Representation by Mrs Margaret J White
- Date submitted
- 15 June 2024
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
1)The local road area is blighted by heavy traffic on the A206 causing jams and blockages on the small side roads daily. Queens Road, Northend Road and Thames Road are particularly hit. (Some of this has been due to the previously granted works by Cory to run a power cable from Belvedere through the A206 to supply the electricity substation at Greenhithe.) 2) The area is heavily populated with more high rise properties to be built adjacent to the Cory site. Also there has been a large increase in the hidden extra population, due to landlords buying in to the area; as reportedly this is one of the cheapest areas for property in Bexley and the whole of the Greater London area. My own small close of modest terrace houses has 2 multi occupancy properties. These bring extra cars and vans with nowhere to park some having 2 cars and a van each. Other local roads are the same, causing delays to busses etc where cars are badly parked. (A previous freight terminal application for Slade Green was turned down some years ago partly due to the traffic concerns affecting local roads.) Bexley council has built more high rise properties in the area (e.g. on Northend Road); with little or no parking per property. These vehicles are then clogging up the side roads even more. Any extra traffic due to construction and operating works by Cory, should they be given permission to build, will add to the existing chaos. 2) Mental Health is becoming a growing concern. Children live in these high rise blocks. They need open spaces, away from the NO2 and particulates they are exposed to from the heavy traffic. The Cory proposal takes away from the local open spaces, limiting wildlife. The previous building consent actually reduced the total nature area already existing. There could not be found adequate local set off land nearby. Now the new plans submitted will reduce the activity area for wildlife even further. Repairing and upgrading of existing paths etc as proposed by Cory is no substitute. 3) The vast height of the Carbon dispersion chimneys will affect birdlife, also causing shadowing of the land below. The chimneys sited beside the Thames Path will act to detract walkers instead of encouraging the public to experience nature, by visiting the only local open access part of the lower Thames at Erith riverside. 4) I feel that the Carbon Capture technology has been used in Scandinavia where areas like Norway have vast forests and lakes to mitigate outputs. Has this been put in to operation in a large urban area such as London. Cory have other incineration ventures throughout the country. I do not want to be in the test bed area for their emission control proposals, as the whole of London has too much pollution above World Health standards already.