Planners to decide on Shrewsbury incinerator

The fate of a controversial proposal to build a £60 million incinerator on a site on the outskirts of Shrewsbury will be decided by planners at the end of this month, it emerged today.

Councillors will decide whether to allow the energy-from-waste plant to be built at Battlefield at a meeting on July 26.

It comes after the Environment Agency last month agreed to issue an environmental permit for it.

Veolia Environmental Services Shropshire Limited lodged its plans for the scheme with Shropshire Council last year.

Today Gareth Proffitt, a spokesman for the council, said the application will be considered by Shropshire Council's strategic planning committee on Monday, July 26, at Meole Brace School in Shrewsbury, at 2pm."

The application has sparked opposition from residents and campaign groups concerned about the proposal and the impact they perceive it could have.

But Veolia claims the facility could generate enough power to supply 10,000 homes and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill to just five per cent.