Eco & Environment, Poole, Wimborne | Posted on February 24th, 2025 | return to news
Canford Magna group launch anti-incinerator petition
People from Canford Magna, Merley, Oakley and Bearwood are urging BCP residents to sign an online petition opposing plans for an incinerator.
A group of residents from Canford Magna, Merley, Oakley and Bearwood are urging people in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) to sign an online petition opposing plans for a waste incinerator to be built in Canford Magna, near Wimborne.
The group, called ‘Magwatch’, is focused on monitoring BCP Council’s Local Plan and encouraging local residents to participate in BCP’s consultation.
Earlier this month, Magwatch launched a petition calling on BCP’s Planning Committee (West) to refuse an application to build an incinerator at Canford Magna.
Among Magwatch’s objections are that an incinerator would produce harmful emissions, contribute to climate change and cause more congestion on Magna Road.
Magwatch also claims the incinerator will ruin views of the local countryside, due to the height of the facility’s chimney tower and buildings, which will rival the height of Salisbury Cathedral.
Commenting on the situation, Gerald Rigler from the Poole and Purbeck branch of Dorset CPRE said: “It is noted that the proposed chimney height of 110 metres competes strongly with the spire of Salisbury cathedral that achieves an amazing 123 metres.
“It is also noted that the proposal includes substantial structures (other than the tall chimney) that will loom over and dominate adjacent trees. Available elevations of such structures depict them at about half the height of the chimney: obviously well above the height of existing trees on site, including the tallest oak tree reported by the planning application as just 18 metres.
“It is confirmed that, by letter dated 12th October 2023 – now in the public domain – we raised six points of objection and concluded by recommending that the relevant application (with its failures, uncertainties and risks) should be refused; the elapse of time has not changed our perspective.”
To sign the petition, you must live, work or study in the BCP area. The petition is active until 1 April.
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