19
December 2005
BOSCASTLE FACES THE FINAL SWEEP!
The
final proposals for a sewage treatment works in Boscastle, Cornwall have
just been submitted to Cornwall County Council for planning consideration
and if approved, will make this popular Cornish town one of the final
locations on the region’s coast to receive the South West Water ‘Clean
Sweep’ treatment!
The
planning application is for the construction of the new sewage treatment
works at Hillsborough Fields, on land owned by the National Trust. Two new
pumping stations will also be provided, one on Penally Hill and the other
in the harbour. The new sewage treatment works at Boscastle will provide
primary and secondary sewage treatment in line with EU directives and will
mean that there will no longer be a raw sewage discharge through the
existing outfall.
All
plans were originally exhibited at the local Community Centre on the 18th
and 19th of November, so that residents could see the proposals
in detail and comment accordingly. The application that has just been
submitted has taken into consideration any new perspectives that were
brought to light during the exhibition. This will include additional
levels of odour control and sympathetic site design.
Copies
of the application on the scheme are available in the local Post Office
and Boscastle Newsagents, so that anyone who is interested can seek all
the information available on the scheme and can make comments to Cornwall
County Council by the 27th of January.
South
West Water would also like assure the people of Boscastle that all plans
have been carefully considered for many years and the location for the
works has been chosen specifically to make sure the works can practically
provide effective sewage treatment for Boscastle, while having minimum
impact on the environment, the town and its residents.
South
West Water’s £1 billion ‘Clean Sweep’ scheme is the biggest environmental
improvement programme of its kind in Europe, with over 40 major
multi-million pound schemes already completed and over 220 crude sewage
discharges eliminated. This massive clean up programme is now virtually
complete, with only a handful of small schemes to be completed.
ENDS
For further information please
contact Louise Bennett, Communication Officer on
01392
443021.
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