The petition of residents of Scunthorpe County Constituency,
Declares that there is strong opposition on the grounds of smell, noise, vermin and pollution to planning application WD/2016/1556 which has been submitted to North Lincolnshire Council proposing to build a waste transfer station on Sunningdale Road, Scunthorpe.
The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges North Lincolnshire Council to refuse planning application WD/2016/1556, which seeks to build a waste transfer station on Sunningdale Road in Scunthorpe, on the grounds of smell, noise, vermin and pollution.
And the petitioners remain, etc.—[Presented by Nic Dakin , Official Report, 22 November 2016; Vol. 617, c. 869.]
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Observations from The Minister for Housing and Planning (Gavin Barwell):
North Lincolnshire Council are responsible for minerals and waste planning in their area. The Government’s policy is not to interfere with the jurisdiction of a local planning authority unless it is necessary to do so. This is because local authority councillors are elected to represent the views of local people and, in the main, it is these Councillors who are in the best position to decide whether a development should go ahead. In determining a planning application the local planning authority are required to have regard to all material considerations including the development plan, national policies and views expressed by third parties. It is, of course, for local planning authorities to provide whatever justification that may be appropriate to give for their decisions and procedures.
The Government are committed to giving more power to councils and committees to make their own decisions on planning issues, and believes that decisions should be made at the local level wherever possible.