Table of Potential, Existing and Prevented Incinerators
Regions
- Bailiwick of Jersey
- East Midlands
- East of England
- Isle of Man
- London
- North East
- North West
- Scotland
- South East
- South West
- Wales
- West Midlands
- Yorkshire & the Humber
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Key
- P means potential incinerator
- E means existing incinerator
- X means a potential incinerator that was prevented
- 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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Bailiwick of Jersey
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | Jersey | La Collette 2 Reclamation Area, La Collette, St. Helier | Jersey Transport And Technical Services | 126,000 | Save our Shores (SOS) [Campaign update] | The La Collette incinerator replaces the old Bellozanne incinerator. Accepted household waste for the first time on the 27th of December 2010 [Source]. It is likely that the facility will take waste from Guernsey [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-12-01) |
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 , Spondon To Oppose Pollution (STOP) and Sinfin and Spondon Against INcineration (SSAIN) | 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 [Source, Source]. Cyclamax appealed in October 2010 and then withdrew their application in December 2010 but said they “will explore submitting a new revised planning application in 2011″ [Source]. Cyclamax withdrew their environmental permit application in March 2011 [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-10-25) |
| P | Derby (City) | Sinfin Lane, Osmaston | ReSource Recovery Solutions (RRS) (Shanks and Interserve) | 140,000 | Derby FoE and Sinfin and Spondon Against INcineration (SSAIN) | Proposed ENERGOS gasification incinerator [Source]. Planning Application submitted May 2009. “The contract was signed a week before the planning application for the site was discussed – and refused – by city council planners” [Source]. Permission was refused and ReSource Recovery Solutions appealed [source]. The Planning Inspector decided to dismiss the appeal, but this decision was quashed at the High Court and therefore there will be a new or re-opened inquiry [source]. (Entry updated 2011-07-20) |
| P | Derby (City) | Victory Road, Sinfin | Clarke Power Services | 30,000 | Derby FoE and Sinfin and Spondon Against INcineration (SSAIN) | Wood-burning biomass incinerator granted planning permission in 2008 and an environmental permit in March 2011 [Source]. It is unclear whether this facility will process municipal waste but it is included here on the basis that the facility is opposed by a UKWIN member group. (Entry updated 2011-10-10) |
| P | Derbyshire | “Alfreton Energy from Waste Plant”, Pye Bridge Industrial Estate, Somercotes, Alfreton | Warwick Energy | ~25,000 | Amber Valley Against Incinerators (AVAIN) | Gasification-type incinerator. Granted a permit in July 2011. Planning application submitted in February 2010. [See planning application] (Entry updated 2012-04-26) |
| P | Leicestershire | Newhurst Quarry, Shepshed (near Loughborough – access via Ashby Road East) | Biffa Waste Services Limited | 300,000 | Shepshed Against Incinerator Group (SAIG) | Biffa's planning application for a 300,000 tonne incinerator (proposed 180,000 municipal, 120,000 East Midlands Commercial & Industrial (C&I)) was refused permission by Leicestershire County Council in October 2010 and a decision on the appeal by the Secretary of State is expected by the 16th of April 2012 [Source, Source]. “Outlining their reasons for the decision, the 13 councillor committee cited six factors which focused on the proposals having an 'unacceptable impact' on the surrounding area” [Source]. (Entry updated 2012-03-15) |
| P | Lincolnshire | Centenary Way (Wingland), Sutton Bridge | Peterborough Renewable Energy Ltd (PREL) | 250,000-350,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | It is unclear what the proposed feedstock 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”). PREL expect to submit application before the end of 2011. [Source] (Entry updated 2011-07-25) |
| P | Lincolnshire | Whisby Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln | Waste Recycling Group (WRG) | 150,000 | Lincolnshire Anti-Incineration Alliance (LAIA) | Planning permission granted July 2009 [Source]. WRG were announced the preferred bidder of the Lincolnshire Waste PFI in October 2010 ahead of Shanks/Wheelabrator [Source]. The contract was signed on the 4th of March 2011, and WRG began construction in May 2011 [Source]. Facility expected to be operational by end of 2013 [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-05-17) |
| P | Northamptonshire | “Magnetic Park Energy Centre”, Magnetic Park, Desborough, Kettering | Origin Renewable Energy | 96,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | Gasification-type incinerator, with the intention being to use ENERGOS technology. According to the applicant the facility “would accept a variety of non-hazardous waste comprising primarily commercial & industrial waste, but will also be capable of accepting municipal / household waste (MSW)” [Source, Source]. The originrenewableenergy.com domain is registered in the name of the “Ingleton Group”. (Entry updated 2012-03-15) |
| P | Northamptonshire | off Gretton Brook Road, Corby | Formerly tendered under the name Project Reduce | 400,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | On the 20th of October 2010 the Government withdraw PFI funding for the project [Source]. In April 2011 it was reported that “Northamptonshire County Council is beginning a [new] project which will result in new contracts for residual municipal waste in the county” [Source]. However, it is yet to be seen whether or not this will involve incineration. Site identified in Expression of Interest jointly submitted by Milton Keynes Council and Northamptonshire County Council to Defra for Round 3 PFI funding. (Entry updated 2011-04-18) |
| P | Nottingham (City) | Eastcroft, Incinerator Rd, off Cattle Market Road | Waste Recycling Group (WRG) / WasteNotts (Reclamation) Ltd [See annual report] | 400,000 | Nottingham Friends of the Earth (FoE) and Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill (NAIL) [Campaign update] | Currently burns around 150,000 tpa, 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 (third) line. Planning permission for third line to handle C&I waste granted after a public inquiry. Renovations increased capacity of each line to 100,000 tonnes. Third line not yet built. “Could expand further with a 4th line” [Source]. The 4th line would give Eastcroft four 100,000 tpa lines. (Entry updated 2011-02-04) |
| P | Nottinghamshire | Old Rufford Colliery Car Park, Rainworth (near Mansfield) | Veolia Environmental Services | 210,000 | People Against Incineration (PAIN) and Mansfield Against Incineration (MAIN) | Part of the GBP850m Nottinghamshire Waste PFI. Following a call-in inquiry the proposal was refused planning permission by the Secretary of State primarily due to “the evident conflict with the development plan's requirements and the potential for harm to the integrity of habitat used by breeding woodlark and nightjar”. Veolia have launched a s288 challenge to the Secretary of State's decision which is expected to be heard in mid 2012. [See Inquiry website and read the Decision Letter and Inspector's Report]. Previously proposed at Crown Farm, Forest Town, but due to local campaign (MAIN) the land was withdrawn from sale by Mansfield District Council. (Entry updated 2011-09-27) |
| E | Nottingham (City) | “Nottingham Waste Incinerator”, Eastcroft, Incinerator Rd, off Cattle Market Road | Waste Recycling Group (WRG) / WasteNotts (Reclamation) Ltd [See annual report] | 260,000 | Nottingham Friends of the Earth (FoE) and Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill (NAIL) [Campaign update] | Currently burns around 150,000 tpa, 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 (third) line. Planning permission for third line to handle C&I waste granted after a public inquiry. Renovations increased capacity of each line to 100,000 tonnes. Third line not yet built. “Could expand further with a 4th line” [Source]. The 4th line would give Eastcroft four 100,000 tpa lines.
