CORNWALL ENERGY RECOVERY CENTRE Planning Supporting Statement To accompany a Non Material Amendment to Planning Permission PA18/09693 to install seven electric vehicle charging points at the Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre (CERC). Cornwall Energy Recovery Ltd. April 2021 Cornwall Energy Recovery Cornwall Energy Recovery Project quality assurance information sheet Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre Non Material Amendment to Planning Permission PA18/09693 to install seven electric vehicle charging points. Report status Final Report date April 2021 Prepared by Jonathan Wilson Assistant Planning Manager SUEZ recycling and recovery UK Main Contributors Jonathan Wilson Assistant Planning Manager SUEZ recycling and recovery UK Reviewed by Niall Kelly Planning Manager SUEZ recycling and recovery UK Cornwall Energy Recovery 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 1 2 THE APPLICANT .................................................................................................................................. 3 3 SITE DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................ 4 4 THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................................................... 5 5 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS ............................................................................................. 6 6 PLANNING POLICY CONSIDERATIONS............................................................................................ 7 7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................ 10 Drawings Crc-PLN-0321-01 – Site Location Crc-PLN-0321-02 – Existing Layout (Main car park area) Crc-PLN-0321-03 – Proposed Layout (Main car park area) Crc-PLN-0321-04 - Proposed Elevations Crc-PLN-0321-05 – Existing Layout (Secondary car parking area) Crc-PLN-0321-06 – Existing Layout (Secondary car parking area) Cornwall Energy Recovery 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 This planning supporting statement has been prepared by SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd (SUEZ) on behalf of Cornwall Energy Recovery Ltd. (CERL). This document supports a proposed Non Material Amendment (NMA) to Planning Permission PA18/09693 to install seven electric vehicle (EV) charging points at the Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre (CERC), St Dennis, St Austell, PL26 8DY. A site location plan is shown on drawing reference Crc-PLN-0321-01, which accompanies this application. 1.2 Planning permission for the CERC was granted on appeal on the 19th May 2011, reference APP/D0840/A/09/2113075. The appeal granted planning permission for the erection of waste to energy plant and ancillary development, including a bottom ash facility, bulking up facility, chimney stack, administrative and visitor facilities, gatehouse and weighbridge, vehicle refuelling area, cooling units, parking and circulation areas, security fencing, drainage and landscape works, pipework for heat transfer to existing china clay driers, and other ancillary works, together with site access road, private haul road and bridge river crossing, junctions with existing highways and diversion of footpath at Rostowrack Farm and land at Wheal Remfry and Goovean and Parkandillick Dryers, St Dennis, Cornwall. 1.3 The CERC site was handed over from the construction contractor and became fully operational in March 2017. The CERC has been built as part of the integrated waste contract with Cornwall Council. The facility can generate enough electricity to power 21,000 homes per year for the next 25 years. The site is located near St Dennis in Cornwall. In 2018 CERL amended planning permission APP/D0840/A/09/2113075 to allow deliveries to the site on a Bank Holiday. The permission was further varied in January 2019, planning permission reference PA18/09693, to amend the times where external maintenance can take place. 1.4 SUEZ have recently introduced a sustainable business travel policy with the aim of maintaining business travel to 50% of pre-COVID levels and reducing CO2 emissions by 2,000 tonnes. To support this SUEZ have integrated electric vehicles into the company car policy with the intention of replacing every petrol/diesel powered company car with an electric. The move to electric vehicles is even more relevant now, as the UK government recently announced that the date traditional petrol and diesel vehicles will no longer be sold in the UK gas been reduced further to 2030. 1.5 Schedule 2, Part 2, Class E of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) states that planning permission is not required for the installation of an upstand with an electrical outlet mounted on it for recharging electric vehicles, as long as the area 23/04/2021 Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre Non Material Amendment [1 of 14] Cornwall Energy Recovery is lawfully used for off–street parking. However, Condition 2 of Planning Permission PA18/09693 removes the permitted development rights at the CERC, stating: Notwithstanding the provisions of Part (4) of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) no buildings, fixed plant or machinery shall be located on site without the prior approval in writing by the local planning authority of details of their siting, design and external appearance. 1.6 In accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of The Town and County Planning (Development Management Procedure (England) (Amendment) Order 2015, no Design and Access Statement has been provided. 1.7 This planning statement provides a description of the site, the proposed development, and any other relevant considerations. 23/04/2021 CERC Non Material Amendment Supporting Statement [2 of 14] Cornwall Energy Recovery 2 THE APPLICANT 2.1 This application has been prepared and submitted by SUEZ on behalf of CERL. In October 2006, CERL were awarded a 30-year contract to manage, recycle and recover value from Cornwall’s household waste. The contract includes managing all aspects of Cornwall’s municipal waste treatment and recycling, encompassing the upgrading of existing household waste recycling centres, transfer stations, landfills and other Council owned facilities, as well as the development of a number of new recycling facilities and the CERC for the treatment of residual waste that has not been recycled. CERL work in partnership with Cornwall Council to deliver sustainable integrated waste management solutions for Cornwall. 2.2 SUEZ was established in 1988 and currently employs over 5,000 employees and has an annual turnover in excess of £740 million. SUEZ’s purpose is to protect the environment by putting waste to good use. 2.3 The SUEZ Group is at the dawn of the resource revolution. In a world facing rapid demographic growth, urbanisation and a shortage of natural resources, securing, optimising and renewing resources is essential to our future. SUEZ supplies drinking water to 92 million people, provides wastewater treatment services to 65 million, collects waste produced by almost 50 million, recovers 14 million tonnes of waste each year and produces 5,138 GWh of sustainable energy each year. With 80,990 employees and a presence on all five continents, SUEZ is a key player in the circular economy and the sustainable management of resources. 23/04/2021 CERC Non Material Amendment Supporting Statement [3 of 14] Cornwall Energy Recovery 3 SITE DESCRIPTION 3.1 The permission boundary for the CERC covers a total of 14.6 hectares and is shown on drawing reference Crc-PLN-0321-01, which accompanies this application. 3.2 The CERC site and access road themselves are situated on approximately 8.3 hectares of land located adjacent to Rostowrack Farm, St Dennis and land to the west of the C184 public road from Treviscoe to the Gaverigan roundabout. The site is located south west of St. Dennis, which is within the district of Restormel, Cornwall. 3.3 Immediately to the south east of the site lies a minerals railway and the Goonvean and Parkandillick Dryers operated by IMERYS, a series of industrial buildings for processing the locally extracted china clay. To the south and south west of the development site lies Central Treviscoe and Treviscoe Barton. To the north, east and west of the site lies farmland and farm buildings, including Rostowrack and Bodella Farms. 3.4 The main vehicle access is via the A30 Highgate Hill Interchange, the Gaverigan roundabout, the B3279 and the C184. The site is situated 3km from the junction of the B3279 with the A30 trunk road. 3.5 Access to the CERC is via a purpose-built private road, constructed as part of the proposal in order to avoid traffic passing close to scattered local residences. The private access road leaves the C184 at a point just north of Trerice Bridge, crosses the River Fal and continues through the IMERYS Wheal Remfry China Clay Works, linking back onto a short section of the C184, just west of Central Treviscoe village before branching off again at La Mount Corner via a new priority junction to the site. 3.6 A new footpath has been provided along the northern side of the last section of the access road and the footpath has accommodated the realignment of an existing public Right of Way. The route runs through the CERC site, around the buildings to the north, in order to link the path to the south east corner of the CERC. The footpath Diversion