§ Mr. WatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what representations his Department has received in the last 12 months concerning planning permission for the construction of new municipal incinerators; and if he will make a statement. [1285]
§ Ms KeebleSome 1,304 representations (including 237 as signatures on a petition) concerning 14 sites, either where planning permission has been granted or there are proposals for future development, have been received. Two of the sites relate to applications for waste to energy incinerators at Belvedere and Edmonton, in the London boroughs of Bexley and Enfield respectively, where the applications have been made to my right hon. Friend the 119W Secretary of State for Trade and Industry under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 because they are proposed to generate more than 50 megawatts.