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Key

  • P means potential incinerator
  • E means existing incinerator
  • Capacity represents proposed/maximum permitted tonnes per annum (tpa)
  • CHP = Combined Heat and Power
  • Defra = Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • EA = Environment Agency
  • EfW = Energy from Waste
  • EoI = Expression of Interest
  • FoE = Friends of the Earth
  • GBP = Great British Pound (£)
  • MBT = Mechanical and Biological Treatment (facility)
  • OBC = Outline Business Case
  • PFI = Private Finance Initiative
  • RDF = Refuse Derived Fuel
  • SRF = Solid Recovered Fuel
  • tpa = tonnes per annum

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Incinerator Table

Bailiwick of Jersey

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Jersey La Collette 2 Reclamation Area, La Collette, St. Helier Jersey Transport And Technical Services 126,000 Save our Shores (SOS) [Campaign update]

 The Bellozanne incinerator is “old, unreliable and fails to meet modern emissions standards and it must be replaced as soon as possible.” [Source]. La Collette was identified as the replacement site and a 105,000 tpa facility is now under construction [Source, Source, Source]. Local campaigners understand that the proposed facility may rely on importing waste from Guernsey. Incinerator plans for the Isle of Jersey have been challenged by the incoming administration [Source] (Entry updated 2010-06-05)
E Jersey Bellozanne, St. Helier Jersey Transport And Technical Services 80-126,000 Save our Shores (SOS) [Campaign update]

 “The current plant is old, unreliable and fails to meet modern emissions standards…” [Source]. Fears that toxic incinerator ash is washing into the sea are being investingated [Source]. Toxic ash pit is punctured at incinerator site. (Entry updated 2009-05-21)

East Midlands

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Derby (City) Raynesway Resource Park (near Spondon) Raynesway Resource Park Limited (part of Cyclamax) 70,000 Derby FoE and No incinerator on Sinfin Lane [Campaign update]

 Application submitted 29 May 2009 for an Energy Generation Facility (gasification incinerator for commercial waste) [Source]. Planning permission was refused by Derby City Council in March 2010, reportedly due to the public's perception of the risks to health (which was accepted as a material planning consideration at the Kidderminster inquiry) [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2010-04-30)
P Derby (City) Sinfin Lane, Osmaston Resource Recovery Solutions (RRS) 140,000 Derby FoE and No incinerator on Sinfin Lane [Campaign update]

 Proposed ENERGOS gasification incinerator [source]. Planning Application submitted May 2009, Derby City Council ref 05/09/00571. “The contract was signed a week before the planning application for the site was discussed – and refused – by city council planners” [Source]. Cyclamax appealed the decision meaning there will be a planning inquiry, expected in September 2010 [Source]. Derby and Derbyshire councils agreed to jointly fund 90% of Cyclamax's appeal costs [Source]). Before application was refused Secretary of State issued Article 14 Directive stating that they “could not grant planning permission… without special authorisation”, meaning the Secretary of State was reserving the right to call in the application to a public inquiry [source]. SSAIN and Derby FoE are Rule 6 Parties for the inquiry. (Entry updated 2010-04-30)
P Derbyshire Dunston Road, Sheepbridge, Chesterfield Cyclamax 75,000 Derbyshire FoE and Chesterfield Against Incineration (CAI) [Campaign update]


Planning application submitted for gasification incinerator for commercial waste in July 2008 [Source]. Chesterfield Council recommended the planning application to Derbyshire County Council be refused. Derbyshire County Council's draft Preferred Options report has now been withdrawn and considered unsound. Cyclamax have applied for an environmental permit which is expected to be issued shortly. Cyclamax have requested that the planning decision to be delayed until the permit has been issued [Source, Source]. Planning application expected to be considered in September 2010 (Entry updated 2010-07-08)
P Leicestershire Bardon Business Park, Bardon Hill, Coalville, near Ellistown ? 200,000 Ellistown and Battleflat Incineration Action Group [Campaign update]

 No firm proposals but the site is owned by the Council so could be used for an incinerator as part of their waste PFI. Expression of Interest approved, and Outline Business Case for PFI credits submitted to Defra. The number of companies competing to create a major waste treatment scheme in Leicestershire has been narrowed down to three, but a final decision won't be taken until late 2010 [Source]. The bidders – Biffa, United Utilities/John Laing Investments and Veolia – are interested in developing a multi-million pound facility to treat up to 180,000 tonnes of waste each year [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-06-05)
P Leicestershire Newhurst Quarry, Shepshed (near Loughborough – access via Ashby Road East) Biffa Waste Services Limited 300,000 Shepshed Against Incinerator Group (SAIG)

 Biffa has submitted a planning application for a 300,000 tonne incinerator (proposed 180,000 municipal, 120,000 East Midlands Commercial & Industrial (C&I)) expected to be considered late September 2010 [source]. Biffa hope that they will win a GBP658 million 25-year residual waste treatment contract with Leicestershire County Council and are amongst three shortlisted bidders [source]. However, they have said that “even if we were not successful in gaining the council waste contract we would still progress this plant for the region's business waste” [source]. “A decision on whether to permit a controversial incinerator to be built has been delayed after concerns were raised about the impact it could have on a nearby historic park… The county council now hopes to arrange a special planning meeting at the end of July 2010 to decide on the application” [source]. (Entry updated 2010-07-08)
P Leicestershire Whetstone Waste Site. Enderby Road, Whetstone, Leicester ? 200,000 FoE Leicestershire and Leicestershire Anti-Incinerator Network (LAIN) [Campaign update]

 No firm proposals but the site is owned by the Council so could be used for an incinerator as part of their waste PFI. Expression of Interest approved, and Outline Business Case for PFI credits submitted to Defra. The number of companies competing to create a major waste treatment scheme in Leicestershire has been narrowed down to three, but a final decision won't be taken until late 2010 [Source]. The bidders – Biffa, United Utilities/John Laing Investments and Veolia – are interested in developing a multi-million pound facility to treat up to 180,000 tonnes of waste each year [Source]. “Demolition of a former incinerator in Leicestershire is about to get underway as part of work to improve a county waste site. The incinerator at Whetstone closed around 20 years ago and the building has since been used as part of the waste management operations at the site, but is no longer required Source]. (Entry updated 2010-06-05)
P Lincolnshire Centenary Way (Wingland), Sutton Bridge Peterborough Renewable Energy Ltd (PREL) 250,000-350,000 ? It is unclear what the proposed feedtstock for the gasification-type incinerator would be and where it would be sourced but there would be a biomass element. Figures of 350,000 tonnes have been mentioned but according to PREL it “will process between 250,000 and 300,000 tons of fuel per year” (although some of this may be aerobic digestion of food waste which forms part of the “Energy Park”) [Source] (Entry updated 2010-06-29)
P Lincolnshire Whisby Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln Waste Recycling Group (WRG) or Shanks Waste Solutions / Wheelabrator Technologies Inc 150,000 Lincolnshire Anti-Incineration Alliance (LAIA) [Campaign update]

