Yesterday I was part of the call-in process which was re-examining the County Cabinet's decision to go ahead with their preferred bidder, Viridor to process Oxfordshire's waste. This story has been the subject of previous blog postings, but this time there may not be any turning back. The planning appeal is still part of a public inquiry, but it is unclear what will happen if this is not given the go ahead.
The call-in was a cross-party collaboration, and three of us sat at yesterday's Growth and Infrastructure Scrutiny committee to put our case that this incinerator is not in the best interests of the people of Oxfordshire. However, despite 2 Conservative councillors abstaining and the three of us voting against upholding the Cabinet decision, we lost by 5 votes who agreed that no further action was needed.
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