Notice: 1048985 (Issue: 59339)

Covanta Rookery South Limited

SECTION 48 PLANNING ACT 2008

REGULATION 4 INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING (APPLICATIONS: PRESCRIBED FORMS AND PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS 2009

DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER AT ROOKERY SOUTH PIT NEAR STEWARTBY, BEDFORDSHIRE

ROOKERY SOUTH (RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY) ORDER

NOTICE PUBLICISING A PROPOSED APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER (“DCO”)

Notice is hereby given that Covanta Rookery South Limited (the “Applicant”) of 8 Darwin House, The Pensnett, Estate, Kingswinford, West Midlands DY6 7YB proposes to apply to the Infrastructure Planning Commission (the “Commission”) under section 37 of The Planning Act 2008 for the above-mentioned development consent order (the “Application”).

The Application relates to the construction and operation of an energy from waste (“EfW”) facility and other development to be constructed at Rookery South Pit, near Stewartby, Bedfordshire (the “Project”).

The proposed DCO will amongst other things, authorise:

1.  Construction and operation of;

1.1 A Resource Recovery Facility (“RRF”) including;

An EFW facility with an average electrical output of 65 MWe. The EFW facility will comprise three waste processing streams, each including a reciprocating grate, furnace, boiler and associated air pollution control system in each stream; and

1.1.2 A post-treatment Materials Recovery Facility (“MRF”) to recover bottom ash and metals.

2.  Provision of;

2.1 Ancillary or associated plant, equipment and buildings to accommodate the Project;

2.2 a facility to enable steam pass-outs and/or hot water pass-outs (Combined Heat and Power facility) for potential off-site users of process or space heating;

2.3 Internal site roads, car and HGV parking;

2.4 Landscaping and habitat creation with related fencing or boundary treatments;

2.5 Site access to the RRF from Green Lane together with any improvements to the junction and, so far as appropriate the provision of an emergency site access from Station Road, Millbrook;

2.6 Improvements to Stewartby railway level crossing, including replacement of existing automatic half barriers with automatic full barriers and/or other works which may include a foot bridge to the Marston Vale railway line, in each case so far as appropriate;

2.7 Provision of and improvements to footpaths, cycleways and footpath linkages;

2.8 Electricity grid connection infrastructure (including substation and underground cabling);

2.9 A visitor interpretation/ educational facility to be located within the EfW facility;

2.10 Foul drainage provision, surface water management systems and culverting; and

2.11 The demolition of the existing former conveyor structure on the site;

3.  The permanent and/ or temporary compulsory acquisition of land and/or rights for the Project;

4.  Overriding of easements and other rights over or affecting land for the Project;

5.  Permanent and temporary changes to the highway network for the Project;

6.  The application and/or disapplication of legislation relevant to the Project including inter alia legislation relating to the compulsory acquisition of land and landlord and tenant law;

7.  Construction and operation of associated development, including but not limited to the processing and storage of bottom ash arisings and metals from the proposed EFW facility as well as those items listed at paragraph 2 above; and

8.  Such ancillary, incidental and consequential provisions, permits or consents as are necessary and/or convenient.

The Project is an environmental impact assessment development. Therefore, the Applicant will be making preliminary environmental information available A copy of details of the proposals, preliminary environmental information, plans, maps and other documents, may be inspected free of charge at the following locations and during the hours set out below:

	Bedford Central Library Harpur Street, Bedford,MK40 1PG	Ampthill Library, 1 Dunstable Street, Ampthill, Bedford MK45 2NL	Wootton Library, Lorraine Road Wootton, MK43 9LH
Monday	9:00-6:00	10:00-6:00	2:00-6:00
Tuesday	9:00-6:00	closed	Closed
Wednesday	9:00-6:00	10:00-6:00	10:00-1:00 and 2:00-6:00
Thursday	9:00-1:00	2:00-6:00	Closed
Friday	9:00-6:00	10:00-6:00	2:00-6:00
Saturday	9:00-5:00	10:00-1:00	10:00-1:00
Sunday	Closed	Closed	Closed

 

	Borough Hall, Bedford Borough Council, Cauldwell Street, Bedford MK42 9AP	Priory House, Central Bedfordshire Council, Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, SG17 5TQ	Marston Vale Forest Centre Marston Vale Millennium Country Park Station Road Marston Moretaine Bedford England MK43 0PR
Monday	8:00-5;30	8:30-5:30	10:00-4:00
Tuesday	8:00-5:30	8:30-5:30	10:00-4:00
Wednesday	8:00-5;30	8:30-5:30	10:00-4:00
Thursday	8:00 -5:30	8:30-5:30	10:00-4:00
Friday	8:00-5:00	8:30-4:30	10:00-4:00
Saturday	Closed	Closed	10:00-4:00
Sunday	Closed	Closed	10:00-4:00

The documents relating to the proposed DCO for the Project at Rookery South Pit near Stewartby, Bedfordshire will be on display at the above locations and times and available for inspection at the address below (during normal office hours) from 19 February 2010 until at least 5 April 2010. A reasonable copying charge may be made for the reproduction of any of the plans, maps and documents. Further details in relation to the Project and these documents can be found on the Applicant’s website www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/

Any responses to or other representations in respect the Project, should be sent to the Applicant, Covanta Rookery South Limited, (Rookery South Consultation) Unit 7, Water End Barns, Water End, Eversholt, Milton Keynes, MK17 9EA

Any response or representation in respect of the proposed development consent order MUST (i) be received by the Applicant on or before 5 April 2010, (ii) be made in writing, (iii) state the grounds of the response or representation and (iv) indicate who is making the response or representation, and (v) give an address to which correspondence relating to the response or representation may be sent.

Responses and other representations will be made public.