A bid to keep a waste recycling plant near two Isle of Wight villages has encountered opposition from a parish council.
Roger Morgan’s application for planning permission to continue siting a mobile crushing plant for recycling waste building materials at Knighton Sandpit is facing an objection from Newchurch Parish Council.
Knighton Sandpit is north west of Alverstone and north east of Newchurch.
Mr Morgan’s proposal is a renewal and ‘exactly the same’ as previous applications to keep the plant on-site that stretch back to 1999, according to a Design, Access and Heritage Statement submitted by Nova Architectural on the applicant’s behalf.
Gareth Hughes, clerk at Newchurch Parish Council, said:
“At its meeting on December 16, Newchurch Parish Council resolved to object to this application as the site is unsuitable due to the use of country lanes by large vehicles to access it and the associated impact on highway safety including the ever-increased heavy traffic it is creating.
“This is adding to hazards at the top of Knighton Shute, damage to road surfaces etc.
“Continuous temporary applications are effectively making this situation permanent and alternative sites should be examined for this continued activity.”
Suz Greenwood, a planning advisory at the Environment Agency, said the public body has no objection to Mr Morgan’s proposal.
The Isle of Wight Council last gave permission for the plant to remain at Knighton Sandpit in November 2014 which is due to expire in February next year.
Conditions attached to the approval included development being in line with submitted plans and time restrictions on plant operations.
Regulations relating to the storage of materials, waste and hazardous substances, drainage, the location of the plant within the site and vehicle cleaning were also included in the permission.
A public consultation on the application will end on January 15 and County Hall is expected to make a decision on January 31.
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