The Mountfield anti-incinerator campaign 1999 - 2005
The Mountfield campaign went to Public Inquiry in May 2003

This web site was built for the campaign against East Sussex Council's proposal to build an incinerator near the village of Mountfield.

The campaign started in 1999 and victory was finally achieved in late 2004 when the Council voted to drop Mountfield from the Waste Local Plan.  

The web site has been left here as a memorial to the campaign, which involved numerous people working extremely hard to defeat a proposal which should never have been made in the first place.  It may be of some historic interest, and perhaps useful to you if you are fighting a similar campaign (advice to other campaigns).

Andrew Wedmore
October 2005

 

NEWS ARCHIVE

Dec 2004 Council votes to drop Mountfield from Waste Plan
May 2004 Inspector recommends Mountfield dropped from Waste Plan
July 2003 Mountfield a flawed decision, Public Inquiry told
June 2004 Council does deal to end recycling
April 2003 Public Inquiry to start in May
Oct 2002 Council votes to ignore objections
Oct 2002 Competition for Waste Contract revealed as a sham
7 August 2002 Council issues new update on the Waste Local plan
27 April 2002 Expert says incinerator plan "will be thrown out"
3rd Apr 2002 Waste local plan - Second Deposit Draft now out for consultation
17th Feb 2002

Zero Waste Conference

31 Jan 2002 Revised Timetable for Waste Local Plan
31 Jan 2002 Cabinet backing down on Mountfield site?
31 July 2001

Council cabinet votes to reject their own officers' recommendation to drop incineration at Mountfield

7 July 2001 Council identifies preferred bidders for Household Waste contract
July 2001 Council officers recommend against incineration at Mountfield - again
June 2001 Cabinet ducks consideration of waste plan - officers are instructed to withdraw and rewrite their report
June 2001 Council officers recommend against incineration at Mountfield
June 2001 Waste Plan timetable chaos
June 2001

Waste Forum comes out against incineration

June 2001 County Council candidates: questions and answers on their views on Incineration and the Waste Local Plan
June 2001 The Forum Scandal
April 2001 Waste Plan timetable slips again
January 2001

Old mine workings could make incinerator site impossible

January 2001 Over 16,000 comments on the waste local plan
1st September 2000 The Reprotech scandal: Waste plant boss says "Councillors are misleading voters"
25th July 2000 What happened at the full council meeting on 25th July?
25th July 2000 Impressive turn-out and demonstration by residents
25th July 2000 Where does all that leave us now?
30th June 2000 Letter-writing campaign success: over 400 letters received by the council
30th June 2000 What happened at the cabinet waste council on 4th July?
December 1999 Read the full story of the December 1999 full council meeting