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Recommendation to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy The Planning Act 2008 Wrexham Energy Centre Examining Authority’s Report of Findings and Conclusions and Recommendation to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy _______________________________________ Examining Authority Rynd Smith LLB MA MRTPI FRSA 18 April 2017 This page intentionally left blank ERRATA SHEET – Wrexham Energy Centre - Ref. EN010055 Examining authority’s Report of Findings and Conclusions and Recommendation to the Secretary of State for the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, dated 18 April 2017 Corrections agreed by the Examining Authority prior to a decision being made Page No. Paragraph Error Correction 45 4.5.13 ‘sough’ ‘sought’ 47 4.5.23 ‘take account to’ ‘take account of’ A3 - ‘WWU’ not defined Include ‘WWU’ & ‘Wales & West Appendix C Utilities’ Examining Authority’s findings and conclusions and recommendation in respect of Wrexham Energy Centre File Ref EN010055 The application, dated 18 March 2016, was made under section 37 of the Planning Act 2008 (as amended) and was received in full by the Planning Inspectorate on 18 March 2016. The Applicant was Wrexham Power Ltd (company number 06762265). The application was accepted for examination on 13 April 2016. The examination of the application began on 19 July 2016 and was completed on 19 January 2017. The Proposed Development comprises the development, construction and operation of a combined cycle gas generating station of up to 299 MWe installed capacity (the Power Station Complex) at Kingmoor Park South, part of Wrexham Industrial Estate, near Wrexham in Wales. The Power Station Complex comprises a gas turbine building housing up to two gas turbines and a steam turbine building with one steam turbine, each connected to a generator, up to two exhaust stacks, up to two heat recovery systems, an air-cooled condenser, switchgear housed in a switchgear room, an administrative and control building, a heat network interface building, a 123kV switchyard, up to three transformer compounds with up to three transformers, other integral plant and infrastructure. The application provides for internal site roads within the Power Station Complex, permanent and temporary construction and laydown areas, and for measures required for site drainage, natural environment and landscape mitigation. The Proposed Development requires a connection to the gas transmission system. The development of this connection does not form part of the application. However, the application includes provision in the DCO for the compulsory acquisition and or temporary possession of land for a gas connection alignment and related powers to facilitate development. The Proposed Development requires an electrical connection to the distribution network for export. However, as this would be provided underground and pursuant to permitted development powers held by the distribution network operator, the DCO includes no provisions in respect of this connection. Summary of Recommendation: The Examining Authority recommends that the Secretary of State should make the Order in the form attached. Report to the Secretary of State 1 Wrexham Energy Centre Report Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 5 1.1 BACKGROUND ...................................................................... 5 1.2 STRUCTURE OF REPORT ........................................................... 6 1.3 THE EXAMINATION AND PROCEDURAL DECISIONS ............................. 7 1.4 HABITATS REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT ......................................... 9 1.5 SITE INSPECTIONS ............................................................... 10 1.6 LOCAL IMPACT REPORT .......................................................... 10 1.7 STATEMENTS OF COMMON GROUND ........................................... 11 1.8 OTHER CONSENTS REQUIRED................................................... 11 1.9 OTHER PROCEDURAL MATTERS ................................................. 13 2 MAIN FEATURES OF THE PROPOSAL AND SITE ....................... 14 2.1 THE APPLICATION AS MADE ..................................................... 14 2.2 THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SITE ........................................... 16 2.3 THE APPLICATION AT THE CLOSE OF EXAMINATION ......................... 17 2.4 RELEVANT PLANNING HISTORY ................................................. 18 3 LEGAL AND POLICY CONTEXT ................................................. 20 3.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 20 3.2 PLANNING ACT 2008 ............................................................ 20 3.3 NATIONAL POLICY STATEMENTS ................................................ 21 3.4 WELSH LEGISLATION, POLICY AND GUIDANCE ............................... 23 3.5 EUROPEAN DIRECTIVES AND RELATED UK LEGISLATION .................... 26 3.6 OTHER LEGAL AND POLICY PROVISIONS ...................................... 