What the Papers Say

South Yorkshire Times 6th Nov 2008
A site in Thurnscoe is top of the list of potential sites for a giant incinerator, it has emerged.The Thurnscoe Business Park was one of 13 sites in the South Yorkshire Times distribution area identified by regional waste management bosses looking to build a huge incinerator to deal with waste from Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham.
 A total of 54 sites across the three boroughs were considered, but the Thurnscoe site has emerged as the front runner in a Development Plan Document jointly commissioned by the three councils. The former Corus site at Parkgate ranks third on the list of suitable sites.
The region faces the challenge of managing 611,000 tonnes of municipal, commercial and industrial waste per year by 2020, according to figures set out in the Yorkshire and Humber Plan.
A total of 231,000 tonnes per year will need to be recycled or composted to meet government targets.
New waste management sites, needed to plug a shortfall of facilities across the region and reduce the amount of rubbish sent to landfill, will provide the latest equipment for recycling and either the physical, chemical or biological treatment of waste.
Other sites will concentrate on composting or generating energy from waste products - including incineration, a process which relies on elaborate systems to clean up a wide range of harmful gases before they are released into the atmosphere.
Other sites in our area that were considered include:

  • Denaby Lane, Denaby

    •   Riverside at the rear of the Earth Centre

    Pastures Road Mexborough,  Mexborough Power Station,

    Station Road  Manvers, New Stubbin Colliery  Rawmarsh,

    Waddingtons  Parkgate, Yorkshire Water sewage works  Parkgate

    Corus Parkgate,  Bolton Road, Manvers, Yorkshire Water Wombwell and

    Cadeby Quarry

All shortlisted sites will be subject to strict planning procedures before any schemes are given the go-ahead.

Comment: from 10th in the league to first why? What happened to Thurnscoe and the other sites how many have been consulted upon?  What strict planning procedures have been applied at Manvers?
South Yorkshire Times 7th April 2009
Three sites across South Yorkshire are firmly in the sights of three borough councils – Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham – to host plants that will handle a quarter of a million tonnes of waste every year. The potential sites have been well publicised, and in due course they will be picked.
Yet staggeringly when they ARE chosen, even the councils picking them will NOT know exactly what will be going on them! In this special report, Liam Hoden looks at the various projects that might just end up on YOUR doorstep.

THE most controversial choice remains that of an incinerator – an option that has raised the blood pressure of many members of the public at consultation meetings over the past year.  read more44
South Yorkshire Times 22nd Jul  2009

A fiery consultation meeting over a proposed site in Manvers for one of three regional waste management plants has been held in Wath.
The 12-acre site off Bolton Road in Wath to the rear of the Next distribution warehouse is one of 35 sites listed around the three boroughs (Doncaster, Rotherham and Barnsley) that could house some form of treatment plant for waste. Of the 35 sites, a shortlist of six will be selected of which three will house a treatment facility that will deal with household, commercial and industrial waste.
On initial assessment of the 35 locations, the Bolton Road site was ranked sixth in the list with a site at Thurnscoe Business Park topping the table. A site at the Yorkshire Water Sewage Works in Parkgate was 14th while another site at Manvers, on Station Road, was ranked 18th.
All three borough councils are keen to emphasise the ranking was based on initial findings and the high placed sites should not be classed as favourites. However it was revealed at a meeting regarding the Thurnscoe site that it was a 'serious contendor' for a top six position.
More than 60 people attended the meeting chaired by independent charity Yorkshire Planning Aid last week with a range of residents attending from Bolton-upon-Dearne, Wath, Mexborough and Adwick-upon-Dearne.
Scenes of angry residents were reminiscent of the meeting held regarding the proposed Thurnscoe plant, with some accusing the councils of selecting the Bolton Road site - which falls in the Rotherham borough - as it would avoid consultations with residents in Doncaster despite being right on the border of the borough.
It is expected that the consultation period will move to its next stage during the autumn though details regarding this step have yet to be revealed while further meetings are likely in relation to other preferred sites around Doncaster and Barnsley in the coming months