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BARRELS OF TOXIC WASTE RESIDENT EVIDENCE SUBMITTED
TO NEATH PORT TALBOT PLANNING COMMITTEE This
is the third interview with Brynhyfryd resident Nigel
Taylor about the barrels he witnessed being brought onto
the Heol y Glyn landfill site circa 2010-2012. The first
interview took place in March 2020 and the information
was provided to the Glynneath Councillors Del Morgan and
Simon Knoyle in April 2020, to Natural Resources Wales
and the Contaminated Land Officer in July 2020. It was
presented to the Planning Committee in the agenda
document in September 2020. It is October 2023 and the
land has still not been checked for the barrels. Natural
Resources Wales say it is too expensive and Neath Port
Talbot Council have approved plans for the developer to
move the land closer to peoples houses or off the site
without any chemical contamination testing taking place.
At least 10 people have now died living close to the
site whose deaths can potentially be linked to land
contamination.
Chris Williams is the current Mayor of Neath-Port
Talbot and was a member of the Planning Committee that
approved the Enzo Homes plans to build on the site in
September 2020. Community opinion is that his wife Sian
died of un-natural causes, believed to be from
complications during an operation at hospital. this may
have followed neurodegenerative episode. It is believed
that she died soon after Nigel told them about the dump.
Poisons were identified at the site in 2008 and Neath
port Talbot Council worked with the Cuddy Group to avoid
regulation testing on the site. Chris Williams moved out
of the area shortly after that, he refused to provide
information about his wife's death after being told we
were investigating the health of residents surrounding
the site. This was shortly before the Planning Committee
meeting. He was provided information about the 2008
contamination before the Planning Committee meeting
which breaks councillor guidelines.
THIS IS PREJUDICIAL INTEREST
He should have declared that he had prejudicial
interest in the site and he should have stepped down
from the meeting. He did not.
SUBSEQUENT TO THE PLANNING APPROVAL THE PLANNING
DEPARTMENT ALLOWED THE SAFETY TESTING TO BE REMOVED FROM
THE AREA IN WHICH THE BARRELS WERE TIPPED
P2020/0863
THIS ALLOWS APPROXIMATELY 20,000 CUBIC METRES TO BE
MOVED CLOSER TO THE HOUSES SURROUNDING THE SITE.
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