Developers Powerday have submitted plans to Hammersmith and Fulham Council to build a waste transfer and processing centre for 1.6 million tonnes of waste a year, transported by 500 HGVs a day, twenty hours a day. The proposed site is on the Old Oak sidings near Willesden Junction station, with road access from Scrubs Lane.

However, residents and councillors are opposing the plan on the grounds that the site is too close to residential homes, will add further to current levels of noise and air pollution, and will lead to an increase in already heavy traffic congestion in the area.

The Island Triangle Residents Association (TITRA) organised the demonstration outside Powerday's offices in Hythe Road, Park Royal.

A spokesperson for TITRA said: "This new centre will be just 50 metres from peoples' homes and dust from concrete crushing operations is expected to travel 200 metres which will encompass 250 homes.

"The plans also include a landfill site for perishable waste and this will have a huge impact on the proximity of residential homes and the canal."

Cllr Philip Portwood, of Ealing Council, is backing the residents' campaign.

He said: "I have consistently opposed this proposal as it is wholly inappropriate as it is so close to residential homes'.

"We want to encourage recycling but this site is not all industrial and is only a few hundred metres from peoples homes."

Hammersmith residents who wish to have their views acknowledged should write
to:

Mr Paul Entwistle,
Hammersmith and Fulham Council,
Development Control Division,
Environment Department,
Town Hall,
King Street
London
W6 9JU

Our thanks to Island Triangle Residents Association (TITRA) for this article.

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March 20, 2004