Tonnes burned: 154,606 (2006); 156,132 (2007); 158,459 (2008); 114,920 (2009); 157,137 (2010). (Entry updated 2011-12-01) |
| X | Derbyshire | Dunston Road, Sheepbridge, Chesterfield | Cyclamax | 75,000 | Derbyshire FoE and Chesterfield Against Incineration (CAI) [Campaign update] | Planning permission refused on 19th of October 2010 – “four reasons cited by the councillors: unacceptable highways impact; loss of protected trees; adverse impact on local economy and perception of health risk” [Source]. Cyclamax have not appealed. (Entry updated 2011-06-30) |
| X | Leicestershire | Bardon Business Park, Bardon Hill, Coalville, near Ellistown | ? | 200,000 | Ellistown and Battleflat Incineration Action Group [Campaign update] | On the 20th of October 2010 the Government withdraw PFI funding for the project [Source]. In July 2011 it was announced that the County Council would terminate the procurement project [Source, Source], that they intended to sell the Bardon site and that they were in a position to meet their short to medium term targets for landfill diversion [Source], Source]. (Entry updated 2011-10-25) |
| X | Leicestershire | Whetstone Waste Site. Enderby Road, Whetstone, Leicester | ? | 200,000 | FoE Leicestershire and the Leicestershire Anti-Incinerator Network (LAIN) | On the 20th of October 2010 the Government withdraw PFI funding for the project [Source]. In July 2011 the Council resolved to terminate the long-term waste treatment and noted that they were in a position to meet their short to medium term targets for landfill diversion [Source], Source]. (Entry updated 2010-11-05) |
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 | 585,000 – 645,000 | Our Marston Vale and Marston Moreteyne Action Group (MMAG) and Residents Against Covanta Incinerator at Stewartby | Mass-burn incinerator granted planning permission by the Infrastructure Planning Committee (IPC) in October 2011 but still requires ministerial approval for the compulsory purchase order [See decision notice]. Designed for both municipal and C&I waste. Unlikely to obtain LA-collected waste from Central Bedfordshire Council as part of the BEaR project because Covanta was not shortlisted [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| P | Bedfordshire | Twinwoods Business Park, Thurleigh Road, Milton Ernest | Biogen / Energos | 120,000 | Twinwoods Action Group | Biogen are proposing an Energos gasification-type incinerator. Planning permission refused twice by the local authority, but the applicant has appealed the first refusal [see case tracker]. The inquiry took place in May 2011 and the decision target date was delayed until January 2012 to take account of the IPC decision for Rookery Pit, but the decision is now expected in February 2012 [Source, Source, Source]. According to the applicant the facility would be for “commercial and industrial, construction and demolition and potentially municipal waste”. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| P | Cambridgeshire | Fourth Drove, Fengate, Peterborough | Peterborough City Council (applicant on behalf of either Biffa, Kier or Viridor) | 65,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | 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 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | 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]. PREL stated in May 2011 that construction was expected to begin Summer 2011. (Entry updated 2011-05-17) |
| P | Essex | Chelmsford (Sandon) | Urbaser and Balfour Beatty | 417,000 | Essex FoE / Essex Green Party | Site owned by Veolia. This 'major waste site' has allocation in the Essex and Southend Waste Plan for waste use. Essex County Council in partnership with Southend on Sea Borough Council are procuring waste services as part of a GBP101m PFI and in January 2012 announced their preferred bidder (Urbaser and Balfour Beatty) who plan to build an MBT facility expected to produce RDF for incineration [Source]. This site is not expected to host an incinerator. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| 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. No sign of progress on the scheme as of July 2011. (Entry updated 2011-07-25) |
| P | Hertfordshire | Lafarge quarry complex, Harper Lane (Near St. Albans) | E.ON Energy from Waste AG | 270,000-320,000 | Watling INcinerator Group (WING) | Plans now in doubt as Veolia named preferred bidder for the Hertfordshire PFI, but E.ON is still the reserve bidder and could go ahead with their plans in any case [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-05-03) |
| P | Hertfordshire | New Barnfield, Hatfield | Veolia Environmental Services | 350,000 | Hatfield Anti Incineration (HAI) and Herts WOW! (WithOut Waste) (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) | Veolia named preferred bidder in April 2011 [Source]. Veolia's bid is for an incinerator at New Barnfield, South Hatfield, which is owned by the County Council and was the reference site for the PFI. The contract is expected to require Herts County Council to supply between 180,000 and 270,000 tonnes a year, but the facility could be as large as 350,000 tonnes. (Entry updated 2011-05-03) |
| P | Hertfordshire | Ratty's Lane, Hoddesdon | Trent Developments | 100,000 | Herts WOW! (WithOut Waste) | Incineration via pyrolysis followed by gasification. Planning permission granted 7th December 2010 [Source]. The operators expect the plant to burn “household, commercial and industrial waste Sourced from Broxbourne and the surrounding areas” [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-02-04) |
| P | Hertfordshire | Ratty's Lane, Hoddesdon | Veolia / The North London Waste Authority (NWLA) | ~300,000 | Pinkham Way Alliance | Veolia's bid is to build an SRF-burning incinerator on this site and a planning application is expected in the first half of 2012 [Source]. Veolia are one of three companies shortlisted for a North London Waste Authority contract to manage 250,000-300,000 tonnes of anticipated municipal waste. The Authority's procurement timetable aims to select a preferred bidder in October 2012 and to award a contract in March 2013 [Source]. The previous NLWA procurement was through PFI but funding was withdrawn by the Government in October 2010 [Source]. Not to be confused with the facility proposed by Trent Developments which is also on Ratty's Lane. (Entry updated 2011-10-10) |
| P | Hertfordshire | Westmill, Ware (nr. Stevenage) | Biffa | 400,000 | Burning Issue Group (BIG) | Biffa's September 2009 proposals were withdrawn and the company stated that they were going to submit their application “later in 2010″ [Source]. No application was submitted in 2010 but Biffa stated in April 2011 that they intend to submit the application “sometime in 2011″ [Source]. Original proposal was 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]. Biffa's website states that “Von Roll Inova was appointed by Biffa to be responsible for the construction, engineering and execution of all technical systems in the plant”, however Inova's parent company AE&E Group filed for “insolvency proceedings under external administration” in November 2010 [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2011-04-26) |
| P | Norfolk | Near the Snetterton Recycling Centre, Heath Road | Norfolk Environmental Waste Services (part of the Norfolk County Council-owned Norse Group) | 150,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | No published plans for an incinerator, but the site “is on a list of places being earmarked for future waste plants” with one potential use being incineration []Source]. (Entry updated 2012-03-15) |
| P | Norfolk | Willows Business Park, Saddlebow, King's Lynn | Cory Wheelabrator | 260,000 | Norfolk Against Incineration & Landfill (NAIL2), Norwich FoE, Transition Kings Lynn and King's Lynn Without INcineration | “The facility's capacity is set to be filled by a combination of 170,000 tonnes-a-year of… household waste supplied by the council under the PFI contract, and waste from local businesses” [Source]. “A legal covenant exists on the site preventing the land being used for the commercial production of electricity – a key plank of the proposed energy from waste plan. A similar covenant derailed a previous bid for an incinerator in Costessey on the edge of Norwich” [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2011-03-11) |
| P | Suffolk | Highways depot opposite Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich | SITA | 269,000 | Suffolk Against Incineration and Landfill (SAIL) and Mid Suffolk FoE | Suffolk County Council signed a contract with SITA in early October 2010 and SITA/Suez submitted an application on the 11th of January 2011. Planning permission was granted on the 21st of July 2011. [Source, Source, Source, See Non-technical Summary]. (Entry updated 2011-07-25) |
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 | ? | Building completed in 2004. Tonnes burned: 56,129.9 (2006); 57,226.4 (2007); 55,051.3 (2008); 53,619.1 (2009); 52,847.7 (2010). (Entry updated 2011-12-01) |
London
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | East London | “East London Sustainable Energy Facility”, Ford Motor Company Complex, Frog Island (near the Fairview Industrial Estate, Rainham) | Biossence | 105,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | The pyrolysis/gasification-type incinerator was granted planning permission in September 2006 with a variation being granted planning permission in August 2010. An extension to the time limit was applied for in April 2011 but its current status is unclear. [Source, Source]. The “East London Sustainable Energy Facility” is intended to burn Solid Recovered Fuels from municipal from the East London Waste Authority [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. (Entry updated 2011-10-25) |
