Information for Binn Eco Park, Binn Farm, near Glenfarg
Status: PotentialPlanning Region: Scotland
Planning Sub-Region: Perthshire
Operator: Binn Group / Iona Capital / Paprec Energies Binn
Capacity: 85,000
Campaign Group(s): Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Tayside Environmental Action Group and Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS)
Notes: In November 2023 it was reported that Martin GmbH will supply the grate system and that the plant could come online as early as 2026 [Source]. In January 2020 it was reported that the Binn Group intended to apply to vary the proposal to increase the capacity to nearly 85,000 tonnes per annum, and that they were hoping the facility would be operational by 2023 but in February 2021 this was delayed to 2024 [Source, Source]. In April 2020 it was reported that a proposal of application notice (PAN) had been submitted to Perth and Kinross Council [Source]. Permission to increase the capacity was approved in 2020 (20/01242/FLM) [Source]. Sita gained planning permission for a gasification-type incinerator at the site in October 2011 (10/01767/FLM). 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 thermal treatment [Source]. In March 2022 it was reported that "TIRU is to build and operate a £70 million facility near Perth on behalf of owners Binn Group and investment partners Iona Capital" and that the incinerator would not be operational before late 2024 at the earliest [Source]. In August 2023 it was reported that "Local authority Perth & Kinross Council awarded a £50m residual waste treatment contract to Paprec Energies Binn Ltd" for this incinerator. In April 2024 SEPA informed UKWIN that: "EfW plant is currently in the early stages of construction at Binn Eco Park however an application for a new PPC Permit has not yet been submitted to SEPA. On contacting the site operators over the last week, they have stated that an application is imminent". However, in October 2024 it was reported that Paprec had "been forced to dramatically halt work at its Scotland-based build due to a delay in securing grid connection" and that it was unclear when development would resume [Source]. In December 2025 it was reported that plans for the incinerator were "disarray" and that "Perth and Kinross Council has scrapped a £50m contract to send non-recyclable household waste to a controversial incinerator plant", with Perth and Kinross Council describing the move as a "mutual termination of the current contract" [Source, Source, Source] (Entry updated 2026-01-16)
Entry on WikiWaste:
https://wikiwaste.org.uk/index.php/Binn_Eco_Park_EFWEnvironment Agency Compliance Assessment Reports
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