The Environment Agency well and truly won the day yesterday showing that, on sewage and phosphate removal, Hallam are making it up as they go along. There is an aggressive target to meet on phosphate content in the River Mease. Hallam had come up with this SUDs scheme,where they would combine phosphate removal with their flood alleviation plan, but that was hurriedly withdrawn yesterday. The EA's very sharp barrister also said that Severn Trent hadn't properly been involved with the discussions to improve Packington Sewage works and that a lot of what is being proposed is a bit of a pipe dream.
Hallam still haven't brought all their evidence on highways and the Inspector reminded them that ALL the evidence is meant to be submitted 6 weeks before the inquiry. Well hang on a minute, isn't the whole purpose of the inquiry to deal with a planning application Hallam said the council couldn't determine back in FEBRUARY?? So how could it have been determined then?
On Tuesday there was a straight beauty contest involving the other sites at Burton Road and Moneyhill against Hallam's plan for Packington Nook. The view from the tower at the castle was much-discussed. Burton Road saying that their site was least damaging to the landscape and Moneyhill saying that their site is closer and more beneficial to the town centre.
It's getting good...almost worth turning up for the spectacle... It's just a pity that so much time and public money has been spent dealing with this inquiry when Hallam must have known perfectly well that the application was dubious. Well,we'll see what the Inspector has to say about that...
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