Information for Circular Technology Park, Former Ford Blockworks, Ford Airfield Industrial Estate, Ford, Arundel
Status: PreventedPlanning Region: South East
Planning Sub-Region: West Sussex
Operator: Grundon and Viridor
Capacity: 275,000
Campaign Group(s): Stop the Arun Valley Rubbish Incinerator
Notes: In November 2021 West Sussex County Council announced that application WSCC/011/21 had formally been withdrawn. The site has planning permission for a gasification-type incinerator approved in July 2014 (ref WSCC/096/13/F), with decision notice issued in January 2015. Planning consent includes a planning condition requiring a design-stage R1 certificate before the facility can be brought into use [Source]. Environmental permit issued in October 2015 [Source]. In September 2019 it was announced that Viridor had joined Grundon for this project [Source, Source]. In March 2020 it was announced that Grundon would be moving to a conventional incinerator technology for the plant and to increase the capacity from 200,000 to 275,000 and intended to submit a planning application to allow for this [Source]. A planning application for the revised scheme was submitted in July 2020 [WSCC/036/20]. In November 2020 West Sussex issued a Regulation 25 request for further information and in January 2021 the deadline for the applicant to provide this information was extended to 5th April 2021. In April 2021 application WSCC/036/20 was withdrawn and a revised planning application was submitted which had a reduced building height but the same stack height (ref WSCC/011/21). It was announced in July 2021 that the consultation period for WSC/011/21 was extended until the 5th of September 2021 due to the receipt of further environmental information. A permit consultation ran between May and June 2021 (EPR/MP3904BD/A001). (Entry updated 2022-08-16)
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Objection files:
146-Objection-from-UKWIN-April-2021.pdfEnvironment Agency Compliance Assessment Reports
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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.