NAIL Campaigners today vowed to fight on following the announcement that WRG have lodged a appeal against Nottingham City Councils rejection of the proposed £50 million expansion of Eastcroft incinerator.

Last year Waste Recycling Group (WRG) submitted a planning application to expand their Nottingham household waste incinerator to increase its burning capacity to 250,000 tonnes a year.

WRG’s £50 million planning application was last month refused planning permission when councillors agreed with the planning officers recommendations that the plans did not fit in with the city’s aims for the development of the adjacent areas around the incinerator.

The protest group NAIL (Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill) have led the fight since the announcement in July 2005. Campaigners lobbied councillors and presented them with a 3000-signature petition, they held public meetings and carried out a series of protests aimed at WRG and the industry regulator the Environment Agency.

The group had initially celebrated the victory but are now considering their options.

NAIL spokesperson Jon Beresford said;

“The decision to refuse planning permission wads made on sound legal grounds and was part of a democratic process. The residents of Nottingham do not want to see further incineration and this is supported by all the main political parties, the Planning Officer and the Development Control committee.

WRG are attempting to use their financial mussel by subjecting the Nottingham City taxpayers to an expensive legal challenge to force this against the democratic will.

We have been overwhelmed with messages of support since the planning refusal. It is clear that our supporters want us to fight on and we intend to step up the campaign”.