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EnviRecover Defends Planning Application

12 May 2011

The decision to call in the EnviRecover planning application by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for his own determination has prompted EnviRecover to defended the planning application, saying it has the local residents' support

Eric Pickles MP, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, made the decision to call in the EnviRecover planning application for his own determination in a move that will necessitate a Public Inquiry to be convened, following which, a Planning Inspector will issue recommendation to the Secretary of State.

As yet no date has been set for the Inquiry. In March Worcestershire County Council planning committee voted unanimously in favour of being "minded to approve" planning permission for EnviRecover.

Commenting on the announcement, Mercia's co-director John Plant said: "We understand that the Secretary of State believes that our planning application raises issues of more than local importance that need further consideration before any final decision can be made to allow EnviRecover to be developed at Hartlebury Trading Estate. However, it is important to recognise our application has received full support from Worcestershire County Council's planning committee and all technical statutory consultees. Furthermore, the locally conducted opinion survey showed that over 90 percent of local residents supported thermal treatment of residual waste."

He continued: "We will provide whatever evidence the Secretary of State needs in order to ensure he has sufficient information to make a decision. We hope that Mr Pickles will ultimately support the locally-elected Councillors in their decision to effectively approve the planning application."

Mercia's other co-director Javier Peiro added: "EnviRecover provides the final step in the integrated waste management system for the two counties. We already manage the household waste recycling centers, composting site and the EnviroSort materials recovery facility in Norton, on behalf of the local residents, and have successfully driven up recycling rates. Recovery is the 4th 'R' after reduce, reuse, recycle in the waste hierarchy and one that manages the tricky issue of waste that cannot be readily recycled or composted".

Energy From Waste

EnviRecover, a 200,000 tonne p.a. Energy-from-Waste facility (EfW), will generate renewable heat and electricity from left over municipal waste significantly reducing the amount of waste that is sent to landfill. If approved by the Secretary of State, the construction of EnviRecover will take around three years. The £120m investment would provide around 30 permanent local jobs and potential heat offtake for use by local businesses.

For more information, please visit www.envirecover.co.uk

Darrel Moore