| P | East London | “Thames Gateway Energy Facility”, London Sustainable Industries Park, Dagenham Dock | Thames Gateway Power Ltd (Cyclamax) / London Thames Gateway Development Corporation | 120,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | Gasification-type incinerator intended to treat C&I waste. Granted planning permission in March 2011, but has not yet begun construction. (Entry updated 2012-04-26) |
| P | East London | Tate & Lyle sugar refinery site, Factory Road, Silvertown | Covanta / The North London Waste Authority (NWLA) | ~300,000 | Pinkham Way Alliance | Covanta's bid is to build an SRF-burning incinerator on this site and a planning is expected in mid-2012 [Source]. Covanta are one of three companies shortlisted for a North London Waste Authority contract to manage 250,000-300,000 tonnes of anticipated municipal waste. The Authority's procurement timetable aims to select a preferred bidder in October 2012 and to award a contract in March 2013 [Source]. The previous NLWA procurement was through PFI but funding was withdrawn by the Government in October 2010 [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-10-10) |
| 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]. The capacity of the 130,000 tpa gasification-type incinerator includes a portion for business waste with the rest being for municipal waste. In November 2009 Barnet Council approved plans for the development [Source]. In March 2010 then Secretary of State John Denham issued a stop notice, putting the scheme on hold. With a change in Government, new Secretary of State Eric Pickles approved the plans in June 2010. In October 2010 the North London Waste Authority lost its DEFRA Waste PFI funding. (Entry updated 2010-11-24) |
| P | South East London | “Burts Wharf Resource Park”, Crabtree Manorway North, Bexley | Burts Wharf Resource Park Ltd (Cyclamax) and Standard Life Investment | 100,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | SBOS gasification-type incineration. Planning application submitted in October 2011. [See planning application. (Entry updated 2012-04-26) |
| P | South London | Sutton Waste Management Facility, Beddington Lane, Sutton | Viridor | 275,000 | Stop the South London Incinerator and London Green Party | Viridor were named preferred bidder in December 2011, a pre-application consultation process began in March 2012 and a planning application is expected in June 2012 [Source, Source, Source, Source]. Croydon Council is leading the procurement process for the South London Waste Partnership (SLWP), which also includes the boroughs of Sutton, Merton and Kingston. On the 20th of October 2010 the Government withdraw PFI funding for the project [Source]. (Entry updated 2012-03-15) |
| P | West London | Brent, Ealing, Hillingdon and/or Hounslow | Cory Environmental or E.ON Energy (with Tata Chemicals Europe and Grundon) or Sita UK or Viridor | 114,000 – 228,000 | Ealing Friends of the Earth and Ealing Green Party | Contract to handle 300,000 tonnes of 'residual' West London waste out to tender. “…submission of detailed solutions by…spring 2012…final tenders in autumn 2012. The preferred bidder will be selected in spring 2013″ [Source]. The West London Waste Plan Draft Consultation Document (October 2010) indicates 2 Gasification/Pyrolysis incinerators as the “indicative number of facilities required to meet” the apportionments in the 2008 London Plan and 1 Gasification/Pyrolysis incinerator as the “indicative number of facilities required to meet” the apportionments in the 2009 draft Replacement London Plan [Source]. The landtake per facility Gasification/Pyrolysis is listed as 2.25ha. Existing sites listed as having potential for re-development larger than 2.25ha: Veolia Transfer Station, Marsh Road, Alperton (Brent); Victoria Road Waste Transfer Station (Hillingdon); Transport Avenue Waste Transfer Station (Hounslow). (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| E | North London | “Edmonton Solid Waste Incinerator”, Advent Way, Edmonton | London Waste Ltd [See annual report] | 675,000 | ? | Tonnes burned: 370,933 (2005); 502,506 (2006); 513,622 (2007); 521,246 (2008); 383,153 (2009); 486,092 (2010). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | South East London | “SELCHP”, The Kennels Site, Landmann Way, 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); 395,641 (2009); 404,669 (2010). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | South East London | Norman Road, Belvedere (London Borough of Bexley) | Riverside ReSource Recovery Limited / Cory | 670,000 | Bexley And District Against Incineration Risks (BADAIR) [Campaign update] | Granted planning permission by the Department of Trade and Industry in June 2006 [Source]. Currently in commissioning, and expected to open in 2013. “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”. (Entry updated 2011-10-25) |
North East
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Teesside (Cleveland) | “Tees Valley Renewable Energy Facility”, Reclamation Pond, Huntsman Drive, Seal Sands | Air Products | 350,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | Gasifiction-type incinerator for household and C&I waste. Near Billingham. Planning application approved in August 2011. [See planning application]. (Entry updated 2012-04-26) |
| P | Teesside (Cleveland) | Haverton Hill Road, Billingham, Stockton | SITA | 256,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | 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 125,000 tpa expansion. As part of the South of Tyne and Wear Waste Management Partnership agreement between South Tyneside, Sunderland and Gateshead and SITA it seems that the Partnership will part-fund the Haverton facility in exchange for 190,000 tonnes of its capacity, but officially the Partnership only seem to state that 190,000 tonnes of incineration capacity “will be built in Teesside” [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2010-11-25) |
| P | Teesside (Cleveland) | Wilton 11, Wilton International, Middlesbrough | SITA and Sembcorp | 400,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | To burn “around 400,000 tonnes of non-hazardous office and household waste” [Source]. It was reported in December 2010 that: “The plant is expected to be covered by existing planning permission for the Wilton site and the partnership intends to start construction on the facility following a public consultation in 2012, with it becoming operational in 2015″ [Source]. Could take LA-collected waste from Merseyside if SITA win MWDA contract [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-06-07) |
| E | Tees Valley Unitary Authorities | “Teesside Energy from Waste Plant”, Haverton Hill Road, Billingham, Teesside | SITA Tees Valley Limited [See annual report] | 375,000 | ? | Capacity increased in 2009 [Source]. “Facility was extended from the original two line plant to a three stream plant in 2009 and now has a combined processing capacity of 390,000 tonnes of municipal waste per year” [Source]. Not to be confused with Sita's proposed 'North East Energy Recovery Centre' next door.
Tonnes burned: 216,737 (2006); 206,427 (2007); 204,327 (2008); 256,609 (2009); 295,816 (2010). (Entry updated 2010-11-25) |
North West
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Cheshire | Ince Marshes | Peel Environmental and Covanta Energy | 850,000 + 170,000 | Communities Against Toxics (ToxCAT) and CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) and Residents Against INcineration (RAIN) [Campaign update] | Planning consent for a 600,000 tonne RDF fluidised-bed incinerator was granted in August 2009 along with outline planning permission for a “ReSource Recovery Park” [Source, Source]. The RDF incinerator was issued an Environmental Permit back in December 2006. In October 2011 an environmental permit application was made to increase the incinerator capacity to 850,000 tonnes, change the technology to moving grate incineration and change the operator from Peel to Covanta [Source]. In September 2010 Peel Energy revealed plans for an additional 170,000 tpa biomass incinerator at the Ince Marshes site [Source, Source]. Covanta are shortlisted for the MWDA PFI contract and part of Covanta's bid is an incinerator at Ince Marshes [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2011-10-25) |
| P | Cheshire | Junction 18 Midpoint, Cledford Lane, Middlewich | Covanta Energy | 390,000 | Holmes Chapel Action Group and CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) | The proposal was unanimously rejected by Cheshire East Council's planning committee in May 2010 [Source]. Covanta have appealed the decision and the public inquiry closed on the 6th of October 2011 [Source]. The report to the Secretary of State is expected late 2011 or early 2012. Appeal Ref 2129865. “Covanta now proposes to import up to half of its annual waste capacity from outside Cheshire if it wins its appeal” [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-10-19) |
| P | Cheshire | Lostock Works Site, Griffiths Road, Lostock Gralam, Northwich | E.On and Tata Chemicals Europe Limited | 600,000 | CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) and Breathe Clean Air Group (BCAG) | Proposal for a “power generating station” to manage “pre-treated municipal solid waste (“MSW”); commercial and industrial (“C&I”) waste; solid recovered fuel (“SRF”); and biomass” [Source (PDF)]. Currently being considered at a public inquiry inquiry [See documents]. (Entry updated 2011-10-25) |
| P | Cheshire | Picow Road Farm, Weston Point, Runcorn | Ineos Chlor, Viridor and John Laing | 850,000 | CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) and Halton Action Group Against The Incinerator (Halton Breathe/HAGATI) | Despite being granted planning permission for the facility by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), the campaign opposing Ineos Chlor's proposals is still going strong. Disputed calculations used to justify the stack height are to be further investigated. The plan is to build a 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. Campaigners hope to prevent the Environment Agency from issuing an Environmental Permit. The EA issued a draft permit on the 3rd of February 2011 [available here] (Entry updated 2011-02-04) |
