Residents feel a relief road may be the only solution for a high street already 'busier than the M25’.

Around 60 people including Beaconsfield MP Dominic Grieve attended a meeting at Iver Village Hall on Friday to raise concerns about plans for a biomass facility at Thorney Business Park, proposed by Stobart Biomass.

It proposes a 24-hour operation and would mean an increase of more than 100 HGVs a day.

Iver residents say they already suffer from disturbed sleep as a result of HGVs travelling to business parks in the area.

Cllr Paul Griffin, an Iver and Richings Park district councillor, said an informal investigation into the traffic congestion in High Street, Iver, showed there are 80 HGVs driving through the street per hour.

He said with the road size and length in mind, against the number of vehicles using the road, it equates to it being 'busier than the M25’.

Angie Deacon, a resident, said: “We feel passionately about HGVs. They are huge, huge lorries and it’s just not on anymore.

“It’s an accident waiting to happen and it’s very serious.” Cllr Carol Gibson, Iver parish councillor, said: “There are 450 operators’ licences in the whole of Iver, spread over five sites.

“This gives us close on 1,000 vehicles based here.” Cllr Steve Lewis and Cllr Yvette Phillips, for Iver Parish, produced a short video which was presented at the meeting.

It outlined the reasons behind the concerns, presented the story of a family already negatively impacted, and proposed a relief road as a solution.

Mr Grieve said: “The change in hours would be a fundamental change of use which would be regarded as generating a high level of blight.

“I will do my best to influence the county on that decision.

“I have absolutely no doubt that a relief road is the solution.

“This is not a new problem. This is something that has been around as long as I’ve been an MP.” Cllr Ruth Vigor-Hedderly, district councillor for Iver and cabinet member for transportation on Buckinghamshire County Council, who was not at the meeting, told The Observer: “The application has very little regard or respect for Iver residents.

“The village is saturated and there is no room for such big vehicles.” Although she agreed a relief road is a good solution, she added: “There’s not the funding from Central Government.” At the end of the meeting, Cllr Griffin said: “It’s been a fantastic turn out given that it was very last minute.

“It shows you the strength of the feeling towards the number of HGVs going through the High Street. There are 1,180 voters and it is important that their feelings are known.” A date is yet to be set for the proposals to be heard by the county council’s planning committee.