 Planning permission granted July 2009 [Source]. There is growing local opposition to the proposed incinerator [Source]. “The timetable for completing a new waste incinerator is so tight Lincolnshire County Council has decided to borrow GBP80 million to make it happen…And it will tip GBP25.7m of taxpayers' money into the Energy from Waste plant at North Hykeham too, it has been revealed.” [Source]. “…project's price tag now standing at an estimated GBP145m” [Source]. “The planning permission secured by the council in July 2009 was based on its own design, or “base case”, for the facility, but… each of the remaining bidders had submitted two proposals – one in line with the base case and one further “variant case” proposal”. The project was originally to be funded through PFI but this plan was abandoned in September 2008 [Source. "The two firms vying to run the GBP145million facility in North Hykeham are now in the final planning phases before one is picked in September (2010)" [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-06-10)
P Northamptonshire off Gretton Brook Road, Corby Tendering under the name Project Reduce 400,000 ? Site identified in Expression of Interest jointly submitted by Milton Keynes Council and Northamptonshire County Council to Defra for Round 3 PFI funding, which was approved in November 2008. Now in procurement stage, expected to conclude mid-2011. Both councils have expressed opposition to mass-burn incineration, but the technology will depend on bids received and “no decisions have been taken about which technologies will be used” [Source]. The contract notice states that “the councils intend to make three sites available to the project, but bidders are free to propose their own (sites)” [Source]. Four companies shrtlisted in January 2010: Biffa; Covanta; Shanks Wheelabrator Consortium; Waste Recycling Group [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-06-10)
P Nottinghamshire Old Rufford Colliery Car Park, Rainworth (near Mansfield) Veolia Environmental Services 210,000 People Against Incineration (PAIN) [Campaign update]

 After Nottinghamshire County Council's Planning Committee raised no objection in January 2009, a Public Inquiry was called by the Secretary of State in March 2009. Hearings began on 6th October 2009, but the Inquiry was adjourned for 6 months (until after Easter 2010) at Veolia's request to allow time for a shadow appropriate assessment with regard to possible Special Protection Area status after a late objection from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds identified the site as a nesting ground for nearly 2% of the UK population of woodlark and nightjar. During the first week of the resumed inquiry Veolia asked for and were granted a further adjournment to consider their position. Veolia subsequently decided not to withdraw their application and the inquiry is scheduled to resume on the 28th of September 2010. Veolia have been until July 2010 to submit a shadow appropriate assessment and have agreed to bare the risk should this inadequate to rule out significant adverse effects on the integrity of the Special Protection Area. [See Inquiry website] (Entry updated 2010-06-10)
E Nottingham (City) Eastcroft, Incinerator Rd, off Cattle Market Road Waste Recycling Group (WRG) / WasteNotts (Reclamation) Ltd [See annual report] 260,000 Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill (NAIL) [Campaign update]

 Currently burns around 150,000, comprising 90,000 tonnes p.a. of household waste from Nottingham City, and 60,000 tonnes from Nottinghamshire. IPPC permit for 260,000 tpa secured to include new line. Planning permission for new line (100,000 tpa) to handle commercial and industrial waste granted after a public inquiry. Extension not yet built. Existing incinerator is currently undergoing major refurbishment at a cost of around GBP20 million to be met by City and County Councils.

Tonnes burned: 153,330 (2006); 154,755 (2007); 159,210 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)

East of England

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Bedfordshire Rookery Pit / Ampthill near Stewartby Covanta Energy 390,000 – 600,000 Marston Moreteyne Action Group and Residents Against Covanta Incinerator at Stewartby

 Covanta propose a large regional Incinerator at Rookery Pit, not for the waste of Bedfordshire but for Buckinghamshire and potentially Milton Keynes; Hertfordshire; Northamptonshire; Cambridgeshire; Winsor and Maidenhead. Covanta told Community Liaison Panel they are unlikely to submit application to the Infrastructure Planning Committee (IPC) before mid July 2010 [Source]. The IPC has been forced to pull a scoping opinion on its first expected application after it failed to meet consultation requirements [Source]. In January 2010 Defra rejected GBP79 million PFI bid from the Bedfordshire Energy and Recycling (BEaR) Project for a second time – this time due to withdrawal of Luton and Bedford borough councils [Source]. Covanta was preferred bidder for failed BEaR Project, until their status was rescinded [Source]. Central Bedfordshire council expected to advertise for bidders [Source]. It is unclear how this application will be handled in light of the new Coalition Government's plans to replace the IPC. (Entry updated 2010-07-08)
P Cambridgeshire Fourth Drove, Fengate, Peterborough Peterborough City Council (applicant on behalf of either Biffa, Kier or Viridor) 65,000 ? Peterborough City Council wants to relocate the existing MRF and develop an EfW facility at their Fourth Drove, Fengate site [Source]. “The city council needs to have an assured alternative to landfill disposal of municipal waste when the Dogsthorpe landfill site closes. It has taken the appropriate steps to ensure this alternative will be in place by commissioning the EfW facility on Fengate as part of its integrated waste management strategy” [Source]. The plant is a gasification-type incinerator. Planning permission approved in November 2009 and GoEast has not called-in the application [Source]. “Peterborough could eventually have two incinerators just yards apart, as the council plans to build its own…” [Source]. Shanks withdrew from EfW bid leaving Biffa, Kier and Viridor chasing the 65,000 tpa contract Source]. (Entry updated 2010-06-29)

P Cambridgeshire Storeys Bar Road, Fengate, Peterborough Peterborough Renewable Energy Ltd (PREL) 650,000 ? Milliband approved “Energy Park” on 4th November 2009 [Source]. According to the planning statement “approximately 540,000 tonnes of material will be fed through the combustion process at maximum operating conditions” [Source].
P Essex Chelmsford (Sandon) Veolia ? Essex FoE / Essex Green Party [Campaign update]

 Site owned by Veolia. This 'major waste site' has permission in the Essex and Southend Waste Plan for waste use, including incinerator. No technology choice has been made yet. Another major waste site included in the Waste Plan is North Weald. Essex County Council in partnership with Southend on Sea Borough Council are procuring waste services as part of a GBP101m PFI and in March 2010 shortlisted 7 companies: Biffa Waste Services Ltd, Shanks Group plc, Skanska Infrastructure Development Ltd, United Utilities plc, Urbaser SA, Veolia ES Aurora Ltd and VT Group plc. An announcement about the preferred bidder is expected in October 2011 [Source].(Entry updated 2010-06-29)
P Essex Rivenhall Airfield, Coggeshall Road (Braintree) Golder Associates/Gent Fairhead 360,000 Essex and Colchester FoE / Eastern Green Party [Campaign update]

 Granted planning permission in March 2010 after a public inquiry but local campaigners hope that it will never be built due to the planning conditions imposed and the associated costs Source]. The application was for a 360,000 tpa incinerator to burn around 200,000 RDF (e.g. from Basildon MBT facility) which would include municipal, commercial and industrial wastes from across Essex plus around 100,000 tpa paper pulp residues from Eastern Region plus a further amount of undisclosed material. (Entry updated 2010-06-29)
P Hertfordshire New Barnfield, Hatfield Contracts out for tender (4 shortlisted) 270,000-320,000 Herts WOW! (WithOut Waste) is a network of groups including North Herts Friends of the Earth, Welwyn Hatfield FOE, N Herts Green Party, Welwyn Hatfield Green Party and Transition Town Letchworth

This site was identified in the EoI (for Round 4 PFI funding), which has been approved by Defra: GBP100 million for Energy from Waste incineration (CHP). Richard Brown, Hertfordshire County Council, has gone on record saying: “New Barnfield being identified as a 'reference site' does not mean that it will definitely be used for an energy from waste facility . We are inviting potential suppliers to tender for a long-term [waste management] solution for Hertfordshire. We fully expect a variety of proposals to come forward, involving a range of technologies at various sites. [Source]. It has been reported that “although the local authority has remained technology-neutral, each of the shortlisted bidders have proposed energy from waste technology as the best solution… All four bidders are looking at various sites before they choose which one they will put forward in the next bidding stage” [Source]. The 4 companies that have been shortlisted are: E.ON Energy from Waste AG (EEW), MVV Umwelt GmbH, Shanks PFI Investments Ltd./Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., and Veolia ES Aurora (Entry updated 2010-06-29)
P Hertfordshire Westmill, Ware (nr. Stevenage) Biffa 400,000 Burning Issue Group (BIG) Proposal is not directed towards household waste: “Our plans are to deal with the non-hazardous waste produced by the thousands of businesses, shops and industry in the area” [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-07-12)
P Norfolk Riverside Industrial Estate, Estuary Road, Kings Lynn Cyclerval UK (TIRU) 200,000 Norfolk Against Incineration & Landfill (NAIL2) and Norwich FoE [Campaign update]

