MP's praise for work to tackle illegal Oswaldtwistle waste site

9:00pm Tuesday 7th August 2012 in News

AN MP has praised the ‘behind the scenes work’ of a council to tackle an illegal waste site.

MP Graham Jones said a vast amount of planning from Hyndburn Council had been required in order to help other agencies remove waste responsibly from the Nook Lane site in Oswaldtwistle.

Mr Jones spoke after visiting the site with Environment Agency officers leading the investigation to access the scale of the problem.

He said: “The Environment Agency have been liaising on a regular basis with Hyndburn Council, as the planning authority, and Lancashire County Council planning officers, as the waste sites authority, to consider remediation options for the existing contamination at the site.

“Hyndburn leader Miles Parkinson visited the site and explained that through their planning department an agreement had been reached for the movement of contaminated material with Blakeys, the originator of the waste, and to begin transferring it to Whinney Hill.”

Comments (12)

9:43pm Tue 7 Aug 12

accy lad and proud says...

Good move Mr Parkinson "Miles Away" Lets move the flys from Ossy to Huncoat ? Priceless !!!!!!
Good move Mr Parkinson "Miles Away" Lets move the flys from Ossy to Huncoat ? Priceless !!!!!! accy lad and proud

9:51pm Tue 7 Aug 12

whittsend says...

Well Mr Jones you obviously are not listening to your constituents. Hyndburn Borough Council planning department and licensing have been shown up to be completely incompetent in this and a number of issues, which clown in the licensing department granted the licenses to dump this rubbish? Which body granted panning permission to the travellers to build the "stables" on Moss Lane? Which body has failed consistently to regulate the illegal behaviour of both the gypsy's of Moss Lane and the Blakeys and owners of the old Cocker chemical site? The answer is Hyndburn Borough Council and Lancashire County Council. Both bodies with which you have a cosy affiliation. Both bodies are about as dynamic as slugs and if you are happy with the way Mr Parkinson has supervised both debacles then in my opinion you are as much use as the tins of fly spray I have been wasting my money on over the past few weeks!
Well Mr Jones you obviously are not listening to your constituents. Hyndburn Borough Council planning department and licensing have been shown up to be completely incompetent in this and a number of issues, which clown in the licensing department granted the licenses to dump this rubbish? Which body granted panning permission to the travellers to build the "stables" on Moss Lane? Which body has failed consistently to regulate the illegal behaviour of both the gypsy's of Moss Lane and the Blakeys and owners of the old Cocker chemical site? The answer is Hyndburn Borough Council and Lancashire County Council. Both bodies with which you have a cosy affiliation. Both bodies are about as dynamic as slugs and if you are happy with the way Mr Parkinson has supervised both debacles then in my opinion you are as much use as the tins of fly spray I have been wasting my money on over the past few weeks! whittsend

9:56pm Tue 7 Aug 12

frank says...

who's paying for all this?
who's paying for all this? frank

11:18pm Tue 7 Aug 12

sniper16 says...

Parkinson and Jones, a couple of blisters, turn up when the works done.
Parkinson and Jones, a couple of blisters, turn up when the works done. sniper16

1:06am Wed 8 Aug 12

always worked says...

all the hard work and most of the liaising and talking to press and chasing things up was the ossy community not the council. praise where praise is due please and get your facts right.
all the hard work and most of the liaising and talking to press and chasing things up was the ossy community not the council. praise where praise is due please and get your facts right. always worked

3:45am Wed 8 Aug 12

sniper16 says...

That's how much Parkinson knows. It's being moved to Bury not Whinney hill. Finger on the pulse Miles NOT.
That's how much Parkinson knows. It's being moved to Bury not Whinney hill. Finger on the pulse Miles NOT. sniper16

3:45am Wed 8 Aug 12

sniper16 says...

That's how much Parkinson knows. It's being moved to Bury not Whinney hill. Finger on the pulse Miles NOT.
That's how much Parkinson knows. It's being moved to Bury not Whinney hill. Finger on the pulse Miles NOT. sniper16

4:49am Wed 8 Aug 12

mrscharitysweet says...

All praise goes to June Smith and the Ossy community that stood strong and stood beside her. The Council's gave their blessing and granted licenses which were no doubt paid for in the present and in the the past, no doubt, for this GROSS NEGLIGENCE. Give over Mr. MP and get your facts straight please. Please put the checks and balances in place so this environ"mental" catastrophe does not continue and WILL NOT BE A REPEAT PERFORMANCE IN FUTURE. Acknowledging the war chemicals unleashed in land water air and community would be a great start sir.
All praise goes to June Smith and the Ossy community that stood strong and stood beside her. The Council's gave their blessing and granted licenses which were no doubt paid for in the present and in the the past, no doubt, for this GROSS NEGLIGENCE. Give over Mr. MP and get your facts straight please. Please put the checks and balances in place so this environ"mental" catastrophe does not continue and WILL NOT BE A REPEAT PERFORMANCE IN FUTURE. Acknowledging the war chemicals unleashed in land water air and community would be a great start sir. mrscharitysweet

5:14am Wed 8 Aug 12

guinless says...

and this is in the darwen section because??
and this is in the darwen section because?? guinless

2:55pm Wed 8 Aug 12

Twicki1 says...

Think the praise should be for the firefighters who had to go in and put the fire out after the mysterious arson attack on it, not that it was dodgy illegal waste or anything!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!
Think the praise should be for the firefighters who had to go in and put the fire out after the mysterious arson attack on it, not that it was dodgy illegal waste or anything!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! Twicki1

8:57pm Thu 9 Aug 12

mrscharitysweet says...

i agree twicki... praise the firefighters first and foremost and.. june next... she was trying to get this problem of removing known already evicted from wigan household rubbish sorted out long before the fire even began as to avoid any further risk of public health - an ounce of prevention and whatnot worth a pound of cure. the firemen had been on site previous as I suspect they wanted to assess any problems with self combustion as there simply was so much of it - 50,000 tonnes without any escapeways for the methane gas created from rot... my two cents
i agree twicki... praise the firefighters first and foremost and.. june next... she was trying to get this problem of removing known already evicted from wigan household rubbish sorted out long before the fire even began as to avoid any further risk of public health - an ounce of prevention and whatnot worth a pound of cure. the firemen had been on site previous as I suspect they wanted to assess any problems with self combustion as there simply was so much of it - 50,000 tonnes without any escapeways for the methane gas created from rot... my two cents mrscharitysweet

3:00pm Mon 27 Aug 12

mrscharitysweet says...

https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=CesMoRP_
lz0&feature=plcp
https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=CesMoRP_ lz0&feature=plcp mrscharitysweet

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