- Disruption during the 18 - month construction phase (dust, lorries, noise, etc)

- Visual effect of the plant as seen by residents and visitors

- Any noise or smell generated by the plant; light pollution and its effects on the ecology of  the site

- Hazards caused by an additional junction on the A170 - already an accident blackspot

- Effect on the tourism economy

- Effect on housing values

- Risk of further development, now that a precedent has been set

- Additional dangers posed by a gas processing plant

       Possible Security risks

       Possible dangers of contamination from plant malfunction

       Possible  risk of explosion

Unnecessary Risks

Moorland Energy state on their website that "High pressure gas pipelines and facilities, like those proposed here, have operated safely in the UK without major incident for four decades".

They have, however, declined to offer our group any details of "facilities like those proposed here" so that we may make up our own minds. The reality is there's nothing like this in the UK - we're guinea pigs.

Moorland Energy are a newly-formed company, with no collective track record in either operational safety, or financial success. We are concened what might happen if the company should go bankrupt, if the project weren't as successful as they hoped.

Oil and gas exploration is an inherently very risky business, see these links:

Fatal blast at new gas plant in Conneticut, US; February 2010

Explosion due to high pressure gas pipe rupturing, Palaceknowe, Scotland, 1993

Explosion at oil refinery in North Lincolnshire, one dead; June 2010

Explosion at sour gas well, Alberta, Canada; February 2010

Homes evacuated due to leak of toxic sour gas, Alberta, Canada; November 2007

Sour gas leak contaminates homes 11km away from plant

The operators of these plants (while admittedly not identical to those proposed here) will no doubt have assured their neighbours that "best practices" and "relevant safety standards" would be adhered to. Nevertheless we are being asked to accept considerable additional risks that we do not currently have, in exchange for a tiny contribution to national gas needs.