Pre Application Consultation Report for Mor Hafren Bio Power
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MOR HAFREN BIO POWER PAC REPORT DOC 7 Môr Hafren Bio Power Pre-Application Consultation Report DNS/3236340 1 | P a g e Contents Executive summary ................................................................................................................................. 2 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Context ............................................................................................................................................ 8 1.2 PAC report content ....................................................................................................................... 10 1.3 The proposal .................................................................................................................................. 10 2 Consultation activities ................................................................................................................... 11 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 11 2.2 Specific consultation activity ......................................................................................................... 11 2.3 Phase 1 consultation ..................................................................................................................... 12 Provision of information ............................................................................................................... 13 Public events ................................................................................................................................. 14 Exhibitions September 2019 ......................................................................................................... 15 Exhibitions October ....................................................................................................................... 16 Briefings ......................................................................................................................................... 17 GDPR.............................................................................................................................................. 18 Summary of Phase 1 consultation ................................................................................................. 18 2.4 Phase 2 consultation ..................................................................................................................... 19 2.5 Facebook group ............................................................................................................................. 21 3 Feedback ....................................................................................................................................... 23 3.1 Community Consultation feedback mechanisms .......................................................................... 23 3.2 Feedback responses ...................................................................................................................... 23 3.3 Public responses – Phase 1 ........................................................................................................... 26 Phone messages, FREEPOST and emails ....................................................................................... 26 Feedback forms ............................................................................................................................. 27 3.4 Analysis of feedback forms ........................................................................................................... 28 Distance home is from the proposed site ..................................................................................... 29 Are you familiar with the waste targets of the Welsh Government? ........................................... 31 Do you think waste management is an issue in Wales? ............................................................... 33 If you did attend an exhibition, did it help your understanding? ................................................. 35 What are your views on the proposals? ....................................................................................... 37 3.5 Summary of comments left on feedback forms ............................................................................ 40 Supportive ..................................................................................................................................... 40 Climate Change ............................................................................................................................. 40 MOR HAFREN BIO POWER PAC REPORT Emissions ....................................................................................................................................... 40 Location ......................................................................................................................................... 40 Technology .................................................................................................................................... 41 Transport ....................................................................................................................................... 41 House value ................................................................................................................................... 41 Notes from audio interview from Shirenewton ............................................................................ 41 3.6 Changes to the projects following pre-application consultation .................................................. 42 3.7 Phase 2 - Responses from statutory consultees ........................................................................... 42 4 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 43 1 | P a g e MOR HAFREN BIO POWER PAC REPORT Executive summary This Pre-Application Consultation (PAC) Report, produced in accordance with Article 11 of the Developments of National Significance (Procedure) (Wales) Order 2016 (as amended), summarises the public consultation undertaken on behalf of Môr Hafren Bio Power as part of the planning application for the construction and operation of an Energy Recovery Facility on land off Newlands Road, Cardiff. Initial consultation began in July 2019 when meetings were held with Cardiff Council ward councillors (3 July 2019), briefing meetings were delivered to the Assembly Member, Vaughan Gething, (10 July 2019) and information was provided to Mr Stephen Doughty MP, who was unable to attend a meeting at the time, but a telephone discussion did take place (12 September 2019). Prior to the public announcement of the proposed development, the nearby traveller community of Shirenewton was given a face-to-face briefing meeting about the proposal by members of the project team. This was organised through Gypsy and Travellers Wales. The presentation and discussions lasted almost two hours. A few weeks later, arrangements were made for this community to provide their feedback via an audio recording summarising their views. This gave the community members time to further consider the details of the proposals. Pre-application public consultation was conducted in two phases: 1. Phase 1 – 14 August 2019 to 29 November 2019 – raising awareness and discussing the principles of the development – Public Consultation (107 days) 2. Phase 2 – 19 June 2020 – 31 July 2020 – statutory consultation (43 days) Consultation activity was delivered via three channels of communication: • Provision of information – via the website, at events and in the distribution of documents either proactively or in response to questions and requests for further information • Public events – exhibitions where members of the public and other stakeholders could view details of the proposals and ask questions of the development team members • Briefing meetings – face-to-face discussions, both formal and informal, with interested parties All communications were open and honest and emphasised: • The nature of the development • The specific planning and consultation process being followed • The feedback routes and sources of further information – especially information from relevant third parties Phase 1 consultation Formal consultation began with a public announcement on 14 August 2019, through a face-to-face briefing with local media. Significant media coverage was generated in the South Wales Echo (two pages), Western Mail (two pages) and a main story on Wales On-Line. The coverage publicised the project website (www.morhafrenbiopower.co.uk) which went live on 13 August 2019, providing details about the project and the dates and location of public consultation exhibitions. Immediately before submitting the planning application, the site had received more than 2,500 unique visitors. It was important that the community were aware of the deadline for their feedback to be included within this PAC Report, so publicity identified the initial deadline of 4 October 2019. 2 | P a g e MOR HAFREN BIO POWER PAC REPORT During July and August face-to-face briefings were also held with local businesses who operate near the site and one family who live on Newlands Road within 200m of the site. Leaflets about the proposals and the exhibitions were provided as background. Provision of information Information