Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 15 October 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the oral answer of 17 September 2012, Official Report, column 634, on waste to energy plants, which statutory bodies asked for a call-in of the energy for waste plant in Norfolk; what their reasons were for seeking a call-in of this decision; and what his reasons were for accepting. [R]
King's Lynn and West Norfolk borough council and a number of parish councils in the area asked the Secretary of State to call-in the application for various reasons, including public opposition, the validity of the assessment of alternative sites and prematurity in terms of the Development Plan.
Having taken into account all matters raised by the application, including representations made, the Secretary of State decided to call-in the application as it concerns matters that are of substantial regional or national controversy.
I note as a matter of fact that the Department received call-in representations from 23 Members of Parliament and Peers, 48 local parish councils and 5,800 locally signed letters.
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