DOVE

Come to the DOVE open meeting, 15th July 2008

Send us your poems!

Environment Agency - Schedule 4

We have two documents relating to "Schedule 4", the Environment Agency's right to request more information regarding the Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) permit.

Environment Agency approves water abstraction

Thank you for your support

Wine Tasting in Newhaven

DOVE Supporter Robert Wheeler is organising a Spring Wine Tasting session featuring a selection of varied and interesting wines; all proceeds going to DOVE. It is to be held on Saturday 23 February 2008 at The Hillcrest Centre Cafe, Newhaven, from 7.30pm -10pm, tickets are £10. Call Robert Wheeler on 01273 516948 or Mike Gould on 01273 510287.

We also have a poster you can print and display.

REPORT ON THE PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THE CPO

Thank you for your support

We would like to thank all of you who have given generously in response to our recent request for donations. In just six days we have collected £700 in donations; we have even received a donation from France!

The legal challenge still needs further funds however, so your continued donations are very much welcome.

Support DOVE in its legal challenge to the Incinerator Planning Application!

As you may already know from the website Ms N. Day has managed to quash the incinerator operating permit, this will be very helpful in stopping the compulsory purchase of the land to build the incinerator, it will also assist in quashing the planning application.

We know that it is not the best time of year to ask for money but DOVE has now joined forces with Ms N. Day in a legal challenge to quash the planning application for the Newhaven Incinerator; we need to raise at least £20,000 to fight this legal campaign. Your donations so far have allowed us to initiate the legal campaign with a pre action protocol letter which is on the website. If you want to stop the Incinerator please give generously.

Cheques should be made payable to DOVE 2000 Ltd. and sent to DOVE 2000 Ltd, PO Box 158, Newhaven, BN9 1AH.

Yours, DOVE.

Public Inquiry resumes

The CPO public inquiry will resume on 9th January 2008 at 9:30am and will sit until the 11th January 2008. Please note also that the venue has changed, it is now to be held at the Pelham House Hotel in Lewes.

DOVE makes legal challenge against planning application

DOVE, together with Nicki Day (who recently forced the PPC permit to be quashed in the courts), has lodged a legal objection to the planning application granted by East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council.

We will shortly be making an appeal for donations to fund this legal battle, further details to follow.

DOVE member Nicki Day quashes incinerator pollution permit, the first time in legal history!

On 5th December 2007 the High Court quashed the pollution permit for a proposed £150 million municipal waste incinerator at Newhaven because the Environment Agency failed to properly assess carbon dioxide emissions from the plant.

Veolia ES South Downs Limited intend to construct an Energy Recovery Facility to burn over 210,000 tonnes of waste per year from East Sussex and Brighton and Hove.  In doing so it would produce 107,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.  The Environment Agency granted a pollution prevention and control permit (PPC permit) for the incinerator in November 2006.  Judicial review proceedings were brought by a local resident, Mrs Nicki Day, to quash the permit.

The day before the trial of the case was due to start, the Environment Agency and Veolia agreed that the permit was unlawfully granted and should be quashed.  Mrs Day argued that because of the effects of carbon dioxide in increasing climate change it was a pollutant.  Consequently the Environment Agency were obliged to consider whether this pollution was acceptable and to impose a limit on the amount of carbon dioxide emitted or impose some similar restriction.

The Environment Agency initially resisted the proceedings, and the climate change point, but shortly before the hearing they accepted that they needed to give further consideration to carbon dioxide emissions and had given inadequate reasons on the issue.  Veolia agreed and the permit was quashed by Mr Justice Sullivan.

Mrs Day was represented by John Dunkley of Earthrights Solicitors and barrister Richard Harwood of 39 Essex Street Chambers.

Many congratulations Nicki!

ACTION REQUIRED! Water abstraction and discharge for construction

Hochtief (UK) Construction Limited and Hochtief Construction A.G. are seeking a licence from the Environment Agency to allow them to abstract water from the River Ouse Estuary at North Quay to be used for industrial process water during the construction period of the Newhaven Incinerator and a Trade Effluent Discharge Permit to allow them to put that water back into the river after use. Limited EA Details here. Environment Agency guidlines for objecting are here.

If you wish to write your own objection your must quote the name of the applicant, Hochtief (UK) Construction Limited for the Abstraction application with reference number 169S/0026 and Hochtief Construction AG for the Discharge with reference number P13242/S/07 to the Environment Agency; either at Saxon House, Little High Street, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1DH or Orchard House, Endeavour Park, London Road, Addington, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5SH or by email to southern.kentarea@environment-agency.gov.uk by no later than 14 December 2007.