 According to local campaigners, Riverside Industrial Estate, earmarked for “thermal/incineration/CHP”, is the only Norfolk site owned/leased by Cycleval UK. Therefore if Norfolk County Council award (Waste Contract B) to Cycleval then campaigners believe that the company will opt for this site. If another company is awarded the contract then the site could still be chosen for an incinerator. (Entry updated 2010-06-29)
P Norfolk Willows Business Park, Saddlebow, King's Lynn ? 200,000 Norfolk Against Incineration & Landfill (NAIL2), Norwich FoE, Transition Kings Lynn and King's Lynn Without INcineration [Campaign update]

 “Green councillor Andrew Boswell said the authority should now rule out using an incinerator. The county council has said all along that it was neutral about the technology to be used for contract B. Our main concern is that an incinerator should not be pushed on the people of King's Lynn” [Source: Norwich Evening News, 28 March 2009]. “Norfolk County Council has included a site at Saddlebow Industrial Estate in its application for millions of pounds of Government (PFI) money to help pay for a household waste treatment centre in West Norfolk – and has not ruled out an incinerator as an option” [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-06-29)
P Suffolk Highways depot opposite Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich SITA 250,000-300,000 Suffolk Against Incineration and Landfill (SAIL) and Mid Suffolk FoE

 Suffolk County Council's Outline Business Case (OBC) submitted to Defra in October 2007 and in it this site is included as a reference incinerator project. “Suffolk county council has today [10 May 2010] named SITA UK as the preferred bidder for its GBP612 million, PFI-backed residual waste treatment contract, which is set to the see the French-owned firm develop a large-scale energy-from-waste facility near Ipswich” [Source]. According to SITA “the negotiations should be finalized in September 2010″ [Source]. “Other sites under consideration for a waste treatment plant are at the old sugar beet factory at Sproughton, the Mason's landfill site at Great Blakenham – opposite the already-planned incinerator – and Eye airfield” [Source](Entry updated 2010-07-08)

Isle of Man

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
E Isle of Man Richmond Hill, Douglas Sita [See annual report] 60,000 ? Local campaigners are concerned about nearby farmland showing signs of pollution. It is believed that pollution testing is currently underway.

London

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P East London near the Fairview Industrial Estate, Rainham East London Sustainable Energy Facility (ELSEF) Novera Ventures Ltd (Shanks & Enerkem) 105,000 ? Bioessence propose autoclaving to dry household waste and separate off recyclable material before using it in a gasificationNovera Energy is building a pyrolysis gasification incinerator in Rainham, Essex, to burn refuse-derived fuel supplied by Shanks East London. Granted planning permission in September 2006. [ Source]. Gasification plant to be permitted to burn SRF (from municipal waste). See Defra description of this project from page 52 of New Technologies Demonstrator Programme Catalogue of Applications. Note: In 2007 Novara dropped out of the Defra scheme. (Entry updated 2009-06-02)
P North London Brent Cross, Barnet Hammerson and Standard Life Investments (owners of Brent Cross Shopping Centre) and Cricklewood Regeneration Limited (Brookfield Europe and Hammerson). See Brent Cross Cricklewood Partners website 130,000 Coalition for a Sustainable Brent Cross Cricklewood Redevelopment and Brent Friends of the Earth

 The site includes Brent Cross Shopping Centre to the north, the A41 and Brent Cross London Underground station to the east, Cricklewood Lane to the south and the A5 to the west [Source]. “…it is recognised that a major waste handling facility linked with a thermal treatment plant of refuse derived fuel on a CHP basis has significant planning and programme implications. Nonetheless, such facility will be proposed to be in place for phase one of the development” [Source]. UKWIN has learnt that kitchen waste is to go to AD, and gasification technology is to be used for CHP (SLR, 24/7/08). It would therefore not be a “mass burn” type of incinerator, but as it would be covered by the Waste Incineration Directive it has been included as a potential incinerator site. Note: The capacity of 130,000 tpa includes a portion used for business waste. Liberal Democrat MP for Brent East, Sarah Teather, presented a Stop the Dump petition to the Department of Communities and Local Government [Source]. Brent Friends of the Earth started an anti incinerator campaign [Source] and petition against the sustainability of the development [Source]. The Coalition for a Sustainable Brent Cross Cricklewood Plan, comprising environmental, residents' and campaign groups and politicians across Brent, Barnet and Camden [Source] formed to get the entire development called into public inquiry. In October 2009 Professor Paul Connett spoke at a local area forum against the proposed 'gasifying incinerator' [Source]. In November 2009 Barnet Council approved plans for the development, despite neighbouring Brent and Camden Councils objecting, due to transport impacts, and many Coalition group members speaking against the plans at the planning meeting [Source]. In March 2010 Mayor of London Boris Johnson passed the plans, and Secretary of State John Denham issued a stop notice, putting the scheme on hold. (Entry updated March 2010)
P North London Not yet decided The North London Waste Authority (NWLA) ? ? The North London Waste Authority (NWLA) are proposeing to build a “combined heat and power plant that uses that recovered fuel” [Source]. “The location of the combined heat and power plant will be decided by a separate procurement process which, because of the ability to move fuel by rail or water, may attract interest from outside of north London as well as within” [Source]. The North London Waste Authority (NWLA) has submitted an Expression of Interest to Defra that refers to a possible site in Tower Hamlets [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-07)
P South East London Factory Lane, Croydon (one of three earmarked sites) Croydon Council is leading the procurement process for the South London Waste Partnership (SLWP), which also includes the boroughs of Sutton, Merton and Kingston. 222,000 London Green Party

GBP112.9m of PFI credits have been awarded for a waste management scheme which has been estimated to have total costs of GBP920m over 25 years, servicing four South London boroughs. “The procurement document highlights three possible sites for the incinerator, including Factory Lane in Croydon together with Villiers Road in Kingston and Garth Road on the border of Sutton and Merton. ” [Source]. “The Outline Business Case submission to DEFRA explores the viability of co-locating waste management facilities with renewable energy generation at Villiers Road, Kingston, Factory Lane, Croydon and Garth Road, Merton. The Partnership advocates the supply of affordable heat and power for local use” [Source which is Appendix B of the LDF Issues and Options Consultation ReportSource]. “Croydon Council's waste chief has admitted for the first time that an incinerator could be built in the borough” [Source]. Unclear what fraction is to be household waste. (Entry updated 2009-10-01)
P South East London Norman Road, Belvedere (London Borough of Bexley) Riverside Resource Recovery Limited / Cory 700,000 Bexley And District Against Incineration Risks (BADAIR) [Campaign update]

 “At its meeting on 16th June 2009 the London Borough of Bexley awarded a 25 year contract to Cory Environmental to treat up to 70,000 tonne per annum of its residual waste through the Belvedere EfW Facility.” [Source]. “With an average annual capacity of 585,000 tonnes, it will be an important strategic river-served waste management facility for London” [Source]. Approved and currently under construction. (Entry updated 2010-05-14)
P West London Civic Way, South Ruislip ? 320,000 Ealing Friends of the Earth and Ealing Green Party

