CAMPAIGNERS are set to make their case once more over controversial plans to build a thermal waste plant near Caldicot.

Town councillors in Chepstow will be asked to give their views on the plans to build 15.5 metre high chimneys at the former Tata Steel site in Portskewett’s Severn Bridge Industrial Estate.

The plans have caused concern since being lodged by DPS Process Solutions Limited in June, with around 250 people having lodged objections.

Representatives from Severnside Together Opposing Pollution (STOP) are set to give their views on the plans at a Chepstow Town Council meeting this evening, Wednesday.

Councillors will then later be asked at the meeting to consider, and if appropriate to object to, the application.

Hayley Wilsher, from the campaign group STOP, hopes the town council will lodge an objection.

She said: “It would be helpful for our campaign. It shows we are united in our opposition against this proposal.”

“As a residents I am still struggling to understand why they are even considering this. I can’t get my head around it.”

DPS have said all materials handled at the site would be “non-hazardous”, but concerns remain over the unit’s close proximity to residential areas.

MPs Jessica Morden and David Davies are among those to have voiced concerns over air pollution.

An air quality assessment estimated that emissions of some materials would fall within accepted limits and would have “negligible long-term effects”.

A similar stance was put forward by Natural Resources Wales in July, with planning advisor Claire McCorkindale concluding that air emissions are “not likely to be significant”.

But an air quality report by Air Quality Consultants identified “major” air quality issues in relation to the proposed thermal waste treatment plant.

The review found the assessment did not specify procedures that would be in place in varying states of operation.

If approved by Monmouthshire County Council, two chimneys would be built which could process 20,000 tonnes of non-metal car parts per year. The plans have attracted hundreds of objections, as well as public meetings and protests.