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Information for Land Off the B4489 and Bryntwood, Felindre

Status: Prevented
Planning Region: Wales
Planning Sub-Region: Swansea
Operator: Procurement by Central Wales Waste Partnership and South West Wales Waste Consortium
Capacity: 235,000
Campaign Group(s): Swansea Friends of the Earth
Notes: Reference site for residual waste treatment project announced late January 2013 [Source]. This site was proposed for mass burn incineration as one of several options, but bidders are free to come with their own proposal. Outline Business Case yet to be submitted by the new partnership. Uncertainties have arisen regarding the future of this proposal due to the Welsh Government's announcement in March 2021 that there would be an immediate moratorum on new incinerators of 10MW and more and that: "The moratorium will also mean small-scale plants, of less than 10MW, will only be allowed if applicants can show there is a need for such facilities in the regions in which they are planned. Small plants would also need to supply heat, and - where possible - be carbon-capture and storage enabled, or ready" [Source]. (Entry updated 2021-03-25)

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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.