Castleford residents invited to comment on new permit application
23 May 2014 11:42 AM
Castleford residents are
being invited to comment on an environmental permit application for a new
renewable resources facility
The Environment Agency is
inviting Castleford residents to comment on an environmental permit application
for a proposed renewable resources facility in Wheldon.
Clean Power (UK) Limited have
applied for an environmental permit to allow them to operate a site which will
treat non hazardous municipal and commercial waste at a disused railway site by
the Castleford to York railway.
The company propose the site
will generate electricity for up to 8,000 homes and reduce landfill waste in
the local area.
Following the submission of the
permit application the Environment Agency have begun an in depth technical
assessment, which may take several months before a decision is
reached.
A spokesperson from the
Environment Agency said:
A facility can only begin
treating waste if it has been granted both planning permission and an
Environmental Permit. Once we receive an application we are legally required to
consider it, even if the site doesn’t currently have planning
permission.
A copy of the application is
available to view at the following address; Environment Agency, Lateral, 8 City
Walk, Leeds, LS11 9AT
Residents can visit and inspect
the Environment Agency’s register between 9.30am and 4.30pm, Monday to
Friday, but they must first phone the Environment Agency’s National
Customer Contact Centre on 03708 506 506 to arrange an
appointment.
Comments on the application
should be submitted by 13 June 2014 by email to
pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk or by writing to Permitting and
Support Centre, Land Team, Quadrant 2, 99 Parkway Avenue, Sheffield, S9 4WF and
quoting EPR/DP3936EY/A001.
Clean Power (UK) Ltd is in the
process of applying for planning permission to develop the site. This
application can be found on the Wakefield Council website. As part of the
process the Environment Agency will be consulted by Wakefield
Council.