A second application for Weylands Treatment Works has been submitted, almost a year after the first was dismissed by Surrey County Council following enormous opposition.

Revisions include a reduction of lorry traffic, the removal of skip hire and the closure of access by Hersham station.

The original proposal would have seen up to 494 heavy goods vehicles making trips to the site in Molesey Road, but would be reduced to 211-231-a-day.

A petition of 2,500 signatures, with 700 letters of objection, was delivered to councillors and convinced them to refuse the application at a meeting on April 23, 2014.

Mick Flannigan, of Rydens Road, said: "The applicant just doesn't seem to get it. The huge public opposition to their proposals will not diminish because of the odd tweak or two.

"The original application was thrown out by Surrey County Council and the latest one does not seem to have any greater merit. At the exhibition/consultation months ago, we made our criticism very plain but they don't seem to have taken any notice.

"For the people of Walton and Hersham, there is simply no benefit to be gained from this ill-conceived application."

Surrey County Council received the second application from Clean Power Properties Limited, to build the waste and recycling plant on January 22. Councillor Andrew Kelly, representing Walton Ambleside said it was expected at Elmbridge Council this week.

He said: "It is still greenbelt. There's no getting out of that no matter how small it is, it is still greenbelt."

Councillor Christine Elmer, representing Walton South, said: "Rydens Road is not suitable for heavy traffic, it isn't coping with the current demand. Surrey County Council acknowledged during the Rydens (RES) School application that the Halfway Traffic lights are working beyond capacity."

The proposed site would run from 6am to 10pm Monday to Saturday and 9am to 5pm on Sundays and bank holidays.

Mr Flannigan said: "This means there will be queues of vehicles forming any time after 5am. It also means that residents of Rydens Road and Molesey Road will be woken very early by the clattering and rattling and vibration caused by HGVs speeding along roads which are practically empty at that time."

Coun Kelly did not think there would be a petition to match the scale of the previous one because Surrey County Council are hoping for a decision as early as May.

A spokesman from Clean Power said at the exhibition: "We have been asked a lot of questions, we have provided as many answers as we can. We firmly believe that the proposals are an improvement on the last application and the existing operations."

Coun Kelly said all councillors received an email on February 3 from Bonnar Allan, inviting them to a meeting about the plans for Drake Park on March 10, a controversial residential and mixed-use development nearby, which critics said would be at odds with a waste plant.