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Javelin Park Report V4 for Publication APPLICATION NO: 12/0008/STMAJW VALIDATION DATE: 05/03/2012 DISTRICT REF: S.12/0572/CM AGENT: Axis, Camellia House, 76 Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5BB APPLICANT: Urbaser Balfour Beatty c/o: Agent (Axis) SITE: Land at Javelin Park, Bath Road, Haresfield, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. PROPOSAL: Proposed development of an Energy from Waste (EfW) facility for the combustion of non-hazardous waste and the generation of energy, comprising the main EfW facility, a Bottom Ash processing facility and education / visitor centre, together with associated / ancillary infrastructure including access roads, weighbridges, fencing / gates, lighting, emissions stack, surface water drainage basins and landscaping PARISH OF Haresfield SITE AREA: 5.1 Ha GRID SO 80073 10374 REF: RECOMMENDATION: That planning permission be GRANTED for the reasons set out within this report and summarised in Section 8 and subject to: (1) the conditions detailed in Section 9 of this report and (2) completion of a legal undertaking (under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) on or before 21 September 2013 securing the costs of monitoring the travel plan (3) to the Secretary of State not exercising his ‘call in’ powers to determine the application himself 1 1.0 LOCATION 1.1 The proposed development site (the application site) is located approximately 1.6 kilometres west of the centre of Haresfield and 8.5 kilometres south of the centre of Gloucester (Appendix 2 Figure 1). 1.2 The application site is approximately 5.1ha in area (including the site access road) and forms the southern part of Javelin Park, a disused former airfield and cleared brownfield site currently comprising derelict ground, hard- standing and vegetated areas. 1.3 The application site is bounded to the north by an undeveloped derelict area, (the northern part of Javelin Park) with extant planning permission for B8 use which also extends to the application site itself, beyond which lies Blooms Garden Centre. Junction 12 of the M5 motorway is approximately 550m to the north. The eastern boundary of the application site is formed by the B4008 beyond which are agricultural fields and one residential property, the Lodge, which is approximately 50m from the site boundary beyond a mature hedgerow. A small unnamed watercourse flows into the south-east corner of the application site and continues along the southern and western boundaries delineated by a security fence and hedge respectively. 1.4 Agricultural fields lie to the south and west of the application site. The M5 motorway runs in a north-east / south-west orientation, approximately 70m from the western boundary. Hiltmead Farmhouse, a Grade II listed residential property, is located approximately 230m to the west on the opposite side of the M5 motorway. 1.5 Access to the application site is via a purpose built private road from a roundabout junction, recently constructed to provide access to Javelin Park from the B4008. Another access onto the northern half of Javelin Park is via a right turn lane on the B4008 and is shared with the Blooms Garden Centre access. 1.6 The application site lies within the Vale of Berkeley, part of the valley of the River Severn. The topography is defined by the very flat, low-lying valley bottom landform, with few obvious landmark features. The area beyond Javelin Park is predominantly semi-rural in nature. However, there are a number of key features and settlements in the surrounding area which include: • the M5 motorway 70m to the west of the site and the associated M5 Junction 12 approximately 550m to the north of the site; 2 • the settlement of Haresfield located approximately 1km to the east of the site; • the settlement of Little Haresfield and Standish located approximately 1 km and 1.5 km to the south of the site respectively; • the settlement of Moreton Valence located approximately 2 km to the south-west of the site; • Quedgeley East Business Park located approximately 0.75 km to the north-east of the site, to the east of the M5; and • Quedgeley West Business Park and Waterwells Business Park located approximately 1.5 km and 2 km to the north and west of the M5 respectively. 1.7 The application site is not in an area designated for its environmental value, nor is it on a groundwater aquifer or an area identified as being at risk from fluvial flooding. The bedrock beneath the site is classified as secondary undifferentiated aquifer. 1.8 The boundary of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is approximately 1.3 kilometres to the east of the application site. The application site is not in a Conservation Area (CA). There is a Grade II Listed Building approximately 230 metres to the north west of the site . There is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM) 750 metres to the east of the application site near Haresfield. There are no Public Rights of Way (PRoW) crossing or passing adjacent to the site. PRoW (reference EHD/3/3) terminates at the B4008 approximately 65 metres to the north east of the site access. There are 17 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) including 1 National Nature Reserve (NNR), 4 European sites (protected under the Habitats Directive), and 9 Local Nature Reserves within 10 km of the site. The nearest SSSI being Haresfield Beacon geological SSSI 2.3km to the south east of the site boundary. 