The company that deals with Brighton & Hove's waste, Onyx, has made a planning application to build a Waste Transfer Station and Material Recovery Facility at the former abbattoir site off Hollingdean Lane.

The site will process ALL the waste from the Brighton & Hove area - 120,000 tonnes of waste every year. The buildings will be 15 - 20 metres high. HGV's will be entering and exiting the site every five minutes, every day of the week.

This is a moral and an ethical issue. A developement like this should not be dumped on anyone's doorstep. THE SIZE OF IT IS JUST TOO LARGE. This is NOT a campaign against the principals of recycling local waste.

We Oppose This Development Because:

Its going to be NEXT DOOR to two schools and hundreds of homes - less than 15 meters from the Downs Infants School Playground. (click here to see photo's of the proposed developement)

THE TRAFFIC ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND THE INCREASE OF THE CITY CLEAN HGV FLEET TO SERVICE IT, WILL -

A) be noisy - according to Onyx, there will be "substantial" noise levels.
B) generate a huge amount of pollution.
C) cause more congestion - over 300 HGV movements a day which will generate a huge amount of pollution & make the roads surrounding the site dangerous.