LS25 6FW, Engie Renewable Gases UK Limited: environmental permit application advertisement – EPR/NP3829LW/A001
Published 24 February 2026
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Details of the application
The Environment Agency has received a new bespoke application for an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 from Engie Renewable Gases UK Limited.
Application number
EPR/NP3829LW/A001
Regulated facility type
Section 5.4 Part A(1)(b)(i) - Application is for a new bespoke installation permit application for the proposed operation of an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Facility at their site in Sherburn-in Elmet. The proposed AD plant will accept up to 100,000 tonnes per annum of feedstock including manure and slurries, maize, silage, whole crop rye, vegetable waste and potato rejects from Home Farm and other local farms. Biogas produced by the digestion process will primarily be upgraded to biomethane for injection into the local gas distribution network, with onsite utilisation in a biogas boiler to provide heat to the site processes when required.
Additionally, carbon dioxide removed from the biogas during upgrading will be exported for use in the food and drinks industry. Two natural gas generators (3MWth) will provide electricity to the plant. The AD facility will meet the definition of an “installation” under EPR Regulations by virtue of the schedule 1, namely Section 5.4 Part A(1)(b)(i) Recovery or a mix of recovery and disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day (or 100 tonnes per day if the only waste treatment activity is anaerobic digestion) involving Biological Treatment.
Regulated facility address
Home Farm Grange
Low Farm
Sherburn in Elmet
LS25 6FW
The application includes:
- the completed application form
- a non-technical summary
- a summary of the management system
- an environmental risk assessment
- proposed operating techniques, including an assessment of best available techniques
- management plans to address any key risks
- modelling and monitoring of any significant emissions to air, land or water
- a report on the condition of the site
- raw material usage and measures for energy efficiency and avoiding waste production
- an assessment of meeting the conditions for a low impact installation
How to view and comment on the application
If you have any comments on the application send these by 24 March 2026.
You can comment:
Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space
Via email: pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk
For advice about how to make a representation or if you are unable to make a representation via e-mail, please call 03708 506 506.
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