Representation by Marian Upton
- Date submitted
- 8 June 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
• I don’t believe this development will contribute sufficiently to help achieve the aim cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050. • We already hear noise - even indoors, from both traffic on the M69 and passing trains sounding their horn. At present this is mostly during the day, but the HNRFI will operate 24/7, so the additional noise, pollution, and extra traffic on the roads in the area will also continue 24/7. This will have an impact on the quality of sleep and life, for me, my fellow humans and wildlife in the area. • Only three of the planned warehouses are alongside the railway line, all the other warehouses appear to be for use by road haulage vehicles using the M69. I do not, therefore, believe it will bring the suggested environmental benefits of a true Rail Hub. This area already has more than its share of road haulage warehousing and I feel the status of a 'Rail Hub' is being used as an excuse to build yet another new site. • The ‘Rail Hub’ has no passenger station for workers to actually travel by rail to the site. Due to the location, it is unrealistic to assume that workers would walk or cycle to work. The majority will have to drive, leading to more congestion on local roads and adding to the already long tailbacks on the M69, especially at peak times. The 10MW gas fired power plant will add to these additional carbon emissions. • Without the green wedge between villages the whole character of the area where I have lived all my life will irreversibly change. This will have a negative impact on my mental wellbeing. We have witnessed locally how additional warehousing is added to sites at a later date, and I fear that the road haulage warehousing will almost inevitably be extended further into our countryside in the future. • The potential effects on the wildlife of SSSI Burbage Common & Aston Firs woods can only be estimated but cannot be defined. Any negative effects on the SSSI will only become clear once it is too late to save it. This would be devastating for local people and wildlife.