Concern at Steelworks application in Naphill

11:30am Friday 1st March 2013 in News By Rebecca Cain

David Carroll David Carroll

A RETROSPECTIVE application for a steelworks business in Naphill has caused discontent amongst residents.

Wrightway Structural Steel Fabrications has applied for retrospective permission for the use of a redundant barn for B2 use at Hunts Hill Farm.

Work carried out there involves cutting steel joists for the building industry.

But Wycombe District Councillor David Carroll said: "It is a badly sited business. It is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and not appropriate at all.

"Obviously the residents in the area are up in arms because it ruins the environment."

The planning application said the barn has been insulated to prevent noise escaping and a small lorry is used for transportation out of the farm.

It said a single fixed wheel base lorry is used for delivery approximately once a week.

Cllr Carroll added: "I certainly hope planning officers don't approve it. If they do approve it I will be calling it to committee because there seems to be a lot of objections.

"It is the wrong place."

There are a number of objections on the application.

Ray Payne from Bayley Gardens, Naphill said: "The noise and pollution levels are completely unacceptable in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and combined with the use of a single track country lane for lorries up to and including juggernaut size makes this application completely outrageous."

The application said Wrightway Structural Steel Fabrications Ltd was started by Chris Wright and set up during the recession.

It said the business is doing well with clients mainly based in the High Wycombe area.

The application said the business has been trying to find another location but had no luck during the last six months.

It said: "This planning application is lodged in the hope that the local planning authority will grant, at the very least, a temporary permission to enable Wrightway Structural Steels to continue to contribute to the country's economy."

Comments (6)

12:37pm Fri 1 Mar 13

townraider says...

Get real Carroll!!
If it brings jobs im for building in ANOB or anywhere else
We need to be supporting businesses like this that brings real jobs to Wycombe residents !!
Get real Carroll!! If it brings jobs im for building in ANOB or anywhere else We need to be supporting businesses like this that brings real jobs to Wycombe residents !! townraider

3:39pm Fri 1 Mar 13

dbanes says...

+1 to that. Stop creating road blocks, we need people that are prepared to start a new business. Find a way for the guy to do business, don't stop him.

Since I setup in the UK it feels like I've spent more time with red tape and inept institutions than I have actually developing the business.
+1 to that. Stop creating road blocks, we need people that are prepared to start a new business. Find a way for the guy to do business, don't stop him. Since I setup in the UK it feels like I've spent more time with red tape and inept institutions than I have actually developing the business. dbanes

4:29pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Mutley says...

It's only a small engineering company, not Port Talbot ! Offer the chap some realistic alternatives and only then take action if he refuses to consider them.
It's only a small engineering company, not Port Talbot ! Offer the chap some realistic alternatives and only then take action if he refuses to consider them. Mutley

5:06pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Lane End Man says...

Bloody NIMBY's
well done Mr Wright, I hope your business goes from strength to strength.
Bloody NIMBY's well done Mr Wright, I hope your business goes from strength to strength. Lane End Man

7:42am Sat 2 Mar 13

motco says...

It certainly doesn't sound like a blast furnace and rolling mill as the headline would imply. But it's time NIMBY was consigned to history as a trite and unthinking sound bite term. If you had spent your working life buying your family home and something was planned that would materially harm it or its value, then YOU would be worried about it. I don't care who you are, you have a desire to protect what it legitimately yours. "Not in my back yard; thank God!" Is the thought going through the mind of one who cries NIMBY at others.
It is the function of the local planners to guard against damage to the enjoyment of anyone's property and long may they do a good job at it. By all means encourage this person to set up his business, but not in a way that will harm others.
It certainly doesn't sound like a blast furnace and rolling mill as the headline would imply. But it's time NIMBY was consigned to history as a trite and unthinking sound bite term. If you had spent your working life buying your family home and something was planned that would materially harm it or its value, then YOU would be worried about it. I don't care who you are, you have a desire to protect what it legitimately yours. "Not in my back yard; thank God!" Is the thought going through the mind of one who cries NIMBY at others. It is the function of the local planners to guard against damage to the enjoyment of anyone's property and long may they do a good job at it. By all means encourage this person to set up his business, but not in a way that will harm others. motco

11:32pm Mon 4 Mar 13

yog says...

There was a time when the Tories supported local businesses but not any more they just pander to the local NIMBY's.

If you can't create the jobs our local people need then move aside.
There was a time when the Tories supported local businesses but not any more they just pander to the local NIMBY's. If you can't create the jobs our local people need then move aside. yog

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