| P | Greater Manchester | “Green Lane Eco Park”, off Green Lane, Salford | Sky Properties / Energos | 80,000 | Say No to Green Lane Incinerator | Gasification-type incinerator intended for C&I waste from the Greater Manchester area. Applicant has appealed the June 2011 refusal of planning permission and a public inquiry is expected to begin in May 2012. (Entry updated 2012-04-26) |
| P | Greater Manchester | Land to the South of Manchester Ship Canal and West of Barton Bridge, Davyhulme, Urmston, Trafford | Peel Energy | 200,000 | Breathe Clean Air Group (BCAG) and Biofuelwatch | Proposal for incinerator to burn 90% biomass (70-75% “waste wood”, some of which is potentially from civic municipal facilities, and “15-25% from other plant-derived biomass, such as managed forestry residues, energy crops and agricultural residues”) and solid recovered fuel. Application submitted in December 2010 [view application]. Falkirk Council voted to oppose the application in February 2011 but the decision will be made by Trafford Council [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-05-03) |
| P | Lancashire | Riverside Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre, Jameson Road, Fleetwood | Reform Energy NW Limited | 80,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | Fluidised bed “Advanced Thermal Treatment” incinerator granted planning permission in December 2011 (ref. 02/11/067) subject to Section 106 agreement. Intended to burn “commercial and industrial combustible dry waste” [Source]. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| P | Merseyside | Former Ravenhead Glass Warehouse, Lock Street, St Helens | Cogen (CEW) Ltd / CEW Recycling Group | 90,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | Change of use application submitted in December 2011. The Batch Oxidation Gasification incinerator would process commercial, household and industrial waste and is expected to process up to 90,000 tonnes of Refuse Derived Fuel obtained from the nearby Materials Reclamation Facility located on Merton Street [See application]. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| P | Merseyside | Hooton Park, North Road, Eastham | Mersey Green Solution (joint partnership netween Biossence and New Earth Energy) | 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]. Developers are understood to have signed an exclusivity deal with Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority [Source]. Biossence said on the 24th of November 2010 that “Consent was passed last year and we are just waiting for the planners to give us a discharge document. We have started to do some site work in habitat areas, moving some of the species, other than that proper site construction work is planned to start early next year” – however, the operator has yet to be granted an Environmental Permit for the facility which is required before they can start their operations [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-11-25) |
| P | Merseyside | Knowsley Business Park | Energos, part of ENER-G | 95,000 | Communities Against Toxics Merseyside | 95,000 tpa gasification proposal granted planning permission in May 2009 and consultation on an Environmental Permit began in February 2012 [Source, Source]. The technology is the same as that which has failed to work in the Isle of Wight, Dargavel and Iceland – see entry for Dargavel in Dumfriesshire. (Entry updated 2012-03-15) |
| E | Cheshire | “Ellesmere Port Incinerator”, Bridges Road, 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.
Tonnes burned: 86,380 (2006); 91,905 (2007); 82,372 (2008); 85,000 (2009); 92,752 (2010). (Entry updated 2010-11-25) |
| E | Greater Manchester | “Bolton Incinerator”, Raikes Lane, Bolton | Greater Manchester Waste Ltd / Viridor [See annual report] | 127,100 | ? | Tonnes burned: 103,835 (2006); 87,385 (2007); 95,754 (2008); 84,939 (2009); 83,525 (2010). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| X | Cheshire | Former Salt Works (New Cheshire Business Park), Wincham Lane, Northwich | ReSource Recovery Solutions (partnership between United Utilities and Interserve) | 187,000 | CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) and Residents Against INcineration (RAIN) [Campaign update] and Stop Incineration In Disguise (SID) | Cheshire West and Chester Council recommended that the plans be dropped in January 2012 as the scheme is “no longer an affordable option and the loss of strategic funding has left us with no alternative but to discontinue” [Source]. The site was proposed by Viridor who were front-runners for a waste contract, but In June 2011 Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East councils failed in their attempt to overturn the Government's October 2010 decision to withdraw PFI funding for the project [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
Scotland
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Aberdeenshire | Stoneyhill Landfill (near Peterhead) | SITA | 60,000 | Peterhead Against Incineration (PAIN) and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS) | The 'resource recovery park' would “include a mechanical biological treatment facility, an in-vessel composting unit and a gasification plant”. SITA UK intends to submit a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) in late January / early February 2011 [Source]. The park is intended to process up to 100,000 tonnes of municipal waste, with MRW putting the capacity of the incinerator as 60,000 tonnes [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-01-20) |
| P | East Lothian | Dunbar Landfill, 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 application was unanimously turned down by East Lothian Council. Viridor appealed the refusal and the Inquiry ran until October 2010 and the application was granted planning permission in December 2010. [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-07-01) |
| P | East Renfrewshire | Loganswell Farm (near Newton Mearns, Barrhead and Glasgow) | Lifetime Recycling | ~900,000 | East Renfrewshire Against the Incinerator, Jackson Carlaw MSP and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS) | Up to 1.5 million tonnes of primarily commercial and industrial waste is intended to be processed at the facility, with an unknown fraction of this going to the gasification-type incinerator [Source, Source]. If the 40% recycling rate stated by the applicant is correct [Source] and does not include 'recycling' of gasification residue then the incinerator capacity would be around 900,000 tonnes. Could be decided by the Government as a “power plant” due to the size of the facility [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-10-19) |
| P | Edinburgh | “Zero Waste Parc”, Former Millerhill Marshalling Yards, Whitehill Mains Road, Millerhill, Dalkeith, Midlothian | Entec UK Ltd / AMEC Environment & Infrastructure UK | 200,000 | Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS) | Planning permission in principle for the Parc was granted in 2009, and permission for the access road was granted in March 2012 [Source]. Currently in procurement. (Entry updated 2012-03-15) |
| P | Glasgow | “South Clyde Energy Centre”, Bogmoor Road, Hillington | Peel Environmental | ~250,000 | Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS) | A planning application for this RDF-burning incinerator is expected in Spring 2012 [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| P | Glasgow | Next to the Polmadie Recycling Centre, 425 Polmadie Road | Viridor | ~200,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland), Friends of the Earth Scotland and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS) | Gasification-type incinerator. Viridor were recommended as preferred bidder by the Glasgow City Council procurement project board in November 2011 [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-12-01) |
| P | Highlands | Cromarty Firth Industrial Estate, Invergordon | Combined Power and Heat (Highlands) Ltd | 100-130,000 | ICARE Trust, Invergordon Incinerator No to Waste & Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) 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… is incinerated” and that they have in place an agreed plan for heat use and ash disposal [Source]. The decision is subject to a legal challenge [Source] and the case is expected to be heard by the Court of Session (the supreme civil court of Scotland) in mid-2011 [Source]. A Reporter (planning inspector) was appointed in March 2011 [Source] and at a pre-examination meeting in April 2011 it was agreed that further comments relating to the environmental statement should be submitted before a further pre-determination meeting is arranged [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-05-03) |
| P | Morayshire | Elgin | J Gordon Williamson | 30,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS) | Granted planning permission in 2009. Does not yet have an environmental permit and is currently on hold due to lack of funding but plans include potentially expanding in the future to increase the capacity. (Entry updated 2011-05-25) |
| 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. BioGen said in April 2010 that the plant was “targeted to open in 2013″ [Source]. The technology is the same as that which has failed to work in the Isle of Wight, Dargavel and Iceland – see entry for Dargavel in Dumfriesshire. (Entry updated 2010-11-26) |
| P | North Lanarkshire | Greengairs Road (near Airdrie), Drumshangie | Covanta / 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. According to Covanta “construction of the plant is expected to commence in autumn 2011, with the site becoming operational in early 2015″ [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-11-27) |
