Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

More complaints….Where have the clothing recycling containers gone…!!!

Gone, gone and gone….sorry to say, – why you may ask….well there is just too much clothing being donated and the price has dropped like a stone, and therefor has become uneconomical…..can only happen here….

Meanwhile, developing countries are more than willing and happy for donations….

The UK regularly sends containers of rubbish, plastics and nasty chemicals to the Far Eastern Countries under dodgy manifests…..

Fortunately they have ‘clocked’ this dodgy dealings and many have been sent back ….

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SAXON PIT: RECENT PRESS ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHS –
WHAT DO THEY SHOW?

Thank you to everyone who attended the Public Health meeting at Manor Leisure Centre on Wednesday 4 February. The turnout over the five-hour drop-in session was exceptional, with the venue at capacity for much of the day. We welcome the proposals to improve monitoring and to involve residents more directly in looking at cumulative impacts across the area.

Many of you will also have seen the recent CambsNews planning breach story.

Saxongate has written formally to the Environment Agency regarding IBA being stored outside the permitted Waste Reception Area.
The article raises an obvious question: how can expansion be considered if basic containment conditions are not being consistently followed?

Environment Agency urged to investigate incinerator ash storage breaches at Saxon Brickworks in Whittlesey – News for Peterborough and Cambridgeshire

The photographs published with the article are worth a close look.

They appear to show:

• Green-grey water in the wedge pits
  • Large volumes of standing surface water
  • IBA stored outside the bunded containment area
  • Site infrastructure that may be under strain

  
  

Some residents have also asked whether the appearance of certain solar panels suggests dust deposition.

The Environment Agency describes the site’s water system as a “closed-loop” arrangement, meaning water that has contacted incinerator bottom ash is stored and reused for dust suppression.

That naturally leads to a number of reasonable questions:

• Is the recycled water routinely chemically tested?
  • How is any build-up over time monitored in a system where water evaporates but residues remain?
  • What happens during prolonged wet weather if pits appear near capacity?
  • Is the current system robust enough to support increased throughput?

We have submitted updated objections to various active planning and permit applications. In our view, it would be unwise to consider any site expansion before the adequacy of the greywater system and IBA storage area has been clearly explained.

THE REGULATORY POSITION

Planning decisions, environmental permits and public health functions are often treated as separate processes, yet they relate to the same operations and the same community. When concerns arise, residents are frequently told that an issue falls within another authority’s remit.

The Environment Agency’s decision on the water pumping permit has been described as imminent. The planning application to increase capacity remains live.

This is precisely why continued public scrutiny matters.

The recent article in the Cambs Times also highlights this point.
Saxongate campaigners urge Whittlesey residents to join them | Cambs Times

Please encourage people to join our mailing list (saxongate2022@gmail.com), stay informed and continue to make their views known politely and clearly.

With your support, we will continue pressing for transparency, proper monitoring and joined-up oversight.
Saxongate Residents Group.

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Just so residents are NOT confused.
Fenland District and Whittlesey Town Councils, ar NOT putting their rates/precept up.
Mayor Combined Authority CPCA NOT putting precept up this year.

County Council, Police & Crime Commisioner and Fire Authority ALL up.
Council tax bills for everyone in the county will go up from April, as a maximum increase has been approved by Cambridgeshire County Council.

The authority will be increasing its share of the council tax bill by 4.99%.
This includes a 2.99% increase in the basic council tax precept and a 2% increase for the adult social care precept.

At a full council meeting on Tuesday, Cllr Lucy Nethsingha (Liberal Democrat), leader of the council, said this had been “the most difficult budget” to set since she became leader.

She said: “The key challenges facing this council are the cost in social care, both in children and adults, and the cost of SEND education.
“All these are statutory services, providing care to the most vulnerable residents.

In particular, Cllr Nethsingha highlighted the plans to invest an additional £20million in highways maintenance, on top of government funding.

Cllr Nethsingha said the county’s roads are “in a poor state” and need continued investment.

Read More – Click Here.

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