29 3.7 MADE DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDERS ...................................... 31 3.8 TRANSBOUNDARY EFFECTS ..................................................... 32 3.9 OTHER RELEVANT POLICY STATEMENTS ....................................... 32 3.10 LOCAL IMPACT REPORT (LIR) ................................................... 32 3.11 THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND LOCAL POLICY BACKGROUND ............... 33 3.12 THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S POWERS TO MAKE A DCO ..................... 33 4 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN RELATION TO POLICY AND FACTUAL ISSUES ..................... 35 4.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 35 4.2 SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND RESPONSES TO THEM ..................... 35 4.3 MAIN ISSUES IN THE EXAMINATION ........................................... 39 4.4 INTRODUCTION TO LAND AND LAND USE CONSIDERATIONS ............... 42 4.5 OPTION DEVELOPMENT .......................................................... 43 4.6 SITING AND PRIMARY LAND REQUIREMENT ................................... 48 4.7 THE GAS CONNECTION .......................................................... 52 4.8 THE ELECTRICITY CONNECTION ................................................ 56 4.9 OTHER STRATEGIC PROJECTS AND PROPOSALS .............................. 60 4.10 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ............................... 61 4.11 LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACTS ............................................. 61 4.12 HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT ....................................................... 67 4.13 DESIGN ............................................................................ 69 4.14 BIODIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT .................... 70 4.15 AIR QUALITY AND EMISSIONS, DEBRIS AND WASTE ......................... 73 Report to the Secretary of State 2 Wrexham Energy Centre 4.16 COMBINED HEAT AND POWER (CHP) READINESS ............................ 78 4.17 WATER ENVIRONMENT ........................................................... 79 4.18 RISK AND HAZARD MANAGEMENT .............................................. 81 4.19 NOISE AND VIBRATION .......................................................... 84 4.20 TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC ............................................... 88 4.21 SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS .................................................... 89 4.22 OTHER MATTERS ................................................................. 91 5 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN RELATION TO HABITATS REGULATIONS ............................ 92 5.1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................. 92 5.2 PROJECT LOCATION .............................................................. 92 5.3 HRA IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ..................... 93 5.4 ASSESSMENT OF LIKELY SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS RESULTING FROM THE PROJECT, ALONE AND IN-COMBINATION ................................ 94 5.5 CONCLUSIONS .................................................................... 95 6 THE EXA'S CONCLUSION ON THE CASE FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ........................... 97 6.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 97 6.2 CONCLUSIONS ON PLANNING ISSUES ......................................... 97 6.3 THE PLANNING BALANCE ........................................................ 99 7 COMPULSORY ACQUISITION AND RELATED MATTERS ........................................................ 101 7.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 101 7.2 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PLANNING ACT 2008 ........................ 101 7.3 THE REQUEST FOR COMPULSORY ACQUISITION (CA) AND TEMPORARY POSSESSION (TP) POWERS .................................... 102 7.4 THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE POWERS ARE REQUIRED ................ 103 7.5 EXAMINING THE CASE FOR CA AND TP ...................................... 104 7.6 CONSIDERATION OF CA AND TP ISSUES .................................... 107 7.7 THE EXA'S OVERALL CA AND TP CONCLUSIONS ............................ 126 8 DRAFT DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER AND RELATED MATTERS ........................................................ 128 8.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 128 8.2 EXAMINATION OF THE DCO ................................................... 129 8.3 THE STRUCTURE AND OPERATION OF THE DRAFT DCO .................... 131 8.4 UNCONTENTIOUS CHANGES IN THE EXAMINATION ........................ 136 8.5 CHANGES SUBJECT TO CONTENTION ........................................ 137 8.6 OTHER TECHNICAL DRAFTING CHANGES ...................................
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