Information for Inverurie Energy Plant / "Thainstone Energy Plant", Paper Mill Building, 4 Kirkwood Commercial Park, Thainstone, Inverurie
Status: PotentialPlanning Region: Scotland
Planning Sub-Region: Aberdeenshire
Operator: Agile Energy
Capacity: 200,000
Campaign Group(s): Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development.
Notes: Planning application approved by Aberdeenshire Council on 25 June 2021 (ref APP/2020/1324). No sign of an environmental permit application as of mid-March 2024, indicating that the project might be stalled. Was previously the site for Kirkwood Homes Investments Ltd 's proposal for a "Small scale" plasma gasification incinerator intended for RDF derived from C&I and MSW back in 2012. The previous proposal was for "alterations and extension and change of use from General Industrial Class 5 (Paper Mill) to Energy From Waste Facility Utilising Plasma Gasification". SEPA stated in April 2024 that no pre-application discussions for a permit had taken place in the past year. IIn May 2024, the Applicant submited a request to delay the discharge requirement of Condition 9 (Landscaping) to allow proposal to be implemented prior to this condition being discharged (APP/2024/0902). This request was subsequently withdrawn, and instead the applicant has applied to discharge the planning condition through the original planning consent. The Council has accepted that development commenced on the site despite the pre-commencement condition for landscape not having been met. (Entry updated 2024-08-06)
Planning Consent files:
116-PlanningConsent-2021.pdfPlanning Objection files:
116-PlanningObjection-2021.pdfEnvironment Agency Compliance Assessment Reports
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