Save Radley Lakes

The Officers of Oxfordshire County Council have been aware for some time that there was space at Sutton Courtenay gravel pit, next door to Didcot Power Station, because Waste Recycling Group, who own that site, have applied for planning permission to truck in waste from elsewhere and to continue to do so because their hole was bigger than they thought! Surprisingly, the Council believed nPower when they said in July they had looked at all the options - as if! The truth is they bought Sandles (House) and attached lake on the say so of the Minerals Officer's Department that there would not be a problem - OCC think all gravel pits are fair game to be filled in. However, this one has been in existence over 50 years and is no longer a gravel pit but a mature lake with loads of wildlife.

The Officers had to give NPower permission because they had already told them there wouldn't be a problem and having got themselves in this predicament, they manipulated the process to ensure that NPower got their permission. Ruth Kelly could have held a public enquiry but chose not to, despite her speech a few days earlier. See  http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1503898 This speech, to quote part, "a vision "of prosperous and cohesive communities, offering a safe, healthy and sustainable environment for all." These are not just fine words, they are an action plan. " belies the action her department took three days later.

Didcot A Power Station should have been closed down years ago when Didcot B Gas Powered Station came on line, but nPower greedily exploited the fact that coal is cheap and makes them loads of money.

So, anyone who has their electricity from NPower should switch. Try  http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/ or the WWF website which offers switching:  http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/solutions/campaigns/powerswitch/index.cfm

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