| P | North Lanarkshire | Land At Former Shanks & McEwan Site, 251 Glasgow And Edinburgh Road, Coatbridge (Carnbroe) | Shore Energy (owned by Simon Howie) | 80,000 | Monklands Residents against Pyrolysis Plant (MRAPP), Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Greengairs Community Council [Campaign update] and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS) | Planning permission granted on appeal in May 2011 [Source]. “The pyrolysis process will comprise two units each with the capacity to process up to 40,000 tonnes per annum of fuel” [Source: Environmental Statement, Non-technical Summary]. (Entry updated 2011-01-20) |
| 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) | Revised plans refused planning permission in February 2012 but this could be appealed [Source]. After failing once to secure planning permission, Grundon submitted an altered scheme in May 2011 which changes the precise incineration technology but not the proposed capacity [Source]. The Reporter (Planning Inspector) dismissed the initial appeal, stating that “the scale of the… proposals was deemed unacceptable and amounted to over-development” [Source]. An independent inquiry into the the Council's handling of the Grundon affair “found there had been a series of botch-ups” [Source]. SEPA submitted an objection to the new proposal [Source]. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| 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) | Sita gained planning permission for a gasification-type incinerator at the site in October 2011 but has yet to obtain an environmental permit. Supposedly “most of the material processed will be from households, with a small amount of business waste”. Sita obtained planning permission for a mass-burn incinerator of the same capacity at the site in 2007 but reportedly had a change of heart regarding the type of incineration [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-10-25) |
| P | South Lanarkshire | Dovesdale Farm, Carlisle Road, Stonehouse, Larkhall | Scotgen | 80,000 – 160,000 | Action Group Against Dovesdale Incinerator (AGADI) and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS) | Application submitted July 2010 and approved 8 February 2011[Source]. 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]. (Entry updated 2011-03-11) |
| P | Stirling | Bandeath Industrial Estate, Throsk | Powercrofters (Scotland) Ltd | ~60,000 | FoE Stirling and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS) | Gasification-type incinerator. Planning committee resolved to refuse planning consent on the 6th of March 2012 [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2012-03-15) |
| P | West Lothian | Pond Green Energy Park, Whitburn Road, Bathgate, | The Banks Group in partnership with Scotwaste | 80,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | Pyrolysis and/or gasification incinerator proposed as part of Phase 3 of the Banks Development “Pond Green Energy Park” intended to treat municipal and C&I waste [Source]. (Entry updated 2012-05-21) |
| 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]. The Dargavel plant in Dumfries has experienced “a string of problems” since it was opened in August 2009 and has yet to produce any energy [Source]. According to a September 2010 Site Status Report by SEPA: “Since commisioning re-started in March 2010… there have been 17 recorded noise complaints, 15 activations of the by-pass stack, 2 failures of the Continuous Emissions Monitoring System and 172 short term ELV (Emissions Limit Values) breaches” [Source]. In September 2010 SEPA named the Dargavel plant as one of the 20 worst polluters in Scotland and categorised it as having a “very poor” pollution record [Source, Source] (Entry updated 2010-11-24) |
| 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. |
| X | Aberdeenshire | Upperton Industrial Estate, Peterhead | Buchan Combined Heat and Power Ltd | 100,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and the Aberdeen No Incinerator group | Planning permission refused in April 2010, and although no appeal was made local campaigners believe there is the possibility that Buchan could come back with a fresh application [source]. (Entry updated 2011-06-30) |
South East
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Buckinghamshire | “Greatmoor EfW”, Lower Greatmoor Farm, Edgcott, Aylesbury (near Calvert) | FCC (WRG) | 300,000 | Buckinghamshire Residents Against Incinerators (BRAINS) and Stop Aylesbury Vale Incineration (SAVI) | Planning applicaion submitted in February 2011 (ref 11/20000/AWD) and to be decided on the 14th of February 2012. Recommended for approval by the planning officer if Natural England withdraws their objection and the design is deemed to be acceptable. WRG/FCC were named as the preferred bidder in November 2010 for Buckinghamshire County Council's Waste PFI and included the Aylesbury site in their bid. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| P | Kent | DS Smith Paper's site, Kemsley Mill, Sittingbourn | E.On, Wheelabrator and DS Smith / The North London Waste Authority (NWLA) | 550,000 | Pinkham Way Alliance | E.ON/Wheelabrator's bid is to build an SRF-burning incinerator at a facility which would also take material from the nearby mill [Source]. Planning permission for the facility was granted in September 2011, and construction is expected to begin in Spring 2013 [Source]. E.ON/Wheelabrator are one of three companies shortlisted for a North London Waste Authority contract to manage 250,000-300,000 tonnes of anticipated municipal waste. The Authority's procurement timetable aims to select a preferred bidder in October 2012 and to award a contract in March 2013 [Source]. The previous NLWA procurement was through PFI but funding was withdrawn by the Government in October 2010 [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-10-10) |
| P | Kent | Former Richborough Power Station | Richborough A Ltd / BFL Management Ltd | 75,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | Gasification-type incinerator proposed to deal with household, C&I and potentially other waste [Source]. BFL said in April 2011 that they expected to submit their planning application in August 2011 [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-04-26) |
| P | Milton Keynes | Dickens Road, Old Wolverton | AmeyCespa or FCC (WRG) | 80,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | The two final bidders for the Milton Keynes municipal waste contract are understood to be proposing gasification and pyrolysis ('advanced thermal treatment') facilities at the council-owned site. “The preferred bidder is expected to be selected in September 2012 and the facility fully operational by April 2016″. Milton Keynes were previously part of Project Reduce which lost Government PFI funding in October 2010. [Source]. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| P | Oxfordshire | Ardley | Viridor | 300,000 | Oxford FoE [Campaign update] and Oxford Brookes People and Planetand Ardley Against the Incinerator (AAI) | Oxfordshire County Council rejected Viridor's original application just weeks after selecting the company as preferred bidder. The developer appealed this refusal and also submitted a revised planning application in April 2010 [Source] which was approved in October 2010 [Source]. The Secretary of State issued a “minded-to” letter in December 2010 supporting a grant of permission for the original application, and he decided not to call in the revised application. Campaigners' subsequent legal to challenge to the grant of planning permission was dismissed by the High Court on the 8th of July 2011. Viridor hopes to open the incinerator in 2014 [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-07-20) |
| P | Oxfordshire | Finmere Quarry, Banbury Road, Finmere | Premier Aggregates Ltd | 100,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | Gasification-type incinerator granted planning permission in January 2011 and a variation in April 2011 [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2012-05-21) |
| P | Surrey | Charlton Lane, Shepperton | SITA | 60,000 | Spelthorne Against The Eco-Park) [Campaign update] and Capel Action Group | Surrey County Council approved the planning application for this batch gasification incinerator on 30th June 2011 [Source]. Local campaigners hope this decision will be called-in for a public inquiry. (Entry updated 2011-07-01) |
| P | Surrey | Depot 46, Redhill Road, Cobham | Barnes Wallis Heat and Power Ltd (owned by Waste 2 Renewable Energy Ltd and Bioflame Ltd) | 30,000 | Surrey Environmental Guardian (SEG). Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | Gasification-type incinerator intended to treat 30,000 tonnes of imported waste wood (Ref. EL12/0432). (Entry updated 2012-03-15) |
| P | West Berkshire | Old Kiln Quarry, Oxford Rd, Chieveley, Newbury | Grundon | 250,000 | West Berkshire Against Grundon Incinerator (WBAGI) | Planning application submitted in December 2011 (ref 11/02644/COMIND). The Highways Agency have said that the application should be refused because access would be via a motorway service area. The site “is within the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is due to be restored to agricultural land and woodland under the terms of the existing planning permission” [Source]. Capacity reduced by 100,000 tonnes “in response to local opposition” in October 2011. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| E | Berkshire | “Lakeside Energy from Waste Incinerator”, Colnbrook, Slough | Lakeside Energy From Waste Limited (S Grundon Waste and Viridor) | 400,000 | Slough's Anti-Incinerator Network (SAIN) and The Air That We Breathe Group (TATWBG) [Campaign update] | Officially opened on the 27th of October 2010 [Source].
