Biomass boiler at Corbrook Court

The agenda for the Southern Planning Committee, Wednesday, 2nd July, 2014, 1.00 pm has just been published.

Note – the venue for the meeting has been changed to the Lecture Theatre in Crewe Library, Prince Albert Street, Crewe, Cheshire CW1 2DH.

The first application to be considered is number 14/2310N for Morris Care, Corbrook Court Care Home, Corbrook, Audlem, Crewe, CW3 0HF: Proposed construction of an outbuilding to house biomass boilers to serve Corbrook Court Care site for Morris Care.

You can read the full report by Planning Officers to the Committee, (which basically recommends approval with a list of strings attached) through the link below the photo.

Parish Council objections

Audlem Parish Council voted unanimously to object to the application, for the following reasons:-

• There was great concern about the loss of amenity for local residents and specifically environmental health issues relating to fume emissions and noise pollution. There was concern that these significant aspects of such an installation had been given little consideration in the proposed building, both in terms of it close proximity to residential properties and modifications to the building to minimise its impact.
• Councillors also objected to the application on the grounds of the poor access point onto the public highway for the large delivery vehicles associated with the regular fuel deliveries required to biomass boilers; there is limited visibility of the access point due to the bends in the road, even smaller, more manoeuvrable vehicles find exiting this point challenging.
• Councillors were also concerned to hear that the area is regularly utilised by local bat populations; a large building with exhaust fumes and noise prevalent particularly in evening (when demand for the boilers would be greatest) could severely impact bat flight-routes through this piece of countryside.

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