Every picture is worth a 1000 words

The Leeds City Council "Education" pack includes the photograph shown below of a modern Waste Transfer Station at Battlefield, Shropshire.

Battlefield WTS, Shorpshire

 52°44'35.28"N,   2°43'41.25"W

The site of this Waste Transfer Station appears to have been carefully chosen:

• Located at the edge of an industrial park
• Close to Battlefield bypass, no traffic movements needed through residential areas
• Number of residential properties within 400 - Zero
• Number of Primary Schools within 400 meters - Zero
• Approximate population within 400 meters - Zero
• Nearest River - 1.8 km (although there is a beck running past the site)
  
• Nearest Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) - 1.7 km
  

Leeds City Councils 'preferred' site at Evanston Avenue:

• Located between food and leisure facilities and Kirkstall Valley Park
  
• Only access via one of the most congested roads in Leeds
• Nearest residential property - 44 meters
• Number of residential properties within 400 meters ~ 1,000
  
• Number of Primary Schools Schools with 400 meters - 2
• Approximate population within 400 meters ~ 2,000
• Nearest River - 40 meters
  
• Nearest Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) - 300 meters (if the site were within 200 meters of an SSSI it would not be straight forward to obtain an Environmental Permit for <25,000 tonnes per year, let alone >75,000 tonnes)