THE PETITION encouraging East Riding Council to declare Yorkshire Water a ‘Statutory Nuisance’ for its persistent odour problems from Saltend, has been soundly supported.
The Petition, which was launched on July 31st 2011, has been signed by 2,405 people. Over 1,000 of these signed online.
The Petition has been delivered to East Riding Council today and will be presented to the Council’s Environment and Regeneration Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee at its meeting on Wednesday 21st September, 10am at County Hall, Beverley.
A lobby of Councillors will be held from 9:30am that morning to convince them that local people are angry and demand to be protected from future odour incidents.
Following the opening of Yorkshire Water’s new Odour Control Unit in
December, then local people need to know that the Council will act swiftly on their behalf if any new odour problems take place and use Statutory Nuisance powers to tackle the water company .
Yorkshire Water’s defence that they are spending £3.5m on managing odours from the Waste Water Treatment Works, will only ‘hold water’ if odours are prevented in 2012 and in future years.
Thanks to all those that have supported the Yorkshire Water Smells campaign.
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Hi Ray.
I note your intention to lobby councillors before the meeting. My experience. from HOTI days is that lobbyists will be directed to an area outside the front of County Hall. That’s all well and good, but the majority of Councillors will arrive by car and go in the back door !!
Your presence may have more of an impact and be better felt if you and as many people as you can muster, actually attend the meeting. It is public and you are entitled to attend.
The agenda isn’t published yet, but I’ve asked the Committee Manager to ensure there is an item on Saltend to be included.
If you contact him (Mr Naidoo) and ask to be allowed to speak, I’m sure he will fix that, and I will ask Mike Bryan if he will attend and speak also. I’m actually on that committee so I will be putting in my two-pennorth in any case.
Any further help you know where to find me.
John Dennis
Thanks John – Met with Mr Naidoo this morning and have arranged a 5-minute spot at the top of the meeting. I will also be writing to members of the Committee (your good self included!) informing them of our intention to lobby and inviting them to meet with us at the front entrance and hear from residents what we have had to put up with.
…And as you have confirmed, members of the public are indeed allowed to attend the meeting!
Excellent result Ray, well done to all concerned. I’ll email you separately with a couple of thoughts I’ve had as to the next steps tp take..
John Dennis