Decision details

(Report of Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health)

Further to Decision No D140026MEM the report provided an update on the issue of odour emissions in Tonbridge and specifically on the developments that had occurred since the previous meeting of the Advisory Board in March 2014.

It was confirmed that the Regenerative Thermal Oxidiser (RTO) was undergoing installation with a revised completion date of 9 June.  Reference was made to a recent change in the ownership of the company and the Managing Director’s expectation that this would enable many of the desired improvements to be made.  A copy of his letter explaining the delay in the timetable for installation of the RTO was available at the meeting.  Officers undertook to inform members of the Advisory Board when the installation was complete and indicated that monitoring would continue to assess the effectiveness of the equipment in addressing the odour problems.

Following consideration by the Local Environmental Management Advisory Board, the Cabinet Member for Environmental Services resolved that:

1)                                               the progress made to date with the installation of the Regenerative Thermal Oxidiser at Drytec be endorsed; and

2)                                               the approach of officers be endorsed in endeavouring to ensure the installation is completed within the agreed timetable and in monitoring the subsequent performance of the RTO by way of ongoing odour monitoring.