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Veolia plans refused – a great community effort

6th February 2017 by stopveoliainlincoln Leave a Comment

Long Leys Residents Stop Veolia In Lincoln
Image courtesy of The Lincolnite

You’ve heard by now. If you weren’t at the protest on Long Leys Road, you’ll have been at the Alive Church. Or if you couldn’t make either, you’ll have seen the television news, heard the radio, or read the websites. COUNCIL PLANNERS HAVE REFUSED THE VEOLIA APPLICATION! See how The Lincolnite reported it… or the LincolnshireLive coverage.
This is great news and time to celebrate – time to get that bottle out of the fridge!
In the end, it was a simple and straightforward dismissal of the plans, and Veolia will have to go back and report that there is a strong and powerful, well organised, opposition to any such activity on Long Leys Road – AND that the councillors also feel it’s an inappropriate development here, so Veolia should look elsewhere.
In the end, it came down to two simple issues – the possibility of 24/7 working, and Veolia’s suggestions as to how…

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Update: In January 2018 Veolia abandoned their appeal against planning refusal. As part of this withdrawal process StopVeolia (& LLRA) were awarded costs against Veolia, due to their unreasonable behaviour. We are hopeful that Veolia have realised that the activity they proposed is inappropriate in our community. LLRA hold a legal defence fund of circa £12,000 in the event that Veolia re-apply.

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