代表200萬民眾的英國環境組織聯盟「計畫災難」（Planning Disaster），7月9日向倫敦都市計畫處申請在聖保羅大教堂興建垃圾焚化爐。
這份申請旋即在10日撤銷。此番行動的主要目的在提醒民眾注意，英國政府企圖修改政策規劃系統，而公民對重大開發的發聲權將更形萎縮。
英國政府正準備修改政策規劃系統，以加速發電廠等大型建設的進行。很快的，諸如核電廠和機場跑道等重大工程的審查，恐怕都可以忽略公民意見參與而強行通過。
當前的審查方式是前首相布萊爾在5月21日發佈於「政策白皮書」上。
「公民目前仍有權反對會破壞環境和社區的都市計畫，譬如在聖保羅大教堂蓋垃圾焚化爐，」「災難計畫」的專員歐文表示，「倘若白皮書以目前的型式通過，定然會讓公民失去表達意見的空間。」
這份白皮書剝奪公民的基本民主權，公民將無法在公聽會上質疑政府的計畫案。決策過程將由需負責的政治人物，移交給非經選舉產生且不需負責的新單位——基礎建設計畫委員會，來全權負責。
歐文強調:「倘若民眾此刻仍不參與這個議題，將來在自身環境就會失去參與空間了。」
An application to build a waste incinerator on the site of London's beloved St. Paul's Cathedral was delivered to the Corporation of London's Planning Office on Monday. The application was made by Planning Disaster, a coalition of British environmental organizations representing more than two million people.
The application was withdrawn on Tuesday. Its sole purpose was to make the point that the public's right to have a say on major new developments is under threat from government proposals to reform the planning system.
The government is proposing to change the planning system to speed up major developments – such as power stations. New developments as large as nuclear power stations and airport runways could soon be forced through without public input as part of a major overhaul of planning.
Plans for the overhaul are detailed in a White Paper published May 21 by the government of former Prime Minister Tony Blair.
"Today, the public can still have the right to object to barmy planning applications which could damage our environment or our communities - such as the application we made to build an incinerator on the site of St Paul's Cathedral," said Owen Espley, coordinator of Planning Disaster. "If the Planning White Paper goes ahead in its current form, the public will effectively lose their right to a say," he warned.
Proposals in the Government's White Paper would remove the public's democratic right to challenge projects at public inquiry. Planning decisions would be taken out of the hands of accountable politicians and handed over to an unelected, unaccountable new body called the Infrastructure Planning Commission.
"We are asking people to act now at www.planningdisaster.co.uk or lose their voice on what happens in their area," Espley urged.
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