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Information for Thames Gateway Energy Facility, London Sustainable Industries Park, Dagenham Dock

Status: Prevented
Planning Region: London
Planning Sub-Region: East London
Operator: Thames Gateway Waste to Energy Ltd / Chinook Urban Mining
Capacity: 200,000
Campaign Group(s): Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development.
Notes: In July 2022 planning application 20/00331/CTY was refused by Barking and Dagenham council on the basis that it went against London Plan Policy SI 8 and other policies (see planning application). Was a proposed gasification-type incinerator intended to treat C&I waste. Granted planning permission in March 2011 (Ref: 10/00287/FUL). Construction reportedly began in late 2012 [Source]. It was announced in October 2015 that "almost 75% of the piling has been completed on site" [Source]. Applicant were discharging planning conditions in June 2016. Permit JP3237KY issued and subsequently varied in 2015 to change the gasification technology from Cyclamax to Chinook and to increase the capacity (permit EPR/CP3737CV/V003). In December 2018 the planning permission was varied to increase the capacity from 180ktpa to 200ktpa, but the technology remained as gasification [Source] (Entry updated 2022-07-28)

Permit Decision files:

47-PermitDecision-2015.pdf

Permit Variation files:

47-PermitVariation-2015.pdf

Planning Refusal files:

47-PlanningRefusal-2022.pdf

Environment Agency Compliance Assessment Reports

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Standard notice:

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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.