Harriett Baldwin, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for West Worcestershire has written to Tewkesbury Borough Council to object to the National Grid’s plans to build a Pressure Reduction Installation at Flat Farm, Tirley.

Although the site is in the jurisdiction of Tewkesbury Borough Council and the constituency of Mark Harper MP, Forest of Dean, the site is very close to the West Worcestershire boundary and will have an impact in the area.

Harriett Baldwin said,

“It does not make sense to install an industrial complex with 12 chimneys 28 feet tall in the middle of this particularly peaceful stretch of rural countryside.  Given that the Corse site nearby has already been rejected on appeal to the Secretary of State, on the grounds that National Grid have not looked widely enough for a more suitable site, it is farcical that this planning application is for a site a few fields away.”