Notice

PL6 7BW, Biomass UK No.4 Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/BP3124SC/A001

Published 1 February 2024

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The consultation period for this application has ended. You can view current permits on the Public Registers.

Applies to England

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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 Biomass UK No.4 Limited.

Application number

EPR/BP3124SC/A001

Regulated facility type

S5.1 A(1) (b) incineration of non haz waste in a waste incineration plant with a capacity of 3 tonnes per hour or more.
The site has been both previously operated and permitted by the previous plant owners and operators, Dartmoor Bio Power Limited (DBPL), under environmental permit number EPR/XP3134AW, using waste wood as a feedstock for gasification. Following DBPL entering into administration in 2018, the site was closed and permit duly surrendered by the Environment Agency (EA) on the behalf of the company.

Regulated facility address


Plymouth EfW Facility
Units 21-29
1 Belliver Way
Roborough
Plymouth
PL6 7BW

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

How to view and comment on the application

If you have any comments on the application send these by 29 February 2024.

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.

The Environment Agency will normally put any comments it receives on the public register. This includes your name but not your personal contact details. Please tell us if you do not want your response to be public.

The privacy notice for permit applicants/operators can be viewed at Privacy Notice

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