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Information for Envar site, St Ives Road, Somersham

Status: Potential
Planning Region: East of England
Planning Sub-Region: Cambridgeshire
Operator: Envar Composting Ltd
Capacity: 12,000 (clinical)
Campaign Group(s): People Opposing Woodhurst Incinerator (POWI) ( Facebook / Website)
Notes: Granted planning permission on appeal in July 2024 (APP/E0535/W/23/3331431). In June 2022 Cambridgeshire County Council issued a Regulation 25 request for further environmental information. Planning application submitted to Cambridgeshire County Council in June 2021 for a healthcare waste incinerator (ref. CCC/21/088/FUL). In September 2021 a Q&A session was held with the applicant [Source]. In April 2023 planning application CCC/21/088/FUL was refused by Cambridgeshire County Council. This refusal was appealed and the appeal was subsequently recovered for determination by the Secretary of State (CCC/21/088/FUL). An application was submitted in May 2026 to discharge planning conditions 9, 12, 29, 31, and 33 [CCC/26/065/DCON], and as of 18 August 2026 that application had yet to be determined. (Entry updated 2026-08-18)

Planning Consent files:

291-PlanningConsent-2024.pdf

Planning Refusal files:

291-PlanningRefusal-2023.pdf

Environment Agency Compliance Assessment Reports

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Standard notice:

UKWIN (and therefore the UKWIN map) focuses on Municipal Waste Incinerators, whereas our colleagues at Biofuelwatch focus on biomass projects. If you are interested in biomass incinerators (including waste wood plants) over 20MW then please see the Biofuelwatch map of UK Biomass Power Stations. Those concerned about biomass plants, including waste wood plants, should email Biofuelwatch at biofuelwatch[at]gmail.com.

Please be aware: There is always room for improvement, so please send updates to coordinator@ukwin.org.uk. Existing Incinerator means a facility that is operational or under construction/commissioning. A Potential Incinerator is a facility where there is a proposal for an incinerator (e.g. planning application or planning consent) or other reason to believe an incinerator might be built/proposed in the future. A Prevented Incinerator is something which used to be a proposal or expected incinerator which we do not believe is currently being progressed (e.g. because the project was cancelled, planning permission refused, or years have gone by since the permission was granted without any progress) - in some cases a facility marked as prevented is being progressed without us being aware or is subsequently revived. Capacity is usually the permitted or maximum advertised capacity of the facility.