People in Buckfastleigh worried about the potential development of a waste processing plant at Whitecleave Quarry could next week earn the right to demand a parish poll, writes Nigel Canham.

Opposition to the scheme put forward by Gilpin Demolition and MVV Environmental has been expressed by residents, the town council, Dartmoor National Park Authority and others.

Gilpin hopes to take ash from a proposed waste incinerator in Plymouth and recycle the material. It has maintained the process is safe but opponents fear toxic dust and disruption caused by extra lorry movements.

The project would also involve blasting in a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

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