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Information for Billingham Reach EfW, Billingham Reach Industrial Estate, Stockton

Status: Potential
Planning Region: North East
Planning Sub-Region: Tees Valley Unitary Authority
Operator: Tees Eco Energy Ltd (TeesEco)
Capacity: 375,000 (RDF)
Campaign Group(s): Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development.
Notes: Original planning application for fluidised bed biomass-only plant approved in October 2009 (09/1562/EIS). Application to vary to being a moving grate (conventional incineration) RDF plant approved in November 2016 (16/2165/VARY). Permit application for RDF plant made in November 2017 and granted in September 2018 [EPR/NP3537YY/A001]. In November 2022 the operator "elected to defer permit review" and in October 2023 a permit variation was issued to requiring a report to be submitted showing compliance with the updated BAT Conclusions before the incinerator can be operated. Not to be confused with the two nearby Haverton Hill incinerators operated by Suez/Sita. (Entry updated 2023-10-24)

Waste management for England 2024: Pre-operational (Environment Agency)

Uses data from 2024 Waste Data Interrogator - Version 2 released by the Environment Agency under the Environment Agency Conditional Licence. © Environment Agency copyright

Permit: NP3537YY

Operator NameSite NameSite AddressFormer Planning RegionFormer Planning Sub-RegionTypePermitted Capacity (tonnes)
Tees Eco Energy LtdBillingham Reach EfWBillingham Reach Industrial Estate, Stockton TS23 1PXNorth EastTees Valley Unitary AuthoritiesMunicipal and/or Industrial & Commercial375,000

Permit files:

65-Permit-2018.pdf

Permit Decision files:

65-PermitDecision-2018.pdf

Permit Variation files:

65-PermitVariation-2023.pdf

Planning Variation files:

65-PlanningVariation-2016.pdf

Environment Agency Compliance Assessment Reports

Click here to see the incinerator compliance documents for existing English incinerators

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.