The London Fire Brigade has condemned a rebel councillor's plan to chain himself to the Beddington incinerator as "irresponsible".

The brigade said Nick Mattey's protest against the controversial project would "deprive the community of our services".

Cllr Mattey, who sits as independent in Beddington after being expelled from the Liberal Democrats over his vocal opposition to the incinerator, revealed plans for a dramatic escalation of his dissent last week.

He said upcoming public tours of the site and the surrounding farmland would present a good opportunity to "make some noise" about the project, which he fears will increase pollution and pose a health risk.

He told the Sutton Guardian: "I’ll buy myself some self-locking handcuffs - I have heard they are quite hard to cut - and get the London Fire Brigade to come down and have a look at what’s going on.

"It’ll make some noise at least."

After learning of his plans, a brigade spokeswoman said today: "It is irresponsible to expect us to set aside a limited emergency response service to deal with a political protest and to deprive the community of our services.

“London Fire Brigade is a vital emergency service and we’d like to remind everyone to only call 999 in an emergency so that we are able to attend life-threatening incidents."

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But Cllr Mattey was undettered by the brigade's intervention and said he still planned to carry out his protest.

He said: "I would say that in a democracy everyone has a right to make a protest. As I said previously, [with] my protests, I prefer to use the written word to make my point… and that is my preferred route as I wouldn’t want to involve the emergency services.

“The problem is, in any protest, invariably, there can be a call on the emergency services.

"My intention is to prevent the damage done to people from the incinerator through the health risks that are present - and using ‘the pen’ has not prevented this.

“People have to protest, or else the Government will just do what they want to do without any intervention."

Landowners Viridor plan to open the site, along with the surrounding Beddington Farmland, to show off restoration work taking place – and the £205m incinerator that is currently under construction.

It will be open to the public for tours today and on September 11.

Both Viridor and the South London Waste Partnership, which commissioned the incinerator, deny that it will pose a risk to public health.