1.9 There are no confirmed cultural heritage assets or receptors within the application site itself that may be subject to direct (physical) or indirect (setting) impacts. Scheduled Ancient Monuments within a radius of 2 kilometres of the site include the Mount moated site at Haresfield, the Moated site at Church Farm Moreton Valence, Haresfield Hill Camp and Ring Hill Earthworks, and two bowl barrows located to the south of Court Hill Farm, some 1.7 kilometres south of the site. Listed buildings in proximity to the application site include the Grade II* parish church of St Peter’s Haresfield (750 metres east), Grade II* St Swithin’s church, Brookthorpe (3.6 kilometres northeast), Grade I St Nicholas’s church, Hardwicke ( 1.9 kilometres north west) Grade I Church of St Stephen’s, Moreton Valence ( 2 3 kilometres south west), and Grade I Church of St Nicholas’s Standish ( 1.8 kilometres south of the application site). 4 2.0 THE PROPOSAL AND THE APPLICANT’S SUBMISSIONS Overview 2.1 The planning application is for an Energy from Waste (EfW) facility for the combustion of non-hazardous waste and generation of energy, comprising the main EfW building, bottom ash processing facility and visitor centre, and associated infrastructure including access roads, weighbridges, fences and gates, lighting, emissions stack, surface water drainage basins and landscaping at Javelin Park, Haresfield, Gloucestershire. 2.2 The throughput of the facility would be approximately 190,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of non-hazardous residual waste (i.e. waste which is left after recycling and composting), the majority of which would be municipal solid waste from Gloucestershire (municipal solid waste being that collected and managed by, or on behalf of, local authorities). A lesser proportion of the waste treated at the facility would be commercial and industrial (C&I) wastes similar in composition to the municipal solid waste. 2.3 The EfW plant is expected to operate as a recovery facility as it would recover energy from waste combustion to an efficiency factor that satisfies the Waste Framework Directive R1 efficiency formula. Electricity would be generated through a steam turbine driven by steam raised through the heat of the combustion of waste. The facility would have an installed electricity generating capacity of 17.4 Megawatts (MW), 14.5 MW of which would be exported to the local supply grid with the remainder used in the operation of the facility. The connection (i.e. transmission lines) to the local electricity distribution network is not included within the application as this would be delivered through a separate consenting process. However, the Environmental Statement (ES) submitted in support of the application does consider the potential environmental effects of grid connection options. 2.4 A proportion of the electricity generated from the combustion of waste (the biomass fraction) would be classed as renewable. The applicant estimates that some 56% of the energy generated would be renewable, reflecting the composition of the waste combusted. The facility would be capable of exporting heat produced through the waste combustion process (‘CHP- ready’), although no heat user has been identified at this stage and the application does not extend to provision of necessary infrastructure. 2.5 The application is accompanied by the following supporting documents: • Supporting Statement • Design and Access Statement 5 • Environmental Statement (ES) which includes an erratum and supplementary information supplied in11th September and 19th November 2012. The main ES and the supplementary information are each accompanied by non-technical summaries • Transport Assessment • Waste Minimisation Statement • Statement of Community Involvement • Tree Survey Report and Plan • BREEAM Industrial 2008 Credit Tracker Report • Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) • Fencing and Gating Plan • Landscape Plan • Drainage Layout Components 2.6 The proposed development would be a main building which would contain the following areas: • waste reception hall; • waste bunker; • boiler hall and demineralisation plant; • turbine hall; • emissions stack; • flue gas treatment (FGT) facility; • Air Pollution Control (APC) reagent silos and APC residue silos; • bottom ash processing facility; and • education / visitor centre and staff facilities. 2.7 The development would also include the following ancillary / infrastructure elements: • vehicle weighbridges and office; • electricity substation; • site fencing and gates; • service connections; • surface water drainage and attenuation features; • cycle / motorbike store; • external hardstanding areas for vehicle manoeuvring; • internal access roads and car parking; • ammonia and diesel tanks; • fire sprinkler system pump house; and • new areas of hard and soft landscaping.
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