Ex-brickworks extension recommended for approval
BBCProposals to extend operations at a former brickworks have been recommended for council approval subject to 30 conditions.
Johnson Aggregates Recycling Limited runs a construction and demolition (C&D) and incinerator bottom ash (IBA) recycling plant at the former Saxon Brickworks in Whittlesey, near Peterborough.
The application wanted to increase the amount of C&D and IBA processed at the site to 614,000 tonnes per year from its current 250,000 tonnes.
Cambridgeshire County Council's Planning Committee is expected to make a decision on 4 March.
Neighbours of the former brickworks have previously told the BBC of having to hose down cars and window sills because of dust they believed was coming from the site.
Planning applications stated that IBA was a non-hazardous material which was produced following the incineration of waste and was imported to the site.
The application was recommended for approval following conditions, including:
- Only non-hazardous IBA and C&D waste can be imported to the site
- All vehicle movements into and out of the site from and to the public highway should be recorded by a CCTV monitoring system
- All plant and machinery should be fitted with appropriate silencers to meet the manufacturers noise rating level
- The total number of heavy commercial vehicle movements associated with the development should not exceed 332 per day
The site falls under the remit of multiple agencies, such as Cambridgeshire County Council for both waste planning and public health, Fenland District Council for environmental health and the Environment Agency that grants environmental permits.
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