Tonnes burned: 75,000 (2009); 383,716 (2010) (Entry updated 2010-11-27) |
| E | East Sussex | “Newhaven Incinerator”, North Quay, Newhaven | Veolia ES South Downs Ltd | 242,000 | Defenders of the Ouse Valley and Estuary (DOVE) and Lewes District Friends of the Earth | Conditional planning permission was granted and works started in April 2008 following “years of legal challenges” [Source]. Veolia expect operations to begin in 2011 [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-11-27) |
| E | Hampshire | “Basingstoke Incinerator”, Whitmarsh Lane, Reading Road, 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); 101,754 (2009); 97,869 (2010). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | Hampshire | “Marchwood Incinerator”, Oceanic Way, Marchwood Industrial Park, Marchwood, Southampton | Veolia ES Hampshire Ltd [See annual report] | 210,000 | New Forest Friends of the Earth | Tonnes burned: 148,695 (2005); 173,246 (2006); 183,897 (2007); 190,711 (2008); 188,244 (2009); 201,221 (2010). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | Hampshire | “Portsmouth Incinerator”, Quartremaine Road, Copnor, Portsmouth | Veolia ES Hampshire Ltd [See annual report] | 210,000 | New Forest Friends of the Earth | Tonnes burned: 134,141 (2005); 179,463 (2006); 182,126 (2007); 201,569 (2008); 196,789 (2009); 204,301 (2010). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| 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 | Isle of Wight | “Isle of Wight Energy from Waste”, 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]. Tonnes burned: 12,420 (2009); 9,540 (2010). |
| 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]. Tonnes burned: 165,000 (2006); 105,698 (2007); 132,541 (2008); 405,615 (2009); 339,530 (2010). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| X | Buckinghamshire | Wapseys Wood, Beaconsfield | Veolia ES | 275,000 | Buckinghamshire Residents Against Incinerators (BRAINS) [Campaign update] | Wapseys Wood was mooted as a possible incinerator site by Buckinghamshire County Council in 2008 but they dropped these plans after a public outcry. The Council said it was thrown out over its assessment criteria [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2011-06-30) |
| X | Oxfordshire | Sutton Courtney (Between Abingdon and Didcot) | Waste Recycling Group (WRG) | 300,000 | Oxford FoE and Sutton Courtenay Against the Incinerator (SCAI) | In October 2009 Oxfordshire CC rejected a planning application from Viridor for a 300,000 tpa incinerator just weeks after selecting the company as preferred bidder [Source] (Entry updated 2011-06-30) |
| X | 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 | “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]. (Entry updated 2011-06-30) |
| X | 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. The Capel decision forced Surrey to rethink this application [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-06-30) |
South West
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Bristol | “Severn Road ReSource Recovery Centre”, Severn Road, Avonmouth, Bristol | Viridor | 350,000 | Bristol Against Mass Burn Incineration (BAMBI) | Incinerator supposedly intended to accept waste from “local businesses and local authorities”. Turned down by Bristol City Council but approved on appeal in April 2011. Viridor had expected to begin construction in early 2012 [Source], but it is likely that this will be delayed. The planning decision was unsuccessfully challenged in the high court by Bristol City Council in November 2011. (Entry updated 2011-12-03) |
| P | Bristol | Former Britannia Zinc Site, Kings Weston Lane (Avonmouth) | New Earth Energy (subsidiary of New Earth Solutions) | 100,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | Gasification and pyrolysis incinerator granted planning permission in October 2010 [Source]. Could open in April 2012. (Entry updated 2011-01-27) |
| P | Bristol | Plot M2, Merebank Estate, Kings Weston Lane (Avonmouth) | SITA | 100,000 | Bristol Against Mass Burn Incineration (BAMBI) | Batch Oxidation Gasification incinerator proposed (application number 11/01773/F). According to Sita the expected feedstock would be 64,000 tonnes of C&I; 30,000 tonnes of MSW; and 6,000 tonnes of internal MRF rejects. According to Sita: “The planning application follows planning permission granted for a similar scheme at the site in May 2009 (09/00608/F) for a Waste Recovery Facility encompassing gasification and a Materials Recycling Facility (MRF). SITA has subsequently acquired the site and now wishes to refine the planning permission…”. (Entry updated 2011-07-20) |
| P | Cornwall | Rostowrack Farm, St Dennis | SITA Cornwall Ltd. | 240,000 | Cornwall Sustainable Waste Network (CSWN) and St. Dennis Incinerator Group (STIG) [Campaign update] | Environmental permit granted in December 2010 [Source]. Planning permission granted on appeal in May 2011 [Source, See decision]. Decision to grant planning permission quashed by the High Court [Source] which means that if the High Court's decision is not successfully appealed then the planning application will need to be re-determined by the Secretary of State. (Entry updated 2011-10-19) |
| P | Devon | “New England Resource Recovery EfW”, New England Quarry, Lee Mill near Ivybridge | Viridor | 275,000 | EcoIvy | Planning application and environmental permit applications submitted in early 2010, with further information for the planning application submitted in January 2012. Consideration of the planning application was deferred on the request of Viridor to allow Viridor further time to clarify their proposal after the planning officer recommended that the application should be refused [Source, See Report]. Viridor originally hoped for the facility to be used as part of the Waste PFI but after failing to be made preferred bidder suggested in January 2011 that they were still interested in building the incinerator for commercial waste [Source]. Only 15 miles from proposed Plymouth incinerator [Source]. (Entry updated 2012-03-15) |
| P | Devon | Matford Park Energy from Waste Plant, Marsh Barton, Exeter | Viridor | 60,000 | Exeter Friends of the Earth [Campaign update] | The facility has planning permission and an environmental permit [Source, Source]. The facility is under construction and is “due to be completed in 2013″ [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2011-05-17) |
| P | Devon | North Yard, Devonport Naval Services, Plymouth | MVV Umwelt | 265,000 | Stop The Incinerator Fouling Land at Ernesettle (STIFLE), Incineration Is Wrong (IIW) and the Plymouth Labour Party | South West Devon Waste Partnership signed a PFI contract with MVV Umwelt in April 2011 and the Devonport site was part of MVV's bid [Source]. Anticipated feedstock is 70-80% MSW and 20-30% C&I, with a 95m chimney [Source]. Planning application submitted in May 2011 [Source]. Only 15 miles from proposed New England Quarry incinerator [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-10-10) |
| P | Dorset | “Dorset Green Technology Park”, Winfrith Technology Centre, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorchester | New Earth Energy (subsidiary of New Earth Solutions) | 116,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | The pyrolysis-type incinerator would “take a waste-derived feedstock, generated from local household rubbish and other biomass” [Source]. Planning permission was approved by Dorset County Council on the 3rd of December 2010 [Source]. New Earth “plans to start building the facility in 2011″ and the plant is scheduled to become operational in 2012 [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-02-04) |
| P | Gloucestershire | Quedgeley, Javelin Park | Urbaser and Balfour Beatty | 190,000 | Gloucestershire Against Incinerators (GlosAIN) | On the 20th of October 2010 the Government withdraw PFI funding for the project [Source]. The Council decided to go ahead with the project anyway, and on the 14th of December 2011 named Urbaser and Balfour Beatty as preferred bidder. The contract is expected to be signed in Summer 2012 [Source]. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| P | South Gloucestershire / West of England Partnership | “Severnside Energy Recovery Centre”, Severn Road, Avonmouth | Sita | 400,000 | Bristol Against Mass Burn Incineration (BAMBI) and FoE Bristol and West of England Liberal Democrats | Intended to burn commercial and industrial waste, but possibly also municipal. Granted planning permission on appeal in September 2011. [See decision document]. (Entry updated 2011-09-27) |
| E | Isles of Scilly | Portmellon | Council of The Isles of Scilly [See annual report] | 3,500 | ? | Tonnes burned: 3,037 (2006); 2,474 (2007); 2,500 (2008); 2,000 (2009); 2,200 (2010). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| X | 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) | Finally abandoned in 2009 [Source]. “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 2011-06-30) |
Wales
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Cardiff | Trident Park, Cardiff Bay (near Splott) | Viridor and PMG Estates Ltd / Prosiect Gwyrdd (Project Green) | 350,000 | Cardiff FoE, Scam Gwyrdd Wales Green Party, South Wales Without Incineration Network (SWWIN) and Cardiff Against The Incinerator | One of three remaining bidders for Prosiect Gwyrdd after WRG pulled out in May 2011 [Source].Preferred bidder expected to be announced in Autumn 2012 and contracts signed in 2012 [Source, Source, Source]. 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” [Source]. Viridor granted environmental permit in November 2010 [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-09-27) |