 320,000 to be split between the two West London sites. Energy from Waste and MBT are the two preferred options, and current transfer stations their preferred sites, although “It may be that Brentford and South Ruislip may not be quite large enough to accommodate new plants of a scale to take all the waste that these sites currently deal with.” [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-07)
P West London Transport Avenue, Brentford ? 320,000 Ealing Friends of the Earth and Ealing Green Party

 320,000 to be split between the two West London sites. Energy from Waste and MBT are the two preferred options, and current transfer stations their preferred sites, although “It may be that Brentford and South Ruislip may not be quite large enough to accommodate new plants of a scale to take all the waste that these sites currently deal with.” [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-07)
E North London Edmonton London Waste Ltd [See annual report] 750,000 ? Tonnes burned: 370,933 (2005); 550,000 (2006); 519,501 (2007); 521,246 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)
E South East London Lewisham South East London Combined Heat and Power Limited / Veolia [See annual report] 488,000 ? Tonnes burned: 402,863 (2005); 433,694 (2006); 426,872 (2007); 421,648 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)

North East

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P South Tyne & Wear Abbotsford Road, Felling, Gateshead MVV Umwelt or SITA or United Utilities 200,000 [Campaign update]

 South Tyne & Wear Waste Partnership (Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland) – “EfW with Combined Heat and Power (CHP) would be the most easily introduced along with new infrastructure and would work well as part of a new industrial estate or Eco Park”. Outline Business Case submitted to Defra in October 2007. The remaining bidders for the Waste PFI contract, “which is thought to be worth up to GBP1.3 billion, are: German energy-from-waste specialist MVV Umwelt GmbH; waste management firm SITA UK Ltd; and, utilities firm United Utilities…A vacant industrial site that may be suitable for a waste treatment facility has been identified in Felling, Gateshead, and is available as an option to all companies bidding for the contract”. [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-07)
P Teesside (Cleveland) Haverton Hill Road, Billingham, Stockton SITA 256,000 [Campaign update]

 The North East Energy Recovery Centre (NEERC) has “a proposed capacity of 256,000 tonnes of household and commercial waste a year, although there are not contracts currently in place” [Source]. In October 2008, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council's planning committee gave unanimous approval for the planning application [Source]. Not to be confused with the existing 260,000 tpa Haverton Hill facility and its proposed 125,000 tpa expansion. (Entry updated 2009-07-07)
E Tees Valley Unitary Authorities Haverton Hill Road, Billingham, Teesside SITA Tees Valley Limited [See annual report] 388,000 ? “The facility has two furnace lines with a combined processing capacity of 250,000 tonnes of municipal waste per year. A third line is currently under construction which will be capable of processing a further 125,000 tonnes of municipal waste.” [Source]. EA permitted capacity was 263,000 tpa in 2007. In addition to SITA's proposed expansion there is potential for a new build next door!

Tonnes burned: (2005); 215,568 (2006); 206,427 (2007); 204,327 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)

North West

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Cheshire Ince Marshes Peel Environmental Ince Ltd 670,000 Communities Against Toxics (ToxCAT) and CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update] and Residents Against INcineration (RAIN) [Campaign update]

 In February 2006 Peel Holdings submitted a planning proposal for a 'Resource Recovery Park' to Cheshire County Council. Within these plans, which include provision for a major recycling initiative, were plans for a massive 670,000 tonne EfW (Energy from Waste) incinerator. In May 2008 a public inquiry to assess the viability of this proposal took place. RAIN published daily updates of the Inquiry's progress on their site RAIN's daily diary. More than a year later the Planning Inspector has yet to issue a report. (Entry updated 2009-07-07)
P Cheshire Junction 18 Midpoint, Cledford Lane, Middlewich Covanta Energy 390,000 Holmes Chapel Action Group and CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update]

 The proposal was unanimously rejected by Cheshire East Council's planning committee in May 2010 but “Covanta plans to appeal against the decision” Source. (Entry updated 2010-05-21)
P Cheshire Picow Road Farm, Weston Point, Runcorn Ineos Chlor 850,000 CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update] and Halton Action Group Against The Incinerator (Halton Breathe/HAGATI)

 Despite being granted planning permission for the monster facility by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), the campaign opposing Ineos Chlor's proposals is still going strong. Suspect calculations used to justify the stack height are to be further investigated. The plan is to build a massive 105 metre stack and a capacity for burning 850,000 tonnes of waste per year. This would make it the biggest incinerator of its type in Europe. (Entry updated 2009-07-07)
P Lancashire Blackburn, Chapel SITA? ? Action to Reduce and Recycle Our Waste (ARROW) [Campaign update]

 Lancashire to introduce food bins – but Blackburn with Darwen opts for incinerator Source. (Entry updated 2009-07-07)
P Merseyside Knowsley Business Park Energos, part of ENER-G 327,000 Communities Against Toxics Merseyside

 95,000 tpa gasification proposal granted planning permission [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-07)
P Merseyside Hooton Park, North Road, Eastham Mersey Green Solution (joint partnership netween Biossence and New Earth Energy) up to ~400,000 Wirral Council and Eastham Village Preservation Association Hooton Park is a 19 acre green-field held with planning consent issued by Wirral Council in February 2009 allowing the processing of 400,000 tpa of municipal and commercial wastes with energy recovery using gasification technology [Source]. It is understood it has signed an exclusivity deal with MWDA and would sell rights to the site for around GBP11m. Developers understood to have signed an exclusivity deal with Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-07-16)
E Cheshire Ellesmere Port, Wirral Veolia ES Cleanaway (UK) Limited [See annual report] 100,000 CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update]

 Permitted to incinerate a wide range of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes.
E Greater Manchester Bolton Greater Manchester Waste Ltd / Viridor [See annual report] 127,100 ? A whistleblower contacted UKWIN with documents showing how Greater Manchester Waste (now Viridor) switched off the CEMS (continuous emissions monitoring) whilst making it look as though it was still switched on. This is now being investingated by the Environment Agency [Read more...]

Tonnes burned: 103,835 (2006); 87,385 (2007); 95,750 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)

Scotland

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P East Lothian Oxwellmains, Dunbar Viridor 300-450,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Incensed Residents Against Toxic Emissions (IRATE) [Campaign update] and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS)

 “The plant is being initially built to house two lines providing 300,000 tonnes per annum capacity, with a third line to be constructed afterwards to meet required demand” 150,000 tonnes of residual MSW arising from the target authorities of the City of Edinburgh (with whom Viridor has an existing contract), East Lothian and Midlothian; and 150,000 tonnes of residual commercial and industrial waste from the target authority catchment areas [Source]. “The revised application was submitted in May 2008 to East Lothian Council. A decision is expected by East Lothian Council in mid/late 2009″ [Source]. ” (Entry updated 2009-08-03)
P Highlands Cromarty Firth Industrial Estate, Invergordon Combined Power and Heat (Highlands) Ltd 100-130,000 Invergordon Incinerator No to Waste & Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS)

 Permission was granted on appeal in May 2010 on the condition that the operator “shall accept only non-hazardous waste which originates from within the Highland Council area”, ensure that “only residual waste (waste remaining when all reasonably practicable efforts have been made to extract recyclable and compostable material) is incinerated” and that they have in place an agreed plan for heat use and ash disposal [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-05-21)
P Morayshire Elgin J Gordon Williamson 30,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS)

 Granted planning permission for energy from waste [Source].(Entry updated 2009-08-03)
P North Ayrshire Irvine (West of Glasgow) BioGen Power Limited / Energos 80,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update]

 Planning permission for gasification unit granted in August 2007. (Entry updated 2009-08-03)
P North Lanarkshire Coatbridge Shore Energy (owned by Simon Howie) 80,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Greengairs Community Council [Campaign update] and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS)

