A housing project in Kent It can provide 3,500 houses to support Angela Rener’s Housebuilding Drive Claimed that hazardous lead has been stopped pollution A neighbor refinery can risk future residents.
Project that comes between the government There is a plan to speed up new growth and build a 1.5 meter houseIn Kent’s grave, Brownfield will see thousands of houses built next to one of the major lead refineries of Europe on the land.
planning permission Initially after a planning application in October 2022, Graveshum was provided by the Boro Council, but the project is now under review that its location fears that its location will be dangerous for the residents, with the owner of the refinery Britannia refined metals (BRM), the region is “a major pollution hotspot”.
The developers have pointed to the government’s campaign for the new housing, stating that “a radical response is required, in which development can be controversial by approving development”.
The scheme includes 3,500 houses, commercial places, a new hotel and a new stadium for EBBSFLEET United Football Club.
A planning investigation was opened in May and lasted for four weeks before it was postponed. It is expected to resume next month. Once it distributes its findings, the department for housing, communities and local government will decide whether the project may move forward.
While the refinery has operated safely for decades under strict controls, BRM has warned that there will be a high risk to lead a person living on the proposed residential site.
“It’s a lead pollution Hotspot – You can do residential development elsewhere in the southeast of England and the concentration of the lead will be less than that of the application site, ”BRM said in its initial submission for investigation.
“And people coming to live on the site will have more exposure from here, from where they have come.”
He warned that “there is no safe level in contact with the lead”, saying: “The health and neurotoxic effects of the lead have no identity, and children are the weakest for its effects even at low levels.
“Exposure to the lead is harmful and residents have to stop not bringing the lead pollution closer to the hotspot.”
The World Health Organization states that the exposure for the lead, which was attributed to more than 1.5 million deaths globally in 2021, could affect the development of the central nervous system in children, while in adults it may “increase the risk of hypertension, cardiovascular problems and kidney damage”.
The development plan includes community gardens and allocation near the refinery, an idea BRM brand is irresponsible.
The refinery said, “Imagine the scene, the children working on a few meters working on the BRM campus, wearing full protective clothes, including helmets with filtered air units. It is difficult to think about more non -responsible ideas”, the refinery said.
But the developers, Northflete Harboruside, has rejected BRM’s warning only as “a group of technical and operating points”.
He said, “BRM operation and plan will be able to co-exist without implementing unfair requirements in the past”, he said in his presentation.
Submission is going on: “The state secretary has made it clear anything in the world of planning a national housing crisis, from which this grayshum status becomes a part, it is so great that it requires a radical reaction, which can also be controversial to approve growth.
“Trying to give many more houses is the basic objective of the government’s national planning reforms, but its application should be local and it matters the most.
“Against that background, it is clear that 3,500 houses will have a tremendous progress in housing distribution for boro, which is continuously located, distributed on already developed land. The scheme will make an important contribution to suppress local and national needs.”
The government’s updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is committed to a “Brownfield First” strategy, with unused sites that have already been developed in priority for new buildings.
Default Answer When a developer wants to build on brownfield sites, “yes” will be, but the government says that these sites will not be sufficient for the number of essential houses.
Meanwhile, the upcoming plan and the infrastructure bill aims to rip red tape and make it fast to approve projects.
But a drive is concerned to hit the housing goals, forcing social housing on unsuitable sites without proper safety measures.
The Northflete Harborced project will include 350 affordable housing units, 10 percent of the overall residential space.
Once the investigation is closed, Inspector will prepare a report and recommendation for ministers at MHCLG. On receiving the report, it is understood that ministers will have 13 weeks to issue decisions.
Speaking in December, Sir Kir Stmper said that the government is firm to “what is necessary” for the construction of enough houses.
He said, “For years, we do not have enough houses. This means that individuals and families do not have the security they want”, he said.
“Of course we want to correct balance with nature and environment, but if it comes to a human being, then there is a house for him and his family, which is the highest priority”.
MHCLG, BRM and Northfleet Harborside have been contacted for comment.