Ghosted by the Council?

Wiltshire Council Office

Frustration with Wiltshire County Council’s lack of response continues. Despite completing the updated Landscape plan as requested three weeks ago, we have had absolutely no response, only stony silence.

And it’s not because we’ve waited in that hope of a reply. Quite the contrary. Our planning consultant has been calling the officer at least twice a week.

Instead of acknowledgement, we’ve had no answer, no call back, and no response to our emails.

Is this because the team is overrun with work? Is this incompetence? Or is it a cynical tactic to manage the queue before statutory timescales are applied?

In an effort to shake the council from its slumber, we are now liaising with Sustain Britain to develop a Sustainable Anarchy notice to be sent to those in the grey suits alerting them to their abject inaction.

For Sustain Wiltshire to survive we need to commence work on the Super Midden in the spring of next year. So, we have no choice, but to put the pressure on those in their ivory towers!

But it’s not all bad…

On a more positive note, we have taken over 500 tons of waste out of the existing landfill for further recycling, capturing plastics for future use, and using advances in technology to recycle items that were previously uneconomic to process in this way.

And, to sign off, we can share that the new translucent film that will form the skin of the positively pressured greenhouses has passed its welding integrity testing. This means we are firmly on track for the protype to be built in the spring.

Until next time.

Nick Ash