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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on March 6, 2011 at 21:04

A couple of updates on this proposed development:

 

• The Pinkham Way Incinerator blog has begun to collect a very useful archive of the press coverage that has been attracted so far.
• A new site Pinkham Waste provides further background and is currently running a petition in opposition to the development

 

Do have a look at these sites.

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on March 12, 2011 at 12:58

The Bounds Green and District Residents Association have organised a meeting to discuss the implications of the proposed development at The Sheridan Hall, Scout Park, Gordon Road, N11 on 24th March at 8pm.

Details on the events listings

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on March 17, 2011 at 17:07

The NWLA development at Pinkham Way is on the agenda of the next meeting of the Bowes, Southgate and Southgate Green Area Forum which will be held at The Bourne Methodist Church, The Bourne, Southgate, N14 6RS on Tuesday 29th March at 7:30 and is open to the public.

You can download a PDf copy of the agenda here - the meeting also includes an update on the A406 roadworks.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin on March 20, 2011 at 22:11

I have just noticed the following Pinkham Way Alliance web site has been set up on this issue. It's very interesting and makes some excellent points on the challenges these proposals will bring.
http://sites.google.com/site/pinkhamwayalliance/
Is there a simple way of capturing all the URLs associated with these proposals in one place?

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on March 21, 2011 at 18:03

Kevin

 

I have begun a rudimentary page which lists the URLs I know and includes an aggregated feed of the content from these sites including the phrase "Pinkham Way" see http://www.bowesandbounds.org/page/pinkham-way-development

Let me know if their are other sites to add - or other phrases to capture. The RSS feed is freely available for others to use and adapt if they want to.

 

Kevin said:

I have just noticed the following Pinkham Way Alliance web site has been set up on this issue. It's very interesting and makes some excellent points on the challenges these proposals will bring.
http://sites.google.com/site/pinkhamwayalliance/
Is there a simple way of capturing all the URLs associated with these proposals in one place?

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Permalink Reply by lynne on March 26, 2011 at 9:56

I am going on tuesday, this is a horrible thing to have on our doorstep, the already congested north circular will be worse, the lorries are going to be arriving every 60 seconds, the smell will be awful, we have to do everyhting in our power to stop this, how this has gone through so far is beyond me, it is going to be so close to a residential area. 

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Permalink Reply by Lesley Ramm on March 29, 2011 at 18:46

Just saw an item on BBC London news about this with resident Colin Par(r)ish speaking against it. Showed just how close site is to houses/gardens.

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on March 29, 2011 at 22:19

Thanks Lesley

The BBC London News Report can be viewed online  along with a written news item reporting on the community campaign.

 

There were two seperate reports a live interview here:

There was also a recorded package here:

 

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Permalink Reply by Kevin on March 31, 2011 at 22:19

Well done to everyone that turned up at Barnet Town Hall the other night however the process and proceedings can at best be described as a farce.
Barnet seemed to suggest that the matter was out of their hands and it was all down to Haringey Council to make the decision on the future of the waste plant. Better still was Cllr Coleman's statement that this was the best place to locate the plant as it was away from residential areas and beside the A406. Shame he did not read the Council's written reply to questions raised before the meeting that stated 11,000 homes within 1Km of the site has been leafleted about the proposed plans. Sounds very residential to me.

Even more disconcerting was the fact that in the Council's NLWA papers it stated that the Edmonton Incinerator site will close in 2020. Once this site closes, where is this waste going to be processed, Pinkham Way I assume?

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Permalink Reply by John on March 31, 2011 at 22:24

Edmonton's "mass-burn incinerator" will be closed down, and the "Eco-Park" (!!!!) will be converted to the same

 

          "incinerator fuel production"

 

that the NLWA intends for Pinkham Way.

 

And believe me, Barnet behaved in the way they ALWAYS behave, over everything. It is widely believed they are only there for the generous allowances - they put up "Committee Chair allowance" by 54% last summer! See Barnet Eye and other blogs.

 

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on April 4, 2011 at 9:48

Lynne Featherstone MP for Hornsey and Wood Green has joined the public debate about the Pinkham Way Waste Development today with a carefully worded Blog Post noting "deep concern amongst local residents" and inviting "all local residents’ views on the proposals so we can ensure that these concerns are clearly taken into account"

Whilst openly critical of the consultation process the text of her blog post shows neither support for, nor opposition to, the planned development.

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Permalink Reply by Administrator on May 4, 2011 at 11:10

The opposition to North London Waste Authority siting a major waste re-processing plant on Pinkham Wood continues.

Have a look at this short film made by the Pinkham Way Alliance - the community organisation leading the campaign.

 

The film makers say:

One of the largest MBT waste processing sites in Europe is coming to North London and it's much closer than you think. The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) wants to build an industrial site in our community to process waste from seven London boroughs. They plan to do this on land that is currently serving as a mature wildlife habitat and as a green buffer from the North Circular. It will also increase traffic congestion in an already congested area and will affect the health of nearby residents.

 

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