 “The first element will have the capacity to process up to 160,000 tonnes per annum of commercial, industrial and municipal waste. The pyrolysis process will comprise two units each with the capacity to process up to 40,000 tonnes per annum of fuel (largely from the materials recycling and fuel preparation process).” [Source].(Entry updated 2009-08-03)
P North Lanarkshire Greengairs Road (near Airdrie), Drumshangie Airdrie North Limited 300,000-350,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Greengairs Community Council [Campaign update] and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS)

 Planning consent granted in May 2009. (Entry updated 2009-08-03)
P Perth Shore Road Grundon Waste Management Limited 90,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Tayside Environmental Action Group [Campaign update] and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS)

 “Outline Planning Consent has been granted for a Waste to Energy Incinerator at Shore Road. This did not come before the PKC Development Control Committee but was granted under delegated powers. Grundon, the developers are now seeking to have reserved matters dealt with. We called a public meeting on 16th April which was attended by nearly 200 people. There was anger and concern at PKC's handling of this matter as well as great worry and concern about the plant itself. Our M.P. Pete Wishart summed up at the end of the meeting and told Grundon they should go away – reflecting the mood of the meeting.” [Source]. “It is envisaged the EfW plant will be capable of processing aproximately 90,000 tonnes per annum of residual municipal solid waste (MSW) and residual commercial and industrial (C&I) waste” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03)
P Perthshire Binn Farm, near Glenfarg SITA 60,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Tayside Environmental Action Group [Campaign update] and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS)

 Planning permission granted. “…opposed by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) because the heat it produced would be wasted, instead of being used to warm nearby buildings…Despite widespread local opposition it was approved by Perth and Kinross Council, then referred to the Scottish government. Ministers have decided not to intervene, effectively allowing the proposal to proceed” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03)
P South Lanarkshire Dovesdale Farm, Carlisle Road, Stonehouse, Larkhall Scotgen 80,000 Action Group Against Dovesdale Incinerator (AGADI) and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS)

 Gasification-type incinerator. “…predominantly [for] industrial and commercial wastes although municipal solid wastes and a limited range of hazardous waste material may be accepted…” [Source]. Application submitted in July 2010 [view application]. (Entry updated 2010-07-12)
E Dumfrieshire Dargavel Stores, Lockerbie Road, Dumfries Ascot Environmental / Scotgen 60,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS)

 Operational Gasification-type incinerator. “The Development is intended to form part of an integrated waste management solution for the municipal arisings of Dumfries and Galloway” [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-07-12)
E Dundee, Angus (Tayside) Forties Road, Baldovie Industrial Estate Dundee Energy Recycling Ltd (DERL) 120,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland)

 Dundee Energy Recycling Ltd (DERL) is a special purpose company, formed between BICC plc, Kvaerner Investments and Dundee City Council, under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI).
E Shetland Islands Peak Load Boiler Station, Gremista, Lerwick Shetland Heat Energy & Power Ltd 26,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland)

 The incinerator burns domestic and commercial waste from Shetland, Orkney and from the offshore oil industry.

South East

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Berkshire Colnbrook, Slough Lakeside Energy From Waste Limited (S Grundon Waste and Viridor) 410,000 Slough's Anti-Incinerator Network (SAIN) and The Air That We Breathe Group (TATWBG) [Campaign update]

 Construction delayed by a year [Source]. “The Lakeside joint venture with Grundon Waste Management Limited [and Viridor] comprises a 410,000 tonnes per annum and up to 37MW EfW plant at Colnbrook near Heathrow. It involves capital expenditure of GBP160 million financed by 86% non-recourse debt with the balance split equally between the two joint venture partners. Construction is nearly complete and a profit contribution is expected in 2009/10.” [Source]. Nearing the end of the construction phase. According to a local campaigner the Colnbrook facility would take waste from Wiltshire. (Entry updated 2009-08-05)
P Buckinghamshire Calvert, Aylesbury Waste Recycling Group (WRG) 275,000 Buckinghamshire Residents Against Incinerators (BRAINS) and Stop Aylesbury Vale Incineration (SAVI)

 “Councillors have delayed making a decision on whether to back putting an incinerator in north Buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire County Council chiefs will instead support one of two sites in September (2009)…Springfield Farm in Broad Lane, Beaconsfield, was down as a reserve site. Now the plan is for a new incinerator from Waste Recycling Group at Calvert landfill site, Buckingham, or by Covanta Energy at Stewartby, Bedfordshire…” [Source]. Plans for an incinerator in Calvert are facing increased opposition from local residents with more than 1,200 now having signed a Downing Street petition against the plant [Source] (Entry updated 2009-07-08)
P Buckinghamshire Wapseys Wood or Springfield Farm Veolia ES 275,000 Buckinghamshire Residents Against Incinerators (BRAINS) [Campaign update]

 Wapseys Wood, Beaconsfield was mooted as possible site by the council last year but dropped after a public outcry. The council said it was thrown out over its assessment criteria (see Calvert, Aylesbury entry) [Source] and [Source]. Local campaigners remain concerned that Veolia may wish to buiold an incinerator for commercial and industrial waste on this Veolia-owned landfill site. (Entry updated 2009-07-08)
P East Kent Sandwich, Dover and environs ? 200,000 Southeast Action Group for the Environment (SAGE)

 Decisions on whether Kent should have up to two more incinerators face indefinite delay, county planners have admitted [Source]. Potential sites include: Richborough Power Station, Ramsgate Road; Link Park Lympne Industrial Estate; Former Tilmanstone Colliery, Pike Rd, Eythorne and White Cliffs Business Park (both in Dover); and Whitfield. (Entry updated 2009-07-08)
P East Sussex Newhaven Veolia ES South Downs Ltd 242,000 Defenders of the Ouse Valley and Estuary (DOVE) and Lewes District Friends of the Earth

 Condissional planning permission was granted and works started in April 2008. The facility still faces opposition by many, including Norman Baker, MP for Lewes [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-08)
P Oxfordshire Ardley Viridor 300,000 Oxford FoE [Campaign update] and Oxford Brookes People and Planetand Ardley Against the Incinerator (AAI)

 Oxfordshire CC rejected a planning application from Viridor for a 300,000 tpa incinerator just weeks after selecting the company as preferred bidder. The council's planning and regulation committee refused both Viridor's application for an incinerator at Ardley, and the Waste Recycling Group (WRG) application for a 220,000 tpa incinerator at Sutton Courtenay. In September, WRG lost out to Viridor as preferred bidder to treat Oxfordshire's waste. [Source]. It was reported on the 8th of April 2010 that “…Viridor has submitted a revised planning application for its GBP100m Incinerator just outside Bicester. The company has already appealed a decision to reject a planning application for the facility, and a public inquiry is due to be held this summer. In the new application, no changes have been made to the proposed capacity and size of the facility at Ardley, but the company said it had looked at the ways heat and power from the site could be used and had revised landfill aspects…. It is likely to be decided by the same planning committee that turned down the original application.” [source] (Entry updated 2010-04-30)
P Surrey Clockhouse Brickworks, Horsham Road, Capel, Dorking Surrey Waste Management Ltd / SITA 130,000 Guildford Anti-Incinerator Network (GAIN) [Campaign update] and Capel Action Group

 Victory for the campaigners! “At the High Court on Thursday 5 March 2009 Mr Justice Collins formally allowed Capel Parish Council's claims and ordered all three planning permissions to be quashed; the relevant references to the Clockhouse Brickworks site to be deleted from the adopted Waste Plan; permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal was refused; and Surrey County Council to make an interim payment of GBP100,000 within 14 days in respect of Capel Parish Council's legal fees” [Source]. “Campaigners have won their legal bid to prevent an incinerator being built in Capel, near Dorking, following a fight which lasted almost a decade” [Source]. The council is now considering a “move away from using incineration as a way to get rid of the council's waste” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-08)
P Surrey Trumps Farm at Longcross, near Virginia Water Surrey Waste Management Ltd 160,000 Guildford Anti-Incinerator Network (GAIN) [Campaign update] and Wentworth Residents Association (WRA) & Residents against Incineration (RAI) and Virginia Water Community Association and Incinerator Action

