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The Planning Act 2008 Hirwaun Power Project Examining Authority's Report of Findings and Conclusions and Recommendation To The Planning Act 2008 Hirwaun Power Project Examining Authority’s Report of Findings and Conclusions and Recommendation to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change _______________________________________ Martin Broderick Examining Authority This page intentionally left blank ExA’s findings and conclusions and recommendation in respect of an application for a Development Consent Order for a new gas fired power station with a generating capacity of 299MWe (Hirwaun Power Station) that would operate as a Simple Cycle Gas Turbine (SCGT) plant, together with a new integral Electrical Connection; and a new integral Gas Connection at the Hirwaun Industrial Estate, Hirwaun, Aberdare, South Wales. File Ref EN010059 . The application, dated 21 March 2014, was made under section 37 of the Planning Act 2008 and was received in full by The Planning Inspectorate on 21 March 2014. The Applicant is Hirwaun Power Ltd. The application was accepted for examination on 15 April 2014. A single Examiner, Martin Broderick, was appointed as the Examining Authority on 30 June 2014. The examination of the application began on 24 July 2014 and was completed on 23 January 2015. The development proposed comprises a gas fired power station with a generating capacity of 299MWe (Hirwaun Power Station) that would operate as a Simple Cycle Gas Turbine (SCGT) plant, together with a new integral Electrical Connection; and a new integral Gas Connection at the Hirwaun Industrial Estate, Hirwaun, Aberdare, South Wales. Summary of Recommendation: The Examining Authority recommends that the Secretary of State should make the Order in the form attached. Section Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 4 EXAMINATION PROCESS ............................................................... 4 STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT .......................................................... 6 2 MAIN FEATURES OF THE PROPOSAL AND SITE ................................. 8 THE APPLICATION ...................................................................... 8 POWER GENERATION PLANT .......................................................... 9 GAS CONNECTION ................................................................... 10 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION .......................................................... 11 PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT ................................................ 11 PLANNING HISTORY ................................................................. 12 EUROPEAN SITES .................................................................... 14 3 LEGAL AND POLICY CONTEXT ...................................................... 16 PLANNING ACT 2008, AS AMENDED ............................................... 16 NATIONAL POLICY STATEMENTS ................................................... 16 INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS ........................................................................ 17 EUROPEAN REQUIREMENTS AND RELATED UK REGULATIONS ................. 18 OTHER LEGAL AND POLICY PROVISIONS ......................................... 21 4 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN RELATION TO POLICY AND FACTUAL ISSUES ..................................................................................... 31 MAIN ISSUES IN THE EXAMINATION .............................................. 31 ADEQUACY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT (ES) /ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) ................................................................. 35 CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES ............................................... 36 MITIGATION MEASURES ............................................................. 37 SITING AND LAYOUT, DESIGN AND VISIBILITY .................................. 38 GRID CONNECTION .................................................................. 51 GAS CONNECTION ................................................................... 52 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS ......................................................... 54 OVERALL CONCLUSION ON THE NEED FOR THE PROJECT ...................... 84 5 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN RELATION TO HABITATS REGULATIONS ........................................................................... 85 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 85 PROJECT LOCATION ................................................................. 86 HRA IMPLICATIONS OF PROJECT .................................................. 89 ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS RESULTING FROM THE PROJECT, ALONE AND IN COMBINATION ........................................................................ 90 OVERALL CONCLUSIONS ON THE ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS RESULTING FROM THE PROJECT, ALONE AND IN COMBINATION ..................................... 96 CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES ....................................................... 97 FINDINGS IN RELATION TO EFFECTS ON THE INTEGRITY OF EUROPEAN SITES ......................................................................................... 99 CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS AND IROPI .................... 102 CONCLUSIONS ....................................................................... 104 6 COMPULSORY ACQUISITION AND OTHER LAND MATTERS .............. 106 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 106 THE REQUEST FOR COMPULSORY ACQUISITION (CA) POWERS AND OTHER POWERS .............................................................................. 106 THE LEGISLATIVE AND GUIDANCE CONTEXT .................................... 109 HOW THE EXA EXAMINED THE CASE FOR COMPULSORY ACQUISITION ...... 110 ADEQUACY OF FUNDING ............................................................ 111 THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE LAND AND/OR RIGHTS ARE REQUIRED ..... 113 ALTERNATIVES ....................................................................... 115 SPECIFIC GROUPS OF AFFECTED PERSONS AND TYPES OF LAND .............. 116 THE APPLICANT'S CASE FOR SPECIFIC PARCELS OF LAND ..................... 121 TEMPORARY POSSESSION POWERS .............................................. 127 HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 CONSIDERATIONS ................................. 128 THE EXA'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE GRANTING OF CA POWERS ....... 128 7 DRAFT DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER ...................................... 131 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 131 ARTICLES ............................................................................ 132 SCHEDULE 1 - AUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 142 PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS .......................................................... 144 OTHER SCHEDULES ................................................................. 146 SCHEDULE 2 - REQUIREMENTS ................................................. 147 OTHER LEGAL AGREEMENTS ....................................................... 154 8 SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................ 155 Appendices Contents APPENDIX A EXAMINATION LIBRARY ............................................... 2 APPENDIX B EVENTS IN THE EXAMINATION ...................................... 3 APPENDIX C LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ............................................. 4 APPENDIX D RECOMMENDED DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER ........... 5 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Hirwaun Power Ltd (the Applicant) proposes to develop a gas fired power station with a generating capacity of 299MWe (Hirwaun Power Station) that would operate as a Simple Cycle Gas Turbine (SCGT) plant, together with a new integral Electrical Connection; and a new integral Gas Connection at the Hirwaun Industrial Estate, Hirwaun, Aberdare, South Wales. 1.2 The Hirwaun Power Station will be run as a 'peaking' plant, meaning that it will be required to operate when there is a surge in demand for electricity or where there is a sudden drop in power being generated from other plants which are usually constantly operational. EXAMINATION PROCESS 1.3 The application, dated 21 March 2014, was made under Section 37 of the Planning Act 2008 and was received in full by the Planning Inspectorate on 21 March 2014. The application was accepted for examination on 15 April 2014 [DEC-002]. Twenty Relevant Representations were received in total [RR-01 to RR-020]. 1.4 Hirwaun and Penderyn Community Council (HPCC) submitted a representation requesting to be registered as an Interested Party on 30 May 2014, after the closing date for registration of relevant representations for this project [AS-001]. This request was accepted by the ExA. BNP Paribas also submitted a request to become an Interested Party on behalf of Royal Mail on 15 August 2014 [REP-023]. This submission was accepted by the ExA in to the examination. 1.5 Western Power Distribution (WPD) was removed from the list of Interested Parties for this project as requested by them in writing on 22 August 2014 [REP-009]. 1.6 After reviewing the relevant representations, a review of the project was made, and on 30 June 2014, Martin Broderick was appointed as the Examining Authority (ExA) to conduct the examination of this application. 1.7 The examination of the application began on 24 July 2014 and was completed on 23 January 2015. 1.8 A Preliminary Meeting (PM) was held on 23 July 2014 to which all interested parties were invited [Rule 6 letter of 30 June 2014 DEC- 004]. The letter included a draft timetable for examination and the ExA’s initial assessment of the principal issues arising on the application. 1.9 The ExA issued its first round of written questions on 29 July 2014 [DEC-006].
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