§ Gregory BarkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the locations broken down by(a) county and (b) region of (i) existing waste incinerators and (ii) pending planning applications for waste incinerators in England and Wales. [117482]
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§ Mr. MorleyThere are at present 16 Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) incinerators operating in the whole of the UK, two of which are in Scotland. Details of planning applications for proposed facilities that have yet to be
Location MSW/year (kilotonnes) Net capacity (MW) (megawatts) Operator Cleveland (Billingham) 245 20 SITA SELCHP (Lewisham, London) 420 32 Onyx/SELCHP Tyseley (Birmingham) 350 25 Onyx Edmonton (north London) 600 32 SITA/London Waste Coventry CHP 215 17.7 Coventry and Solihull Dudley 90 7 Martin Engineering Systems Wolverhampton 105 8 Martin Engineering Systems Stoke 200 12.5 Martin Engineering Systems Nottingham CHP 150 13 Waste Recycling Group Ltd. Bolton (Manchester) 130 10 Greater Manchester Waste Sheffield CHP 135 6.8 Onyx Kirklees 135 12 SITA Isle of Wight (RDF) 35 1.8 Biff a Pebsham (RDF) Z5 Z5 Slough Heat and Power There are many hundreds of other incinerators for sewage sludge, hazardous waste, clinical waste, production waste from factories etc. In England and Wales, the larger plant generally is regulated by the Environment Agency and details of their locations are available on the Environment Agency's public register. Other plant, that is part of another process regulated by the Agency, may not be shown separately on the register. Smaller plant is regulated by local authorities. In Scotland all such plant are regulated by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency.
Operator Location Size, t/yr Planning status Permit status NEWLINCS Developments Grimsby 56,000 Granted IPC authorised. PPC application to be submitted Onyx Portsmouth 165,000 Granted after appeal IPC authorised. PPC application expected this year Onyx Marchwood, Southampton 160,000 Granted IPC authorised. PPC application being determined Surrey Waste Management Capel, Surrey 116,000 Granted, but there has been a successful legal challenge PPC permit issued Grundons Slough 400,000 Granted IPC authorised. PPC application expected Onyx Chineham, Surrey 110,000 Granted PPC permit issued HLC Waste Management Services Neath, Port Talbot 85,000 Granted PPC permit issued Waste Recycling Group Hull 150,000 Planning appeal turned down PPC permit issued Kent Enviropower Maidstone, Kent 500,000 Granted PPC permit being determined Riverside Resource Recovery Bexley, London 580,000 nominal capacity Application submitted; public enquiry pending IPC authorised; PPC application pending Shanks Milton Keynes 353,000 Application submitted PPC application to be submitted if planning permission granted Onyx Sheffield 225,000 Application approved PPC application determined Sita Ridham Dock, Kent 200,000 Subject to a planning appeal No application County Environment Services Roche, Cornwall 64,000 Application submitted No application