The list below is a record of advice the Planning Inspectorate has provided in respect of the Planning Act 2008 process.
There is a statutory duty under section 51 of the Planning Act 2008 to record the advice that is given in relation to an application or a potential application and to make this publicly available. Advice we have provided is recorded below together with the name of the person or organisation who asked for the advice and the project it relates to. The privacy of any other personal information will be protected in accordance with our Information Charter which you should view before sending information to the Planning Inspectorate.
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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived. View the archived advice.
General
Enquiry
Query regarding the Carbon Capture Readiness (CCR) and water resources in relation to the proposals for new gas powered generating stations.
Advice given
The applicants for NSIPs have to identify potential issues on how to deal with approaching Carbon Capture Storage (CCS), including availability of the additional land reserved for carbon capture. The applicants need to ensure that sufficient space is available on or near the site to accommodate carbon capture equipment in the future, as required by National Policy Statement for Energy (EN-1), section 4.7.
As the Examining Authority needs sufficient information to consider the issue against the NPS, the applicants are required to provide relevant documents supporting the application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) to authorise the project.
I would suggest that the best starting points are the recent decisions by the Secretary of State (SoS) who has granted development consent for the following applications:
1. South Hook Combined Heat & Power Station (23 October 2014) attachment 1, and
2. North Killingholme Power Project (11 September 2014) attachment 2.
Documents listed below might assist in your research:
South Hook
The applicant submitted the Carbon Capture Readiness Assessment at the application stage: attachment 3
The issues relating to Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) and Carbon Capture Readiness (CCR) have been considered and secured in the Development Consent Order (DCO), which is included in the Examining Authority’s Recommendation Report to the Secretary of State: attachment 4,%20dated%2023%20July%202014.pdf Article 14 of the DCO deals with CCR.
North Killingholme
CCR Feasibility Study and CCS Design Concept Report: attachment 5
ExA’s Recommendation Report: attachment 6,%20dated%2011%20June%202014.pdf The ExA considered water quality and resources (starting at paragraph 4.356), however, separately from CCR issues.
Secretary of State’s Decision Letter: attachment 7.
