On 29 June 2012 around 80 people from King’s Lynn went to the Norfolk County Council Planning Committee meeting in Norwich (48 miles away) to protest about the application to build an incinerator 2 miles upwind of King’s Lynn. In a referendum run by West Norfolk Borough Council, 93% (65,516 people) had opposed the plans.
A representative of Cory Wheelabrator (the company building the incinerator) called rejection of the planning application an “unlikely event”. Cory Wheelabrator supporters laughed when an objector told the committee about how working with an incinerator had wrecked his health. A councillor on the committee objected to further evaluation, refusing to “waste any more time on this”. The Planning Committee passed the application, but the decision will be reviewed by Eric Pickles, the government’s Communities Secretary.
The coach was paid for by the GMB union, which is opposed to the building of incinerators anywhere. The music is from Smoke On The Wash, a CD recorded by local poets and musicians to raise money for the campaign. It is available from [email protected]. The video was shot and edited by William Alderson.
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