Planning and Permitting
Planning
In 2013, the project received approval under the UK’s Development Consent Order procedures for the delivery of nationally important infrastructure. The planning approvals process involved a comprehensive and wide-ranging requirement to consult local people and businesses, councils, environmental groups and statutory bodies about the proposal, providing just as much opportunity (if not more) than with a normal planning application. In addition, a full Health Impact Assessment was performed.
Click here to read the consultation report as well as its appendices here. The Joint Committee report on the facility can be found here and the Order granting development consent for the facility can be found by clicking here (under the 21 February 2019 statement).
The UK’s Planning Inspectorate (formerly the Infrastructure Planning Commission until April 2012) website housed all Development Consent Order (DCO) documents for the Rookery South Energy Recovery Facility. If you are interested in viewing any of these documents, you can do this by request via the Contact Us form here.
Did You Know?
It has often been incorrectly stated that there will be 600 HGVs entering and leaving the ERF each day - the true figure is much lower. The facility supplies monthly records of HGV movements to the Council which demonstrates actual figures are c. 120 HGVs delivering waste each day and another 30 HGVs removing ash for recycling and/or secure disposal. That’s approximately 300 HGVs movements per day.