Following the Bristol Airport expansion plans thrown out over climate fears, last week another planning application was refused, again contrary to planning officers’ advice, again over climate fears.
Gas fired power plant plans for Newton Abbot site unanimously refusedhttps://t.co/fdqGPxwcbz— Devon Live News (@DevonLiveNews) February 20, 2020
Councillors unanimously voted to refuse the application on the grounds it doesn’t contribute towards carbon reduction targets and no information has been provided as to how it would minimise its carbon footprint.
Cllr Sally Morgan... "We unanimously voted to declare a climate emergency and this officer recommendation is the wrong one."
Fellow ward member Cllr Avril Kerswell added: "We need to embed the climate emergency declaration we have made into our decisions, but this goes against our targets."
Cllr John Nutley expressed his disappointment and said that he could not believe recommendation for approval from officers, saying: "This would be letting the people down after we declared a climate emergency to be carbon neutral by 2025."
