The County Council’s Public Health Service have responded to the applicant’s resubmission of plans for a quarry north of Bengeo.
County Councillor Andrew Stevenson reacted to the letter, commenting: “I think that this official letter from the Director of Public Health , Hertfordshire opens up the whole question of air quality as a risk yet to be quantified. It is helpful in setting the scientific background requirements that would have to be satisfied as a pre-requisite. It is clear that the applicants have not yet satisfied the pre-requisite requirements and it would seem to require a lot of work for them to do so. This is yet another reason why it is simple unacceptable to locate a quarry operation so close to an urban residential area and a primary school.”
The Public Health Service’s response by Professor Jim McManus, The Director of Public Health, came after an earlier an earlier response was criticised for its language. In a letter dated 31st January 2017, the Public Health Service suggested that air quality monitoring was “a win-win solution for all vested interests.”
» Click here to view the Public Health Service’s response of 24/2/17
» Click here to view the Public Health Service’s earlier response of 31/1/17
This article was rewritten on 26th February 2017 to include Cllr.Stevenson’s comment and to include further information about the Public Health Service’s response of 31/1/17.