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Nov 2023
MP rejects company's offer of Knaresborough asphalt plant discussions
Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Andrew Jones has turned down an invitation to meet the company behind plans to build an asphalt plant near Knaresborough and discuss his concerns about the proposals.
Tynedale Roadstone wants to create the facility next door to the controversial incinerator at Allerton Waste Recovery Park (AWRP), but Mr Jones recently said the company had not done enough to allay worries about pollution, traffic movements, and the potential for ground water contamination.
He also flagged concerns regarding the plant’s long operating hours and said that it would represent “industrial creep” – the gradual expansion of industry at a formerly rural site.
Extending the invitation to Mr Jones, Lichfields, which is acting as planning consultant to Tynedale Roadstone, said the site was an appropriate location for the plant in part due to its proximity to the A1(M) and because it would deliver "sustainability advantages” by reusing one of the AWRP's by-products.
In a statement, a spokesperson from parent company MGL Group said:
They added:
But Mr Jones replied to MGL, saying he was “not sure a meeting is necessary”. He told the Stray Ferret:
The MGL spokesperson said the technical material supporting the planning application concluded there would be no significant environmental effects as a result of traffic movements, dust, odour, and noise, "subject to best practice measures being employed at the site".
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