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Respond to the Environment Agency Consultation Today

Respond by 13th December 2024

Respond to the consultation...

The Environment Agency appears to be looking to grant the incinerator and wider facility with a permit to operate. You can have a say in this as outlined on the consultation website here. 

 

Many residents have told us they're not sure what to include. There is some information on the Environment Agency consultation website about the sort of concerns to include.  Below, we have also provided you with several tools to help you respond to the Environment Agency's consultation including template letters. 

Tool 1: Pick your points

  • Complete the form below by unticking the items you do not wish to add to your consultation response (or leave them all in if you wish).

  • There is an 'other' box for you to tick and add your own points if you wish. 

  • Once you press submit, we'll then email you the ticked parts, from there you can paste them into an email or into the Environment Agency's consultation form (links in the email for both options). 

  • We'd suggest you tidy the formating of the points before sending.

Response to consultation: EPR/LP3327SK/A001

Dear Sir/Madam. I write to outline my concerns towards DE11 9EN, R&P CLEAN POWER LIMITED, EPR/LP3327SK/A001. I understand the Environment Agency must consider the technical feasibility of pollution control measures, impacts on sensitive receptors, and the appropriateness of both technology and location when determining permit applications. I have the following concerns:

Untick any boxes above that don't apply. Or leave all ticked if they are relevant.

I would also like to draw your attention to planning application CW9/0623/15, a regularisation under consideration by Derbyshire County Council. This application admits several environmental oversights on the current waste site. The regularisation's Water Resources appendix outlines that such issues 'cannot be resolved retrospectively'. I would consider this relevant to your determination.
Link to regularisation: https://planning.derbyshire.gov.uk/Planning/Display/CW9/0623/15.
The Environment Agency's own guidance document 'The Environment Agency's approach to groundwater protection' (February 2018, Version 1.2) sets out clear principles that make this site unsuitable for an incinerator development. The document emphasises that where potential consequences are serious or irreversible, the Agency will adopt the precautionary principle to protect groundwater.
I trust the Environment Agency will take full account of the above concerns. I feel these are sufficient to dismiss the application outright, as they are too significant to be satisfactorily resolved.

Tool 2: Letter templates

The template letters below might help you to find information you agree and want to use. Or you can use them as they are. Your consultation response can be emailed to PSCpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk or your points can be submitted Q4 of  their online form: https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/de11-9en-r-p-clean-power-limited/consultation/intro/

Posters: Print and Share

We've put together some posters based on the 'word on the street'. Print and share!

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Read our wider objections

Not directly about the permit consultation here's some of the issues the public have identified.

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Template Letter: Short

A short letter with a few issues notes

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Template Letter: Current waste site

Several issues exist on the current site according to planning documents. These may support environment issues to be established.

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Template Letter: Issue raised in geo-environmental survey

This letter focuses on points outlined in the application's own permit documents.

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