Cement Batching plant
Residents in Emmbrook North may have noticed a new feature on the landscape at Toutley Depot. This is a three storey tall Cement Batching Plant that appeared suddenly in May.
It seems that the owner of this plant, didn’t think they needed permission to put this here. Thankfully, Wokingham Borough Council now disagrees. Planning Enforcement is normally taken against the land owner, but in this case that is Wokingham Borough Council, who see it as a pointless response to take action against themselves.
Toutley depot is leased it to Sita and Sita have sub-let some space to a third party owner. The terms of the lease do require Sita to comply with the planning rules. We are now at the mercy of Wokingham Borough Council chasing a breach of lease involving a third party who have signed no agreement with them.
In the mean time, four months on, residents are not seeing any movement of this ‘blot on the landscape’. The depot has the rights to operate 24 hours a day and it means there extra trucks in the neighbourhood. I am pretty sure the residents of the new houses that are being built won’t appreciate its presence either.
I raised this as a ward issue at Full Council on Thursday 21st September. Lets see if we can get some movement.
Surely action can be taken against SITA as they have no right to sublet without permission.
SITA may have permission to operate 24 hours a day but this should not apply to any third party
Apparently they are allowed to sublet and do so to quite a few people, but the lease does say that they have to comply with local planning regulations. They do accepted that they are in breach of the terms of their lease, but they are being given time to try and sort things out with the tenant.