranging investigation into the effects and consequences of incineration. To read a summary of the BBC findings, see DOWNLOADS.

EXAMINATION OF BCP LOCAL PLAN

If you wish to find out more about the Public Examination of the draft BCP Local Plan, read Ian Kemp’s (Programme Officer) email, which can be found in Downloads below. It has a number of useful links which will explain the process.

     A number of local developers are, of course, objecting to the draft plan. WH White, for example (who sold the land for Canford Paddock and currently owns some of the land the proposed Canford incinerator would be built on), will be complaining that BCP have not included his proposal for another 2,300 houses on the other side of the Magna Road.

UNCERTAINTY OVER FUTURE OF CANFORD INCINERATOR

It is not clear, at this stage, whether MVV will withdraw their application for the Canford Incinerator or push ahead with it at the next BCP planning committee meeting.

     In the meantime - in the light of the Portland ruling - Magwatch has submitted another objection to the Canford Incinerator. See DOWNLOADS

DECISION ON APPLICATION FOR CANFORD HEATH INCINERATOR

  APP/23/00822/F

The Secretary of State has ruled on the appeal of Portland Fuels' application to build an incinerator at Portland. She has ruled in favour of the planning application. This makes the case for the Canford incinerator much weaker or even invalid. To see SoS judgement, go to DOWNLOADS below.

At the planning committee  meeting on 12th September consideration of the application was deferred.

See Bournemouth Echo report in DOWNLOADS below.

The details of the application can be found by following this link:

https://boppa.poole.gov.uk/online-applications/simpleSearchResults.do?action=firstPage

You will also be able to submit an objection once you have accessed this portal.  Alternatively you can email your ward councillors. 

The case officer’s report can be found in DOWNLOADS, below. 

Ward councillors:

Cllr Richard Burton:  Richard.Burton@bcpcouncil.gov.uk

Cllr Marcus Andrews: marcus.andrews@bcpcouncil.gov.uk

Cllr David Brown: david.brown@bcpcouncil.gov.uk

BCP DRAFT LOCAL PLAN

BCP's draft Local Plan has been submitted to the Secretary of State and will now be subject to a  Public Examination. See Local Plan,

It seems that CALA Homes are not complying with the conditions laid down for the construction of the SANG footpath along the River Stour. See my letter to case officer Gareth Ball in DOWNLOADs below.

For details of the consultation on the BCP Local Plan, see CONSULTATION.

MVV have submitted what they claim to be an 'amended' application for the incinerator they want to build on Canford Heath. See INCINERATOR.

Cala Homes' work on Oakwood Park (Cruxton Farm) continues. It is their intention to keep neighbouring residents informed of their progress. Their latest newsletter can be found in in DOWNLOADS, below.

The revised National Planning Policy Framework was published in December. This amended framework provides greater protections for the Green Belt. However,  BCP will have to follow the transitional arrangements for the Local Plan, which means that the public consultation will be delayed and will now commence on 20th March for 6 weeks. 

   If you would like to see a copy of the revised NPPF, go to DOWNLOADS below.

BCP's Draft Local Plan has just been published. For more details go to DRAFT LOCAL PLAN

For information about future consultations on the BCP Local Plan and for an updated timetable, go to UPDATE.

Planning application APP/23/00822/F has recently been submitted for a new incineration plant between Magna Road and Canford Heath. Canford Heath is a SSSI and will surely be at risk from this monster. Additionally, the already heavily congested Magna Road will have many more HGVs using it if the application is approved. For further details go to PLANT.

A second consultation meeting with BCP was held on 17th July to discuss progress wih the Local Plan since the new administration came to power in May. For more information go to BCP MEETINGS.

The long-standing complaint against the way former Cllr David Kelsey conducted the Planning Committee meeting deciding APP/19/00955 (Land north of Merley / Cruxton Farm) has been resolved. See COMPLAINT.

The Oaks site on Queen Anne Drive has recently been acquired by Care South, who intend to build a care home there. For further details see The Oaks.

On 13th March, 10 members of Magwatch met with senior BCP officers in a consultation on the Local Plan. It was a very positive and constructive meeting, with some very encouraging news about the local Green Belt promoted sites. Go to BCP MEETINGS.

Out of the blue, local householders have recently been receiving leaflets about a proposed combined waste and power (CWP) plant to be built on the site of Canford Arena, just off Magna Road.  For further details GO TO CWP.