"Incinerators merely reduce waste to ashes of varying toxicity and distribute chemical pollution over wide areas through airborne emissions"
Buckinghamshire Residents Against INcineratorS
Welcome to the BRAINS website. BRAINS is dedicated to fighting Bucks County Council’s plans to spend £96 million on a massive waste incinerator in south Bucks, at either Wapseys Wood (Gerrards Cross) or Springfield Farm (Beaconsfield).
BCC have now completed the public consultation period on their Minerals and Waste Core Strategy. The BRAINS campaign directly resulted in over 2000 people sending in their objections to the Council’s plans. The next stage in the planning process will be for BCC to submit the MWCS to the Secretary of State, due in September 2008. This will be followed by an Examination in Public by an Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State in June 2009. Meanwhile BCC are pressing ahead with the purchasing process for the incinerator – the key decision that they refuse to consult the electorate on. Their intention is to finalise a contract in December this year.
Over the next few months BRAINS will be fighting to halt the Waste Procurement Project and will be preparing a detailed case against the Minerals and Waste Core Strategy to eventually take to the Examination in Public. We are confident that we can succeed on both fronts. We will redouble our efforts to publicise the case against BCC’s plans both locally and nationally and we will be developing proposals to show that Buckinghamshire’s waste disposal needs can be satisfied by smaller scale, more environmentally friendly methods that can be sited closer to where the waste originates.
All of this unfortunately requires funding. In particular we now need to get expert legal and planning advice and may need to take High Court action. The BRAINS team are fighting to preserve the pleasant south Bucks environment for the benefit of all residents. Please support us by clicking on the ‘Sign Up’ tag on the menu above, downloading a Mandate Form, which mandates BRAINS to speak on your behalf on this issue, and sending it in to us, with a donation to our fighting fund if at all possible.
Thank you for your support,
Peter Brogden Chairman, BRAINS
Click here to read the BCC proposals
Click here to sign the ePetition
BCC PUBLIC CONSULTATION FINISHED ON 25th April
Click here to watch video of BRAINS 16th April Meeting on the case against BCC's Waste Plans
The following are response forms which BRAINS have prepared and submitted.
A. Click here to download response on BCC Business Case
B. Click here to download response on Technology
C. Click here to download response on Health
D. Click here to download response on Imports of Waste
E. Click here to download response on Green Belt
F. Click here to download response on Statement of Community Involvement
G. Click here to download response on Springfield Farm as a Reserve Site
H. Click here to download response on EU Pollution Requirements