 Surrey Waste Management submitted a planning application for the Trumps Farm site at Longcross in mid-July 2008. Local campaigners (GAIN) are hoping the Capel decision will force Surrey to rethink this application [Source]. The council is now considering a “move away from using incineration as a way to get rid of the council's waste” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-08)
P West Sussex 16 sites shortlisted by West Sussex County Council Biffa and/or Veolia ? ? Shortlisted: Blue Prince mushroom site in Poling, near Littlehampton – Ford Airfield in Ford – The Lec site in Bognor – Lineside Way in Littlehampton – Bepton Road depot in Midhurst – Candy House in Rutland Way, Chichester – Fuel depot in Bognor Road, Chichester – Portfield in Chichester – Holmbush Farm in Faygate – Land adjoining Oakhurst Business Park in Southwater – Nowhurst Business Centre in Strood Green, Billinghurst – Shoreham Cement Works in Upper Beeding – Warnham Brickworks, near Horsham – Fairbridge Way in Burgess Hill – Imberhorne Lane in East Grinstead, and – Decoy Farm in East Worthing. West Sussex County Council has drawn up a shortlist of potential plots which could become home to an incinerator or another type of waste-to-energy facility. Although the contractor can submit a planning application for a new plant anywhere in the county, the council publishes the list after extensive research as guidance to developers. “West Sussex County Council has a preference for non-incineration. We want to reduce landfill and we aim to try to recover as many resources as possible from waste.” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-08 – unchanged from previous entry)
E Hampshire Fawley Tradebe, acquired from Pyros Environmental Limited (consortium), acquired from Veolia Environmental Services. 105,000 New Forest Friends of the Earth

 Site consist of two high temperature incinerators. It has been reported that “over the years, it has been plagued by unplanned shut-downs and other operational problems making it a sometimes unreliable destination” [Source]. According to the Environment Agency this facility has processed a small amount of municipal waste. Local campaigners are opposing plans to send radioactive waste to this facility. According to a spokesperson from Sellafield, “up to 100 cubic metres of radioactive waste would be sent to Hampshire each year” [Source. (Entry updated 2010-04-30)
E Hampshire Marchwood, Southampton Veolia ES Hampshire Ltd [See annual report] 210,000 New Forest Friends of the Earth Tonnes burned: 148,695 (2005); 173,234 (2006); 183,897 (2007); 190,711 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)
E Hampshire Portsmouth Veolia ES Hampshire Ltd [See annual report] 210,000 New Forest Friends of the Earth Tonnes burned: 134,141 (2005); 179,463 (2006); 185,483 (2007); 201,569 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)
E Hampshire Whitmarsh Lane, Chineham, Basingstoke Veolia ES Hampshire Ltd [See annual report] 102,000 The Basingstoke Burner Action Campaign (BBAC) and New Forest Friends of the Earth

 Tonnes burned: 92,692 (2005); 88,711 (2006); 98,960 (2007); 94,972 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)
E Isle of Wight Forest Park, Forest Road, Newport Waste Gas Technology UK Ltd / ENER-G Group / Island Waste Services (Biffa) [See annual report] 38,000 ? Permitted to burn RDF and clean wood waste. Gasification plant built [Source]. This Demonstrator project relates to the upgrading of an existing waste incinerator on the Isle of Wight [Source].
E Kent Allington, Maidstone Kent Enviropower Ltd / Waste Recycling Group (WRG) [See annual report] 500,000 Guildford Anti-Incinerator Network (GAIN) [Campaign update] and Against Incineration in Maidstone Kent Local Environment Action Now (AIM-KLEAN)

 In the summer of 2007, during testing, the furnace linings were found to be faulty” [Source]. Kent Enviropower said in July 2009 that “Following six months of commercial operations, Kent Enviropower's Allington Quarry Integrated Waste Management Facility was temporarily shut down on 10 July for scheduled routine maintenance” and in August said that “Following a temporary shutdown for scheduled, routine maintenance works, Kent Enviropower's Allington Quarry Integrated Waste Management Facility is being brought back into operation this week. The first of the three lines of the Energy from Waste facility returned to full operation on Monday, and both the Energy from Waste facility and the Materials Recycling Facility are receiving deliveries” [Source]. Tonnes burned:132,540 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)

South West

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Cornwall Rostowrack Farm, St Dennis SITA Cornwall Ltd. 240,000 Cornwall Sustainable Waste Network (CSWN) and St. Dennis Incinerator Group (STIG) [Campaign update]

 Application refused planning permission as Cornwall County Councillors voted 20-to-one against Sita's plans [Source]. “An alternative strategy for dealing with Cornwall's waste needs to be drawn up as soon as possible, a council scrutiny committee has ruled” [Source]. The public inquiry is due to hear closing statements in October 2010 and a decision is expected in 2011 [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-07-16)
P Devon Ernesettle, Plymouth, Devon / Coypool The following companies have submitted outline proposals: MVV Umwelt and Viridor 225,000 Stop The Incinerator Fouling Land at Ernesettle (STIFLE)

 South West Devon Waste Partnership are no longer focussing on Ernesettle as a site for the incinerator, leaving two potential sites – Devonport Dockyard's North Yard, New Enlgand Quarry south of Lee Mill. Preferred bidder scheduled to be announced early 2011 [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-07-22)
P Devon Matford Park Energy from Waste Plant, Marsh Barton, Exeter Viridor 60,000 Exeter Friends of the Earth [Campaign update]

 Combined Heat and Power. Planning permission granted in July 2007 [Source]. “Viridor is hoping that the construction work can begin [autumn 2010] and that the new plant will be operational from spring 2013″ [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-07-22)
P Devon New England quarry, Lee Mill near Ivybridge Viridor 275,000 EcoIvy

 Planning application and environmental permit applications have been submitted and both are now out to consultation. According to Viridor “The proposed New England Resource Recovery Centre facility would include an Energy from Waste (EfW) facility; an on-site bottom ash treatment and recycling facility; a non-hazardous landfill for waste; a visitor and education centre; and a new site access road”. Viridor also state that “This is a speculative planning application based on Viridor's clear assessment of local market demand. As site owner, Viridor would propose to proceed with its proposals for the development of the site for a range of waste facilities regardless of whether it is successful in the PFI contract procurement. In the circumstances suggested, the exact nature of the development would be determined at a later time taking account of the nature and projected volumes of non-contract waste arising in a similar area as that encompassed by the South West Devon Waste Partnership” (source). (Entry updated 2010-07-22)
P Devon Seven Brethren industrial estate, next to the River Taw, Barnstaple South West Devon Waste Partnership, made up of Plymouth City, Torbay and Devon County Councils 60,000 Devon Residents Against Incineration (DRAIN)

 “Devon County Council have 'mothballed' plans to build an incinerator at Seven Brethren Bank, Barnstaple” [Source]. “The GBP39.3 million rubbish-burner project is to be shelved due to set-backs to other planned developments at Seven Brethren, as well as questions surrounding the size of the plant.” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-12-27)
P Gloucestershire Quedgeley, Javelin Park ? 270,000 Gloucestershire Against Incinerators (GlosAIN),

