Waste Not, Want Not

Man of Action Posted on December 9, 2015 Posted in News

Pearson Planning, Chartered Surveyors has obtained consent, for a leading UK recycling company, to expand its operations. Although no new building is involved, the A.R.C.A accredited Company is now able to receive & process a wider range of waste.

Pearson Planning, Chartered Surveyors persuaded the local planning authority to remove a planning condition, that restricted handling to demolition/construction arisings. … Total Recycling now plans to treat industrial, commercial & domestic waste.

The UK is reportedly not reaching its landfill targets set by the European Commission. About 75% of municipal waste goes to landfill (source BBC). Total Recycling’s new activities will help increase this.

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Edinburgh, 12 November, and Ivan McKee MSP announced to the national assembly that work on introducing a Community Infrstructure Levy in Scotland is “stopped”. Ivan ‘the terrible’ McKee recognised that the Levy was not welcome. There is a general acceptance, too, that much needed house building is being stalled by disproportionate obligation demands, and as Ivan says “unpredictable, costly and lengthy” planning application processes. McKee, branded ‘the terrible’ because of His handling of public finances north of the Cheviots, offers only one solution: higher planning fees! Genius! Increasing (again) authority revenues is not the solution. The vast majority of applications are determined by individual Officers (many of which have no professional qualifications) without the right of appeal. This needs to stop. SNP Government spending for 2023-2024 had a negative fiscal balance of -£22 billion. This must stop.