| P | North Wales | Deeside Industrial Estate, Flintshire | North Wales Residual Treatment Project (NWRWTP) | 150,000 | Mon and Gwynedd FoE | The Welsh Assembly Government has approved the Outline Business Case for the North Wales Residual Waste Treatment Partnership, which includes a 150,000 tonne incinerator at the Deeside Industrial Park as a reference project [Source, Source]. WAG have set aside GBP142m for the project and a preferred bidder will not be selected before March 2012 – Deeside is a potential site but no site has been decided upon yet, and the money from WAG is not dependent on any specific site or technology [Source]. Sita, Veolia and Wheelabrator were shortlisted in April 2011 [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-04-18) |
| P | South Wales | Barry Dock | Biogen / Energos | 80,000 | South Wales Without Incineration Network (SWWIN) and Barry Docks Incinerator Action Group (DIAG) | Gasification-type incinerator granted planning permission in September 2009. Intended for household and commercial waste. The technology proposed is the same as that which has failed to work in the Isle of Wight, Dargavel and Iceland – see entry for Dargavel in Dumfriesshire. (Entry updated 2011-03-25) |
| P | South Wales | Bowlease Common, Llanwern, Newport (South of the existing Corus Llanwern Steelworks) | Veolia / Prosiect Gwyrdd (Project Green) | 256,000 | Stop Newport Incinerator Campaign (SNIC), Scam Gwyrdd, South Wales Without Incineration (SWWIN) and Wales Green Party | Planning application submitted to Newport City Council in December 2011 (ref 11/1303). One of three remaining bidders for Prosiect Gwyrdd after WRG pulled out in May 2011 [Source]. The Prosiect Gwyrdd (Project Green) partnership includes Caerphilly Borough County Council, The County Council of the City and County of Cardiff, Monmouthshire County Council, Newport Council and Vale of Glamorgan Council. Preferred bidder expected to be announced in Autumn 2012 and contracts signed in 2012 [Source, Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| P | South Wales | Hirwaun Industrial Estate, Aberdare, Mid Glamorgan | Enviroparks Ltd (part-owned by Marlborough Developments Limited and Enviroactive Limited) | Up to 250,000 (for park) | South Wales Without Incineration Network (SWWIN) and Cardiff Against the Incinerator | Incineration of MSW and C&I waste via pyrolysis followed by plasma gasification [Source]. Planning permission approved December 2010 and construction is expected to start mid-2011 and completed in early 2013. No permit application has been submitted as of 4th December 2010 [Source]. (Entry updated 2010-12-20) |
| P | South Wales | Newport Docks, Monmouthshire | Biogen / Energos | 120,000 | South Wales Without Incineration Network (SWWIN) | Gasification-type incinerator granted planning permission in April 2009. Intended for municipal and commercial waste. The technology is the same as that which has failed to work in the Isle of Wight, Dargavel and Iceland – see entry for Dargavel in Dumfriesshire. (Entry updated 2011-03-25) |
| E | South West Wales | “Crymlyn Burrows Materials Recovery and Energy Centre”, Swansea | Neath Port Talbot Recycling Ltd / Neath Port Talbot Council [See annual report] | 166,000 | ? | Neath Port Talbot Council put the incinerator up for sale in November 2011 [Source]. The plant experienced two fires and persistent odour problems. The Council is understood to be suing Bridgend for around GBP5m in connection with problems relating to the facility [Source], while issuing a High Court writ against the Currie & Brown Group responsible for technical advice [Source, Source]. In November 2010 the Environment Agency's investigations were escalated [Source] leading to the facility's closure from December 2010 – June 2011 [Source]. [Background].
Tonnes burned: 8,200 (2005); 11,313 (2006); 10,956 (2007); 9,041 (2008); 10,483 (2009); 6,270 (2010). (Entry updated 2011-12-01) |
| X | South Wales | Next to the Ffos-y-Fran opencast mine in Cwmbargoed, Merthyr Tydfil | Covanta | 750,000 | Residents Against Ffos-y-Fran (R.A.F.F.) and South Wales Without Incineration Network (SWWIN) | Covanta withdrew their plans for the Brig y Cwm Merthyr Tydfil incinerator in October 2011, claiming that their proposal for one big incinerator was out of step with the approach of local authorities and that this made the project unviable. Covanta had been one of the three remaining bidders for Prosiect Gwyrdd (Project Green) after WRG pulled out in April/May 2011 [source]. (Entry updated 2011-10-25) |
| X | South Wales | Solutia UK HQ, Traston / Corporation Road, Newport | Waste Recycling Group / Prosiect Gwyrdd (Project Green) | ? | Scam Gwyrdd, South Wales Without Incineration Network (SWWIN) and Wales Green Party | One of four bidders/sites shortlisted in January 2011 for Prosiect Gwyrdd. WRG's plan was for an incinerator to be located at Traston Road, Newport if WRG won the bid, but “a development in its proposed off-take arrangements has necessitated a change in the proposed location” to Cardiff Road, Barry as part of a partnership with Dow Corning [Source, Source] WRG subsequently withdrew thei bid in April 2011 [Source, Source] |
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+ | Birmingham FoE | Possible expansion of existing facility being considered. Council increasingly acknowledges re-use or recycling of waste preferable to incineration and expansion proposals will be considered in light of the emerging local development framework and core strategy (Unitary Development Plan) and associated criteria such as monitoring of appropriate data [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-05-17) |
| P | Shropshire | Battlefield Enterprise Park, Shrewsbury | Veolia | 90,000 | Safe Waste Shropshire [Campaign update] | Planning permission granted by the Secretary of State on the 10th of January 2012. The Environment Agency issued an environmental permit in June 2010. Work on the facility “could start in early summer” 2012 [Source, Source]. Would burn household waste as part of the Shropshire Waste PFI and C&I. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| P | Staffordshire | The Dell, Enterprise Drive, Four Ashes near Cannock | Veolia | 300,000 | Staffordshire Against Incineration (SAIN) [Campaign update] | Government Office for the West Midlands granted planning permission in January 2010 and Staffordshire County Council approved a revised plan in February 2011 [Source]. Veolia were chosen as preferred bidder to build and operate the site. In August 2010 Warwickshire County Council entered into a 25 year contract with Veolia and the Four Ashes plant is scheduled to be in operation by Autumn 2013 [Source]. Veolia have claimed that waste will be supplied to the incinerator from Sandwell, Walsall and Warwickshire as well as from Staffordshire [Source]. The facility is scheduled to be built by 2013 [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-02-04) |
| P | Wolverhampton | “Greenpower.54″, Land to the north of HS Marston Ltd, Wobaston Road | Express Power Limited (Express Energy)) | 250,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | An EIA Scoping Report was produced for this proposed Biomass facility in September 2011 but a planning application has yet to be submitted. The facility is part of the Wolverhampton-wide Air Quality Management Area and “fuels will include recovered wood, SRF prepared on-site from non-hazardous commercial waste feedstock, SRF prepared offsite in third party facilities, and biomass such as energy crops” [Source]. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| P | Worcestershire | Hartlebury Trading Estate, Hartlebury, Kidderminster (near Stourport-on-Severn) | Mercia EnviRecover | 200,000 | Worcestershire residents Against Incineration and Landfill | Planning application submitted to Worcestershire County Council in May 2010 for “EnviRecover” and approved by the Council 1 March 2011, but called in by the Secretary of State in May 2011 [Source, Source],See planning application]. (Entry updated 2011-05-17) |
| E | Stoke on Trent | “Stoke Energy from Waste Facility”, Campbell Road, Sideway, Stoke-on-Trent | MES Environmental Limited [See annual report] | 210,000 | ? | Tonnes burned: 173,238 (2006); 165,094 (2007); 162,145 (2008); 181,339 (2009); 170,284. (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | West Midlands Met Districts | “Dudley Energy from Waste Facility”, Lister Road, Dudley | MES Environmental Limited [See annual report] | 105,000 | ? | Tonnes burned: 92,859 (2006); 94,761 (2007); 93,300 (2008); 93,445 (2009); 93,679 (2010). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | West Midlands Met Districts | “Waste to Energy plant”, Crown Street, Wolverhampton | MES Environmental Limited [See annual report] | 110,000 | ? | Tonnes burned: 100,773 (2006); 104,356 (2007); 107,231 (2008); 109,991 (2009); 108,817 (2010). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | West Midlands Met Districts | Bar Road, 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 reburish this facility Tonnes burned: 214,735 (2005); 210,200 (2006); 232,800 (2007); 241,733 (2008); 245,187 (2009); 240,246 (2010). (Entry updated 2011-12-01) |
| E | West Midlands Met Districts | James Road, Tyesley, Birmingham | Tyseley Waste Disposal Ltd / Veolia [See annual report] | 400,000 | ? | Possible expansion planned.