 Javelin Park identified as most likely site in OBC [Source]. “Gloucestershire county council has become the latest local authority to reveal a shortlist of bidders for its long-term waste PFI contract, with ten applicants invited to submit outline ideas for the GBP646 million deal” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-10)
P South Gloucestershire / West of England Partnership Avonmouth, Bristol Sita 160,000 Bristol Against Mass Burn Incineration (BAMBI) and FoE Bristol and West of England Liberal Democrats

West of England Partnership (Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire) [Bath & North East Somerset have dropped out of the incineration aspect of the Partnership]. Expression of Interest (for round 4 PFI funding) has been approved by Defra. Site not finalised. Avonmouth considered because of existing facilities there. The Executive member with responsibility for waste at Bristol City Council has said that the West of England incinerator is “dead”… but SITA hopes to build a 400,000 tonne beast for commercial and industrial waste just over the S.Gloucestershire border from the formerly-planned WoE incinerator at Avonmouth [Source]. Regarding the GBP24-27m PFI Bristol City Council said: “We're not looking at any particular technology, and are keeping an open mind. But I think it's been made clear that we are not going to install a mass burn incinerator” [source]. SITA's application refused by South Glouc. Council June 2010 but SITA might appeal (Entry updated 2010-07-08)
E Isles of Scilly Portmellon Council of The Isles of Scilly [See annual report] 3,500 ? Tonnes burned: 2,474 (2007); 2,500 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)

Wales

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Cardiff Trident Park, Cardiff Bay Viridor and PMG Estates Ltd 350,000 Cardiff FoE [Campaign update]

 Planning permission granted by Cardiff Council in June 2010. “Viridor… bidding for [waste contracts in] Cardiff, Caerphilly, Vale of Glamorgan, Newport and Monmouthshire, but this would only account for 160,000 tonnes of waste a year on current projections”. (Entry updated 2010-07-22)
E South West Wales Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea Neath Port Talbot Recycling Ltd / Neath Port Talbot Council [See annual report] 166,000 ? Neath Port Talbot Council is understood to be suing Bridgend for around GBP5m in connection with problems relating to the Crymlyn Burrows Materials Recovery and Energy Centre (MREC) [Source], while at the same time Neath Port Talbot Council has issued a High Court writ against the Currie & Brown Group responsible for technical advice over failed incinerator [Source]. The GBP54 million claim, issued in the Bristol District Registry, concerns the cause of deficiencies at the waste-to-energy plant and damages the council claims to have suffered as a result of the plant's alleged failure to perform [Source].

Tonnes burned: 8,200 (2005); 11,313 (2006); 10,956 (2007); 9,041 (2008). (Entry partially updated 2009-12-29)

West Midlands

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Birmingham Tyseley, Birmingham Tyseley Waste Disposal Ltd (Veolia) 400,000+ ? Possible expansion of existing facility being considered. Council acknowlegdes re-use or recycling of waste preferable to incineration and expansion proposals will be considered in light of the Unitary Development Plan and associated critera [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-07-02)
P Shropshire Shrewsbury Veolia 90,000 Safe Waste Shropshire [Campaign update]

 Veolia submitted a planning application in January 2009 and the first round of concultation was closed at the end of April 2009 [Source]. The Environment Agency issued an environmental permit in June 2010. Expected to go to planning committee late July 2010 [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-07-02)
P Staffordshire The Dell, Enterprise Drive, Four Ashes near Cannock Marsdon Vale 300,000 Staffordshire Against Incineration (SAIN) [Campaign update]

 Government Office of West Midlands granted planning permission in January 2010 (pending legal confirmation). Veolia chosen as preferred bidder to build and operate the site. The council intend to enter into a 25 year contract with Veolia should planning permission be granted [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-07-02)
P West Midlands Met Districts Coventry (site of existing incinerator) Viridor or possibly Veolia 305,000 Coventry Friends of the Earth [Campaign update] and Coalition for Recycling and Against Coventry Incinerator (CRACIN)

 Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull PFI scheme Project Transform “has been halted causing the public consultation and planning application to be postponed”. Existing incinerator could now be refurbished or closed down instead of being rebuilt [Source, ]. (Entry updated 2010-07-02)
P Worcestershire Hartlebury Trading Estate, Hartlebury, Kidderminster (near Stourport-on-Severn) Mercia EnviRecover / Mercia Waste Management / Severn Waste Services (jointly owned by Focsa Services (UK) Ltd (related to Waste Recycling Group) and Urbaser Ltd) 200,000 Worcestershire residents Against Incineration and Landfill

 Planning application submitted to Worcestershire County Council in May 2010 for “EnviRecover”. To help it with the application the councul has “employed planning consultants Environmental Resources Management” [Source, See planning application]. In 2002 Mercia's plans for an incinerator in Kidderminster were defeated at a public inquiry. Mercia's scoping report, dated November 2009, notes that “Hartlebury Trading Estate is identified as a Major Developed Site in the Green Belt… Accordingly, the Environmental Statement will have to demonstrate that very special circumstances exist.” [source]. (Entry updated 2010-05-21)
E Stoke on Trent Stoke MES Environmental Limited [See annual report] 210,000 ? Tonnes burned: 173,850 (2006); 166,044 (2007); 162,145 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)
E West Midlands Met Districts Birmingham Tyseley Waste Disposal Ltd / Veolia [See annual report] 400,000 ? Possible expansion planned.

Tonnes burned: 320,306 (2006); 341,442 (2007); 348,736 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)
E West Midlands Met Districts Coventry The Coventry & Solihull Waste Disposal Company Ltd [See annual report] 315,000 Coalition for Recycling and Against Coventry Incinerator (CRACIN) [Campaign update]

 Expected to reach end of life 2016-2021. Moves are afoot to replace / expand exisiting facility.

Tonnes burned: 214,735 (2005); 210,200 (2006); 230,735 (2007); 241,733 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)
E West Midlands Met Districts Dudley, West Midlands MES Environmental Limited [See annual report] 105,000 ? Tonnes burned: 92,858 (2006); 94,761 (2007); 92,834 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)
E West Midlands Met Districts Wolverhampton MES Environmental Limited [See annual report] 110,000 ? Tonnes burned: (2005); 100,773 (2006); 104,356 (2007); 107,231 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)

Yorkshire & the Humber

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Doncaster Land Off Sandall Stones Road, Kirk Sandall Doncaster Energy Recovery Ltd: Energos in partnership with BioGen Power 120,000 Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun Parish Councils

 “Proposed energy recovery facility involving gasification of (household and commercial) waste” [View application details]. Planning permission granted in July 2009 [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-07-02)
P Hull (and East Riding) Saltend Waste Recycling Group (WRG) 240,000 FoE Hull [Campaign update]

 “Spiralling costs mean giant waste-burning incinerator may be scrapped or scaled back… It's believed both councils have discounted the idea of building a plant capable of burning 240,000 tonnes of household waste every year” [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-05-21)
P North Lincolnshire Melton Ross Quarries, Barnetby North Lincs Green Energy (consortium of Singleton-Birch and Biffa) 80,000 Group currently being formed. Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development

 North Lincs Green Energy (NLGE) is one of two shortlisted for a contract to handle 50,000 tonnes of North Lincolnshire's residual household waste [source]. Their bid is based on plans to build a GBP40 million gasification facility at Singleton Birch's site at Melton Ross which will use both residual waste from North Lincolnshire council and other biomass material to produce heat and power from 2012 [source]. Plan to incinerate household waste via gasification to “generate electricity and heat, both of which are used in Singleton Birch's large lime plant” [Source]. Planning permission granted Novemebr 2008. “Singleton Birch, the UK's leading lime producer, has appointed ENERGOS as preferred technology partner for its advanced thermal technology facility, awarded planning permission at the company's Melton Ross site in North Lincolnshire.” [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-05-13)
P North Yorkshire Allerton Park Quarry, Knaresborough Amey-Cespa (subsdiary of Ferrovial) ~180,000 Tockwith Residents Association and Dalton Incinerator Steering Committee (DISC) and York Residents Against Incineration

