A KINGTON company is hoping it will be third time lucky after re-submitting plans for a new incinerator.

Animal Funeral Services Ltd has been using temporary measures to dispose of carcasses since a previous one burnt down in 2001, after which two more proposals were made to replace it.

The first was withdrawn in 2004 when 150 residents claimed road access was not sufficient for the scale of the operation and petitioned, and the second collapsed last year when it came up against environmental objections.

This time, however, agent Paul Smith Associates has stressed approval will not increase vehicular movements and that ‘detailed discussion’ has taken place with DEFRA and the Environment Agency to overcome other problems.

Aside from that plans for a plant processing and storing up to 150 tons of waste, 56 tons of clinical waste and 18,000 litres of chemicals from vetinerary x-rays a year are similar to those handed in last year.

The proposed 235 metre square building has also been reduced in height from previous designs to a maximum of 4.5metres and more vans, of which no more than four would visit between 8am and 5pm daily, instead of lorries are taking waste in and out.