Newsletter going out to plug the zoom meeting on Thursday 21st May 8pm
Andy
Walker
stopthetescotoxictowers.blogspot.com
120
Blythswood Road
Ilford
IG3
8SG
07956
263088 andy.walker@talk21.com @andywalker1945
15th
May 2020
Dear
Residents
Zoom
Stop the Tesco Toxic Towers Campaign Meeting Thursday 21st
May 8pm:
The
application to build the Towers is likely to be heard on 16th July
at 7:15 p.m. Our campaign has suffered an injustice because the
Council initially said nitrogen dioxide (N02) monitoring had been
done around surrounding schools close to the Tesco site. This was
helpful to the campaign to because the expected high NO2 levels
during the rush hour at schools could be used to argue that the
Gladman judgement (Case No: C1/2017/3476 ) binds the Council to
refuse the Tescos application. The key paragraph in the Gladman
judgement is at paragraph 75.
"...proposed
development would have “at least a moderately adverse impact on air
quality in the Newington and Rainham AQMAs, and thus a significant
effect on human health”
We
need to prove either the construction traffic, dust arising from the
works and/or traffic projections from the 1300 homes once built would
amount to "moderately adverse impact" in Redbridge,
especially to local school children. This task has become harder with
the Council on 28th April no longer insisting Tescos provide hourly
NO2 hourly monitoring around schools near to the store and claiming
it was not done in the first place. A key campaign task is to
persuade the council to do the pollution monitoring they said they
would do.
The
purpose being
1)
To get as many people to attend the planning meeting on the 16th July
which will be be held virtually.
2)
To collect signatures for petition to be handed in at at the meeting
on July 16th.
Signatures are only being collected on the internet at link below:
www.change.org/stoptheTTT
Their
will be a zoom planning meeting through on 8pm at 21st
May for a discussion on how we can get a good turn out on. The ID is
890
5703 9275
& password is 050000
The
focus on air pollution appears to be a good material consideration
that seems reasonable to challenge the Council over due to the
supportive case law provided by Gladman. There may be other issues
available to challenge and if enough supporters come on board we can
get legal advice.
Regards
Andy
Walker
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