“Quarry site next to stately home near Knaresborough named by North Yorkshire County and City of York Councils as proposed location to be known as Allerton Waste Recovery Park” [source]. Up to 40% of the 320,000-450,000 tpa capacity of the Park is expected to be incinerated [source]. (Entry updated 2010-08-08)
P South Yorkshire Hatfield, Doncaster Doncaster Energy from Waste (DEW) Project including AvVail Limited and Waystone Limited 400,000 (Hatfield) Residents Against Inappropriate Developments (RAID)

 Hatfield RAID (Residents Against Inappropriate Development) have won the latest stage of their campaign to prevent a waste incinerator being built near Hatfield. Planning permission for the so-called Doncaster Energy from Waste (DEW) Project was refused as 5 Planning Committee members voted against the scheme and 2 abstained [Source]. The developer has appealed and a planning inquiry is scheduled for Autumn 2010 (Entry updated 2010-05-14)
P South Yorkshire Manvers, Wath upon Dearne, Barnsley (in partnership with Doncaster and Rotherham) Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham (BDR) Waste Partnership (Dearne Valley Waste Partnership) 200,000 South Yorkshire Against Incineration (SAI) [Campaign update]

 “Examining the possibility of building an incinerator”. PFI bid approved. “It is estimated that the Waste management site will deal with in excess of 200,000 tons of municipal waste (black bin waste) per year, almost 600 tons per day, delivered by HGVs to the site from all three Boroughs” [Source]. BDR waste strategy currently in consultation with Manvers being listed as preferred location for incinerator. (Entry updated 2010-07-02)
P West Yorkshire Bradford and Calderdale Bidders: Aire Valley Environmental (a consortium of American incineration giant Covanta and utilities firm Kelda Water Services); A partnership between Californian engineering and construction firm Earth Tech and Swedish construction giant Skanska; Osiris (a consortium of London-based equity investor John Laing, utilities company United Utilities and construction company Costain); and 3SE (a partnership between waste management firm Shanks and Scottish and Southern Energy) ? ? “The Council selected a hybrid option of Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT), in-vessel composting and thermal treatment as its Reference Project (PFI bid approved by Defra in April 2008), but refused to rule out the use of combined heat and power…The partnership has earmarked land at Bowling Back Lane in Bradford for any developments, which is currently the site of a household waste and recycling centre and a waste transfer station…waste contract to commence in July 2015″ [Source]. Two firms shortlisted, Earth Tech Skanska and 3SE. Contract due to be awarded in 12 months. Both of the remaining bidders have submitted plans for unspecified waste treatment technology. Possibility of CHP technology has not been ruled out [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-07-02)
P West Yorkshire Former Solaglas Site, Ripley Road, Bradford BioGen Power / Bradford Energy Recovery Limited / Energos 160,000 ? Planning permission has been approved for the “worlds largest waste gasification facility” [source, source]. According to the application “waste will be delivered to the Facility from commercial, industrial, some construction and demolition sources. The facility could also accept household waste arisings” [source]. CABE, the “government's advisor on architecture, urban design and public space” have stated that they “suggest a fundamental rethink of this proposal” source. (Entry updated 2010-05-21)
P West Yorkshire Leeds Aire Valley Environmental or Veolia ? FoE Leeds / No Incinerator, Leeds / No2incinerator

 Two bidders shortlisted Feb 2010. Aire Valley Environmental proposing facility at Knostrop sewage treatment site, Veolia facility at Cross Green industrial estate. Summer 2010 public consultation to inform proposals, Autumn 2010 final proposals, Summer 2011 choose bidder, Autumn 2011 planning applicatiopn and public consultation on application, Autumn 2012 decision and start of construction. [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-07-02)
E North Lincolnshire Grimsby Cyclerval UK & TIRU Group / Newlincs Development Ltd [See annual report] 56,000 Lincolnshire Anti-Incineration Alliance (LAIA)

 Tonnes burned: 52,284 (2005); 48,749 (2006); 49,784 (2007); 54,744 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)
E South Yorkshire Sheffield Veolia ES Sheffield Limited [See annual report] 225,000 South Yorkshire Against Incineration (SAI) [Campaign update]

Veolia report experiencing “notable inefficiencies to the energy generating process” due to the facility's dependence on trade waste and have applied for planning permission to import 75,000 tonnes a year of extra waste from Barnsley, Doncaster and Chesterfield. Not to be decided by Sheffiled City Council Planning Committee until after new waste strategy is in place, but it seems likely that importing more waste will be allowed.

Tonnes burned: 196,505 (2007); 183,070 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)
E West Yorkshire Vine Street, Huddersfield, Kirklees SITA (Kirklees) Limited [See annual report] 150,000 ? Tonnes burned: 112,311 (2005); 108,003 (2006); 112,922 (2007); 87,003 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29)

Why UKWIN Opposes Waste Incineration

See The Story Behind The Map for a simple explanation.

Disclaimer

While we endeavour to provide current and accurate information, we rely heavily on second and third party sources. As such, the information is provided “as is” with no claims or warranties as to its suitability for any particular purpose. Markers are indicative and may not always point to the exact site location.

All of the data contained within this website is under ongoing review with an intention to continuously improve the quality of information. If you are aware of any improvements or corrections, please contact the UKWIN Netowrk Coordinator.

The map includes many sites that (we hope) will never be used for incineration. Other sites that may be considered for waste incinerators may not appear on the map at this time. You can improve the map by sending any updates to coordinator@ukwin.org.uk (please include sources of information).

Sources of information:

  • All potential sites included in the map have been mentioned in either Local Authority / Central Government documentation (e.g. Defra PFI lists, EA spreadsheets, Partnership Waste Strategies, etc.), local or national media reports, and/or local campaign updates

Types of facilities on the map:

  • We focus on the incineration of household waste, and the facilities that are part of this system.
  • We have a fairly broad definition of what constitutes a ‘potential site’, ranging from sites where formal planning has been granted but the facility is not operational to sites earmarked for waste management facilities without incineration being ruled out. In a very small number of instances, we have included sites that have been ‘withdrawn’ but are of ongoing concern to local activists.
  • We have included a small number of representative potential Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) facilities that are proposed to produce a Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) or Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF). One potential MBT plants of this type is marked as a separate site, and others are referred to in the notes of the potential destination incinerator.
  • While we have not focussed primarily on gasification / pyrolysis incinerators, we have included some prominent sites in cases where information has been supplied by local campaigners.
  • We do not include any landfill or reprocessing sites for ash / residue, or sorting facilities (material recovery facilities) despite such facilities being part of the household waste incineration system.

Facility marker placement:

  • Existing facilities should have fairly accurate geo-locations (based on facility postcodes).
  • Sometimes one representative site is chosen to mark a place for an as yet unselected (potential incinerator) site, in which case this is mentioned in the notes.
  • Sometimes several potential sites are included even though only one will possibly be expected to host an incinerator, in which case this is mentioned in the notes.
  • Where there is no known site location for a proposal, we have used the nearest Local Authority (Town Hall) for our marker.
  • Sometimes a site is not specified or its precise location is not sufficiently well defined to provide an accurate geo-location. In such circumstances a best guess is made.
  • Where existing facilities may be expanded (e.g. Eastcroft and Tyseley) we have slightly displaced one of the markers from the correct location to allow for a second marker to be displayed.

Individuals wishing to be put in touch with local campaigners or supported to form or develop an anti-incineration group should contact the UKWIN Network Coordinator.
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