Ghost Ships
Chance to have say on change to ghost ship plan
CONTROVERSIAL plans to decommission and repair ghost ships in the region have been changed.
Members of the public are now being urged to comment on the application from Able UK.
The company applied to Hartlepool Council in October last year for Hazardous Substances Consent to store a range of materials at its TERRC site at Graythorp, including asbestos, PCBs, oxygen and acetylene.
Now an amended application has been lodged with planning officials - the main changes relating to the quantity and range of substances to be stored and the locations at which they will be kept.
Hazardous Substances Consent is required to enable Able UK to temporarily store some of the by-products related to its proposals to construct, repair, refurbish and decommission ships, vessels and other craft, and to manufacture wind turbines - before they are transferred to a suitable site for disposal.
A planning application covering these uses and two others putting forward alternative options for the installation of a cofferdam at the yard are also being considered by planning officials.
Members of the public can inspect the amended Hazardous Substances Consent application at Hartlepool Council's Bryan Hanson House offices during normal office hours until August 21. No appointment is needed.
Subsequent comments must be sent in writing by August 21 to: Principal Planning Officer Roy Merrett at the Department of Regeneration and Planning, Hartlepool Borough Council, Bryan Hanson House, Hanson Square, Hartlepool, TS24 7BT.
8:48am Friday 28th July 2006
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