Margaret Mullane MP is opposing the planning application to quarry gravel at the Rainham Lodge Farm and is supporting the campaign of local residents calling on Havering Council to refuse planning permission.
Margaret said: “Rainham and the south of Havering has historically been used as a dumping ground for all of London’s unpalatable environmental projects, and enough is enough. I’m currently fighting to end the ongoing misery caused by Launders Lane, and in the past fought against gravel extraction in Wennington. If this application is approved by Havering Council it will be yet another blight on the people of Rainham.”
Although the site is outside Margaret’s Dagenham and Rainham constituency, if the quarry goes ahead there will be significant impacts for Rainham:
· Over a 20-year period there will be many thousands of HGV movements along lanes unfit for such traffic transporting aggregate to the Brett site off Launders Lane.
· This extra HGV traffic will contribute to worsening air quality in the area, already stressed by the ongoing fires at Arnolds Field.
Margaret added: “The people of Rainham deserve some respite, not more of the same. As the Member of Parliament I say categorically that this planning application should be refused by Havering Council’s Strategic Planning Committee, and I will make a representation stating as such.