Information for The WandE / "Walsall Energy From Waste Facility", Land off Fryers Road
Status: PotentialPlanning Region: West Midlands
Planning Sub-Region: Walsall
Operator: Encyclis
Capacity: 478,300
Campaign Group(s): Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development.
Notes: The project started as a proposal for a gasification-type incinerator intended to burn mixed municipal commercial, industrial and municipal waste [Source]. Initial planning application approved in January 2009 and revised planning application approved in September 2013 (re 13/0725/WA) [Source]. Allocated Round One Contracts for Difference funding in February 2015 [Source]. The planning permission was varied in November 2015 and this included an increases stack height (15/1157). Planning application 19/1172 was registered by submitted to Walsall Council in September 2019 and on the 28th of May 2020 the Planning Committee voted in favour of planning consent [Source]. In June 2020 an application was made to vary the permit to change the technology to conventional incineration and to increase the maximum capacity to around 478,300 tonnes per annum [EPR/AP3832WS/V002]. In January 2024 it was reported that the West Midlands Combined Authority offered support for a district heating scheme [Source]. In November 2024 it was reported that the plant had moved from two to one lines, that construction was under way, and that the project as on track to be completed in 2026 [Source]. In May 2025 Enyclis announced "the start of full-scale construction" and stated that the facility was "due to begin operations in 2027" [Source]. (Entry updated 2025-07-31)
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: AP3832WS
| Operator Name | Site Name | Site Address | Former Planning Region | Former Planning Sub-Region | Type | Permitted Capacity (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENCYCLIS (WALSALL) LIMITED | Walsall Energy Recovery Facility | Land off Fryers Road,Fryers Road,,Bloxwich,WALSALL,West Midlands WS3 2XN | West Midlands | West Midlands Met Districts | Municipal and/or Industrial & Commercial | 240,000 |
Entry on WikiWaste:
https://wikiwaste.org.uk/index.php/Walsall_Energy_Recovery_FacilityPermit Variation files:
217-PermitVariation-2023.pdf217-PermitVariation-2024.pdf
217-PermitVariation-Decision-2023.pdf
Permit Variation Decision files:
217-PermitVariationDecision-2024.pdfEnvironment Agency Compliance Assessment Reports
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