Borough asks County Council to remove Clayhanger Allocation

The Board of Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council have agreed for a letter to be written and sent to Cheshire County Council requesting that they consider removing the allocation for Clayhanger as a landfill site from the Cheshire Replacement Waste Local Plan.

In September 2007, the Borough Council, Haslington Parish Council, Clayhanger Action Group and local residents were delighted to hear the government had turned down the application for planning permission for a clay quarry and landfill site at Clayhanger Hall Farm near Haslington.  However, since the application was turned down by the Secretary of State, the refusal to grant planning permission has not resulted in the Clayhanger site being removed as a preferred site for landfill from the Plan.

Councillor John Hammond, Portfolio Holder for the Environment said: “Although the planning application was rejected some time ago, Clayhanger still has the allocation next to its name on the waste local plan.  I’d like to assure the residents of Haslington and Winterley that the Borough Council are still working hard to get the allocation removed so that we can finally draw a line under this issue once and for all.”

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Notes to Editor

The planning application for a clay quarry and landfill site at Clayhanger Hall Farm was submitted to Cheshire County Council in the summer of 2003.

14 January 2008

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