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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on May 16, 2011 at 17:26

Bounds Green Councillors have arranged an open surgery for 18th May to hear the concerns of Bounds Green ward residents more information in this leaflet (PDF Download) or on the events listing

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on June 16, 2011 at 19:18

A short note with the Latest Updates on the Pinkham Way Waste processing proposals.

 

• This week on Friday 17th Enfield Southgate MP David Burrowes is hosting a public meeting at Broomfield School to discuss the development, and promote his No to Pinkham Way Campaign and Petition More details here
  
• Last week Alistair Sherriff of the Pinkham Way Allianceaddressed a well attended meeting of the Bowes School Parents Forum. The Bowes School governors have already written a letter opposing the development, and will consider further response once the next stage of the formal planning application process is announced.
• New flyers from the Pinkham Way Alliance and a poster are available to download and print (See below) The campaign is looking for volunteers to help with door to door leafleting.
• Finally a story about the campaign has appeared in Today's Evening Standard featuring local campaigner Melanie Masson.

Attachments:

• Flyer_6.pdf, 1.2 MB
• Flyer_280411.pdf, 210 KB

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on June 24, 2011 at 12:26

A new report this week on air quality in London identifies over 1,000 schools within 150 metres of major roads which is having an impact on the long term health of the capitals children. Several local schools are on the list read the full story here

The movement of traffic has been a key element of the opposition to the Pinkham Way Waste development which, by the North London Waste Authority’s own figures, would generate over 1,000 additional vehicle movements each day on the North Circular Road, let alone any further impact on air quality as a direct result of the waste processing.

I think air quality could be a key issue in the opposition to the plans.

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Permalink Reply by Administrator on July 4, 2011 at 13:11

So it looks like the debate over the Pinkham Way development is now becoming party political.

Both Tory MP David Burrowes and the Bowes Ward Labour Councillors separately have invited constituents to lobby the same meeting of Enfield Council on Wednesday July 6th - both sides are opposing the proposed development and criticising their political opponents.

It will be interesting to see if the lobby of the council splits into two separate anti-Labour and anti-Tory factions ... or combines into one Anti-Pinkham way protest!

From Richard McKeever

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Permalink Reply by Administrator on July 7, 2011 at 16:23

The following e-mail message from Bowes Ward Councillors was distributed this afternoon:

 

Dear constituents,

Before tomorrow's deadline, your Bowes Labour councillors will be submitting the following representation to the bodies determining the North London Waste Plan (NLWP) to express our justified opposition to the development of a waste plant at Pinkham and anywhere within London Borough of Enfield. This submission allows us to represent our ward when the NLWP ultimately reaches the adjudication phase.

"Following London Borough of Enfield's 6 July Council meeting , we the duly elected councillors of Bowes ward submit the following representation concerning the NLWA's proposal to build a new waste processing plant at Pinkham Way. For reasons including but not limited to the proposed site's proximity to residential districts and its consequences for traffic and air quality in an already congested zone, we assert that it contravenes a number of relevant planning policies and must therefore be rejected. We also assert that there is no justification, in terms of waste management, for the Pinkham Way site to be used as a depot for Barnet's refuse vehicles, since this would only add to the congestion and pollution in the area. At the same time, we assert that the current preferred alternative to Pinkham Way - to wit, an expansion of existing facilities in Edmonton - must also be rejected for reasons including but not limited to the negative implications for eliminating the Eco-Park incinerator and further aggravation of already unacceptable traffic and air quality levels in this zone. In addition, we assert that the communities of East Enfield have supported more than their fair share of North London's waste processing burden for decades. Thus, to ensure that London Borough of Enfield receives equitable treatment (in the legal sense of this term), it behoves the NLWP to specify that any new waste plants being built in the NLWA region be located at a distance from Enfield's borders and in a borough that has yet to accommodate a full-scale waste plant. We are aware that other potential sites have been identified in London Borough of Barnet, which features similar transportation links as Enfield and possesses industrial spaces characterised by relatively sparse residential density. sites. We assert that recourse to these latter sites should be progressed within the NLWP."

Please communicate this email to all your Bowes Ward neighbours and friends to ensure that everyone is aware of the position we are taking as their representatives. It is an effective but moral position that reflects the consensus opinion of our ward: no to Pinkham Way; no to anywhere in Enfield; yes to Barnet.

To get in touch with us and stay apprised of our work, please consult our website regularly: http://boweslabour.blogspot.com/

 

Your Bowes Ward Labour councillors,

Achilleas Georgiou
Yasemin Brett
Alan Sitkin

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