Can we have a new laser facility–pretty please??
The council has sent me a surprise letter re. the Eastern Area Planning Committee meeting on 23rd November when the small matter of the Replacement Laser Facility (Orion) at our Friendly Neighbourhood Atomic Weapons Establishment will be discussed.
As with garden sheds or loft extentions, if you want to build a new laser facility to develop the next generation of nuclear weapons, you must first ask the local council for planning permission. The council will then solicit public opinion and if you write to them, you will be invited to speak at the meeting of the relevant planning sub-committee which deals with the application.
The fact that this facility is in contravention of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty can sadly not be considered by the council, but they might consider that, aside from being a scar on the landscape and potentially hazardous in itself, it also makes our nice little village even more of a terrorist target.
Who knows? I’m away by then, so I’m sending John who still wears the peace badge from the Easter Demo on the collar of his jacket.
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