Tonnes burned: 326,752 (2006); 347,080 (2007); 359,129 (2008); 342,048 (2009); 366,414 (2010). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| X | Staffordshire | Kingswood Lakeside Business Park, Cannock, Staffordshire | Biffa | 400,000 | Group currently being formed. Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development | Planning application submitted September 2010 [See application, See application, See subsequent 'response document']. Planning permission was refused in September 2011. This follows a previous determination that the planning application should be approved which was reconsidered on the basis of legal advice that an offer by Biffa of funds to spend on community activities could not be taken into account as a material planning consideration. Biffa did not subsequently appeal this refusal, and have not announced any plans to re-apply [Source, Source, Source]. The incinerator was advertised as being for C&I although Biffa state that the “facility would also be able to accept… municipal solid waste” [Source]. (Entry updated 2012-05-21) |
| X | Telford and Wrekin | Granville Landfill Site, Grange Lane, Redhill, Telford | SITA with Cyclerval UK (TIRU) | 62,000 | Telford Protest Against Incinerator Now (TelfordPAIN) and Telford Friends of the Earth and Safe Waste Shropshire [Campaign update] | Planning permission was refused in December 2009, when the Head of Planning recommended refusal and “all eight members of the Plans Board voted to reject Sita's Granville incinerator proposal” [source]. (Entry updated 2011-06-30) |
| X | 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 scrapped [Source]. On the 20th of October 2010 the Government withdraw PFI funding for the project [Source]. Existing incinerator could now be refurbished instead of being rebuilt [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2011-07-01) |
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]. BioGen said in April 2010 that the plant was “targeted to open in 2013″ [Source]. The technology is the same as that which has failed to work in the Isle of Wight, Dargavel and Iceland – see entry for Dargavel in Dumfriesshire. (Entry updated 2010-11-26) |
| P | East Yorkshire | “Melton Energy from Waste Plant”, Land South West Of Melton Waste Park, Gibson Lane, South Melton | Thermeco (Yorkshire) Limited (Joint venture between Transwaste Recycling and Aggregates Ltd and Thermeco Limited) | 100,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development | Planning permission granted for a loose floc SRF-burning Pyrolysis-type incinerator in March 2012. A previous consent was for a briquette form Gasification-type SRF-burning incinerator. Was granted in 2009. (Entry updated 2012-05-21) |
| P | Hull | Cleveland Street (former ADM Cocoa Plant) Dalton Street (Council Waste Depot Site) connecting to a strip of land alongside The River Hull | C Spencer Ltd | 225,400 | FoE Hull and EYE / CATs | Granted planning permission in October 2011 (Application reference: 11/00615/CM) for a 25 MWe Gasification plant to gasify materials including processed waste wood and Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) produced onsite from commercial, industrial and municipal sources [Source]. Spencer hope to win the Hull & East Riding PFI contract. (Entry updated 2011-10-19) |
| 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 | Planning permission granted November 2008 but North Lincs Green Energy failed to win a contract to handle North Lincolnshire's 'residual' waste [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-05-17) |
| P | North Yorkshire | Allerton Park Quarry, Knaresborough | Amey-Cespa (subsidiary of Ferrovial) | 260,000 | Tockwith Residents Association, NYWAG and York Residents Against Incineration | Planning application submitted in September 2011 [Source, See application]. “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]. Part of PFI contract awarded in December 2010. (Entry updated 2011-10-25) |
| 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) won the first stage of their campaign to prevent a waste incinerator being built near Hatfield when planning permission was refused [Source]. The developer appealed, a planning inquiry took place in August 2010 and a decision is still awaited. The applicant put in another application for a very similar proposal at virtually the same site and this was approved in June 2010. Both of these applications are 'reserved matter' applications and the application for the incinerator is still forthcoming. (Entry updated 2010-11-27) |
| P | West Yorkshire | Bowling Back Lane, Bradford | Aecom (formerly Earth Tech), Skanska and WRG consortium | 193,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | Earth Tech Skanska were named preferred bidder in December 2011 and intend to use the council-owned site. [Source]. Unlike many other Waste PFI projects Bradford and Calderdale did not lose their PFI funding in October 2010 [Source]. (Entry updated 2012-02-10) |
| P | West Yorkshire | Former Solaglas Site, Ripley Road, Bradford | BioGen Power / Bradford Energy Recovery Limited / Energos | 160,000 | Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development. | 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]. BioGen said in April 2010 that the plant was “targeted to open in 2013″ [Source]. The technology is the same as that which has failed to work in the Isle of Wight, Dargavel and Iceland – see entry for Dargavel in Dumfriesshire. (Entry updated 2010-11-26) |
| P | West Yorkshire | Former wholesale market on Pontefract Lane in Cross Green, Leeds | Veolia | 180,000 | FoE Leeds / No Incinerator, Leeds / No2incinerator | Veolia are preferred bidder for Leeds PFI and are expected to be awarded the contract on the 2nd of November 2011 [Source]. The Council expect a planning application in Spring 2012 and the facility to be operational by March 2016 Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2011-10-19) |
| P | West Yorkshire | Skelton Grange, Leeds | Biffa | 300,000 | FoE Leeds / No Incinerator, Leeds / No2incinerator | Biffa announced plans to submit an application for a 300,000 tonnes-a-year capacity commercial and industrial waste incinerator to Leeds city council in early September 2010. The pre-application scoping report stated that “should the need arise, the facility would also be able to accept municipal waste” and their website states the facility is “to use residual waste from the Leeds area” [Source, Source]. Further Information was provided in April 2012 in response to a Regulation 22 request from the local authority from back in December 2011. Planning reference is 11/03705 [See planning application]. (Entry updated 2012-05-21) |
| P | York (city) | Former North Selby Mine complex, Deighton (between Escrick and Wheldrake) | Peel (in partnership with UK COAL) | 140,000 | North Selby Mine Action Group | Plans include a gasification-type incinerator for “a combination of municipal, commercial and industrial” waste [Source, Source]. A scoping report has been submitted [Source]. UK Coal said in April 2011 that they would consult on a plan which does not include the gasification plant later in 2011 [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-05-03) |
| E | North Lincolnshire | “Newlincs Grimsby Incinerator”, South Marsh Road, Stallingborough, Grimsby | Cyclerval UK & TIRU Group / Newlincs Development Ltd [See annual report] | 56,000 | Lincolnshire Anti-Incineration Alliance (LAIA) | Tonnes burned: 52,284 (2005); 49,749 (2006); 49,784 (2007); 54,744 (2008); 53,728 (2009); 48,819 (2010). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | North Yorkshire | Seamer Carr Landfill Site, Nr. Scarborough | Scarborough Power Limited (Yorwaste, GEM and BB Newco) | 12,000-25,000 | NYWAG | RDF-burning gasification-type incinerator granted planning permission in July 2007, with constructioned completed in December 2008. Operated as part of a Defra demonstrator programme in January-March 2009 [Source]. Scarborough Power has experienced cashflow problems and plans to expand the facility are currently on hold – the facility does not currently seem to be commercially viable [Source]. . (Entry updated 2011-12-01) |
| E | South Yorkshire | Bernard Road, 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” and in May 2011 were granted permission to vary a planning condition to allow for more waste to come in from outside of Sheffield due to 'unexpected' commercial difficulties securing C&I and MSW waste locally [Source, Source,View application].
Tonnes burned: 200,000 (2006); 196,361 (2007); 183,070 (2008); 219,976 (2009); 202,814 (2010). (Entry updated 2011-05-25) |
| 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); 125,693 (2009); 131,074 (2010). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| X | Hull (and East Riding) | Saltend | Waste Recycling Group (WRG) | 240,000 | FoE Hull [Campaign update] | Plans for WRG's proposed incinerator at Saltend were scrapped in January 2011. [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-07-01) |
| X | North Yorkshire | Unit 86 Marston Moor Business Park, Tockwith | BCB Environmental Management Ltd. | 60,000 | Tockwith Residents Association and Dalton Incinerator Steering Committee (DISC) and York Residents Against Incineration | Planning application refused by North Yorkshire County Council in December 2009 [Source], See application]. Although BCB annunced their intention to appeal the refusal, BCB went into administration in August 2010 and were subsequently liquidated [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-06-30) |
| X | 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] | The decision not to use this site for an incinerator was made in April [Source]. (Entry updated 2011-06-30) |
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 Network 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.