Drumbo residents present petition to planners

By The Newsroom
Published 6th Oct 2013, 11:21 BST
The Drumbo petitionThe Drumbo petition
The Drumbo petition
Concerned Drumbo residents have presented planning officials with a petition against an application for an anaerobic digestion plant.

A group of 20 people representing Drumbo village handed in the petition to Dermot O’Kane, Chief Planning Officer in Downpatrick, last Friday.

Also present on behalf of residents were Edwin Poots MLA and Councillors Uel Mackin, Chairman of Lisburn City Council’s Planning Committee, James Baird and Roy Young.

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Residents say they only became aware of the plans seven weeks ago even though the application was presented before Lisburn City Council in March and was recommended by the Planning Department for approval.

The petition of 424 signatures was objecting to the proposed siting of a Commercial Anaerobic Digester adjacent to Drumbo village.

The application submitted in 2011 by Turkington Farms also includes combi