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Ivybridge councillor must resolve ‘conflict of interest’ over Ivybridge incinerator

By Devon Labour ⋅ December 8, 2009 ⋅ View Comments

Luke Pollard, Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate in South West Devon, has written to Cllr Roger Croad asking him to resign from his waste portfolio on Devon County Council over a conflict of interest over Ivybridge residents’ campaign against Viridor’s incinerator proposals.

Cllr Croad is Ivybridge’s Devon County Councillor and holds the waste portfolio on Devon County Council. He is also Chair of South West Waste Partnerships, the Council body that is running the competition for an incinerator location in South Devon.

Luke Pollard said:

“If we are to stop the incinerator we need Ivybridge’s Devon County Councillor to be fully behind the campaign opposing the incinerator. Leading Ivybridge’s campaign against the incinerator is incompatible with being in charge of the body considering Lee Mill as an incinerator location. He cannot do both properly.”

Public meeting adds pressure on Viridor’s incinerator plans

By Devon Labour ⋅ November 13, 2009 ⋅ View Comments

Residents in Ivybridge and Lee Mill are being invited to attend a special public meeting organised by local residents opposed to Viridor’s incinerator, at New England Quarry at 2pm on Saturday 21 November. The meeting is taking place in the Community Room at Chapel Place, off Fore Street in Ivybridge.

The panel for the meeting includes Cllr Roger Croad, the Ivybridge Councillor leading the search for a location for the new incinerator, Luke Pollard from Ivybridge Labour who is leading the political campaign against a new incinerator, and Frankie Dolan, an Ivybridge resident who is leading the residents’ campaign against the incinerator. Viridor have been invited to attend the public meeting.

Luke Pollard, Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for SW Devon, said:

“It is immediately apparent when you speak to residents in Ivybridge and Lee Mill that they have some very real concerns and questions that need answering about plans for an incinerator on their doorstep.

 



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