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Public Relations Clean Power Energy Recovery Facility, Shelton Road, Corby Statement of Community Involvement On behalf of Clean Power Properties

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Public Relations

Clean Power Energy Recovery Facility, Shelton Road, Corby

Statement of Community Involvement

On behalf of Clean Power Properties

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Executive summary ..................................................................................3

Consultation process................................................................................4

Conclusion ........................................................................................13

Appendix 1 – Leaflet ..............................................................................14

Appendix 2 – Local press advert ............................................................18

Appendix 3 – Press release ....................................................................19

Appendix 4 – Corby consultation area map ..........................................20

Appendix 5 – Invitation letter................................................................21

Appendix 6 – Public exhibition panels...................................................22

Appendix 7 – Consultation questionnaire .............................................25

Appendix 8 – Media coverage - Northamptonshire Telegraph -

Consultation on revised plans for energy recovery

facility in Corby - 1.6.2016 ..............................................27

Appendix 9 – BBC Northamptonshire interview transcript ..................29

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Contents

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This report has been prepared to accompany the planning application for Clean Power’s proposed

Energy Recovery Facility at its site in Shelton Road, Corby, within the Willowbrook Industrial Estate.

It details the pre‐planning consultation work that the applicants have undertaken with the local

community and the responses received.

The community consultation was undertaken by Quantum Public Relations on behalf of Clean

Power Properties during May and June 2016.

This report sets out the activity that was undertaken to communicate the plans for the proposed

Energy Recovery Facility. The report also contains the feedback that has been received in response

to the consultation. This feedback was received via questionnaire, telephone, website and email.

The plans and the public exhibition were widely publicised through an advert in the local paper

(the Northamptonshire Telegraph, readership 41,304), a press release to local media, individual

leaflets delivered to 3,500 residents and local businesses neighbouring the site, a letter sent to

48 stakeholders, and through the website.

The exhibition was attended by 25 people and nine forms were completed. One questionnaire was

completed online.

This document lists all of the feedback received during the consultation and the appendices

include copies of the consultation materials produced, including; the leaflet, press advert, press

release, exhibition boards, consultation questionnaire and invitation letter, as well as an example

of press coverage published ahead of the exhibition.

1.1 Outline of the report

1.2 Executive Summary

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Executive Summary

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To determine the pre‐application consultation activities, the applicants have followed

Northamptonshire County Council’s Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). The Council has

devised a set of guiding principles for the SCI to make sure that community involvement in the

planning process is as effective as possible.

Northamptonshire County Council’s SCI states:

“Where a proposal is deemed to be significant by the planning authority, developers/applicants will

be expected to undertake community engagement and involvement drawing up their proposals.

Developers/applicants will need to submit with their planning application a ‘Statement of Local

Engagement’ showing how they have engaged in the community in their proposals and how it has

changed as a consequence.

Various methods may be used by developers/applicants in seeking to involve the community at an

early stage in drawing up their proposals. The following methods, and others, could be used to

engage the community:

Letters and leaflets that together with easily readable plans and diagrams explain proposals

in a clear and straightforward manner.

Public meetings.

Public exhibitions.

Citizen’s workshops.”

The purpose of this consultation was to involve Corby residents and stakeholders in the earliest

stages of discussions about the proposed changes to the development. It was considered

important to seek the views of the public on the proposal, and gather any feedback which could be

used to further develop the plans, mitigating any concerns where possible.

2.1 Outline of the process

2.2 Purpose of the consultation

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Consultation process

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Consultation process continued

The objective of the consultation was to engage as widely as possible, but specifically with:

Local residents within a 2.5 mile radius of the site

Local County, Borough and Parish Councillors

Local MP

Local businesses

Stakeholder letter and leaflet

48 key stakeholders were sent a letter (see Appendix 5) outlining details of the proposal and

inviting them to attend the public exhibition from 1pm (one hour before the public were invited)

on 7th June 2016.

These included:

MP for Corby – 1

Northamptonshire County Council (Leader, Deputy Leader, Opposition Leaders, Cabinet Members,

Planning, Development Control Committee Members) – 22

Corby Borough Council (Leader, Deputy Leader, Mayor, Senior Planning Officer, Head of Planning,

Weldon and Gretton Ward Members) – 8

Gretton Parish Council members and Clerk – 10

Clerks of adjoining parish councils (Deene & Deenethorpe; Rockingham; Cottingham; Middleton;

Rushton; Newton and Little Oakley; Weldon) – 7

The letter was accompanied by a four page A5 leaflet, outlining details of the proposed facility.

A copy of the leaflet can be found in Appendix 1.

Telephone and email

A telephone hotline and development email account were established to provide members of the

public with ways in which to ask questions, raise any concerns or make any comments.

2.3 Who we wanted to engage with

2.4 Consultation methods and outcomes

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MP meeting and engagement

Project Manager, Ian Price and Advisor, Charlie Vavasour met with Corby MP, Tom Pursglove on

Wednesday 25th May 2016 to discuss the proposal.

This was followed up with a letter to Mr Pursglove on 9th June 2016 which outlined details on how

the public consultation went, feedback received and where more information could be sought.

Meeting with local ward councillor

Project Manager Ian Price met with Councillor Rob McKellar on 15 June 2016 to discuss the proposals.

Leaflet

A four page leaflet promoting the public exhibition was sent to

3,500 households and businesses within a 2.5 mile radius of the

site. See map, Appendix 4. The leaflet promoted the public

exhibition. Leaflets were also deposited at Corby Library

(pictured right).

Website

A dedicated website was developed to provide information on the proposal and promote the

public exhibition. PDFs of the leaflet and boards used at the exhibition were made available to

download from the site, along with a dedicated FAQs page.

A live version of the website can be viewed at: http://www.corbyrenewableenergy.com/

Exhibition

A public exhibition was held on Tuesday 7th June 2016 from 2pm‐7pm.

25 people attended the exhibition. During the first hour of the event two stakeholders visited the

exhibition: Andrew Royle, Chairman, Gretton Parish Council and Cllr Arthur McCutcheon from

Northamptonshire County Council who sits on the Development Control Committee.

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Consultation process continued

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Exhibition display boards provided information and background about the proposal, details about

the technology and information about the developers. A copy of the boards can be found in

Appendix 6.

Members of Clean Power’s development team were in attendance to welcome visitors and answer

any questions they had.

Visitors to the exhibition were invited to complete a questionnaire giving their views on the

proposal. A copy of the feedback form was also available via the website where it could be

completed online.

Nine forms were completed and one completed online.

A copy of the questionnaire can be found in Appendix 7.

Press release

A press release was issued to local media on 27th May to local media (see Appendix 3). The press

release resulted in coverage on the Northamptonshire Telegraph website along with an in‐depth

radio interview on BBC Radio Northamptonshire (listenership ‐ 93,000).

Advert

An advertisement highlighting the exhibition was placed in the Northamptonshire Telegraph which

came out on Thursday 2nd June (see Appendix 2).

Telephone hotline and email go live 24 May 2016

Write to councillors, MP, Parish Councils 25 May 2016

Deliver leaflet to local residents and businesses 25 May 2016

Launch website page 25 May 2016

Issue press release 27 May 2016

Exhibition advert appears in local press 2 June 2016

Hold public exhibition 7 June 2016

Final date for comments to be included in the report 17 June 2016

Respond to enquiries via email, telephone and letter Ongoing

2.5 Consultation timeline

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Consultation process continued

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Below is a list of comments and questions received between 27th May 2016 – 17th June 2016

Via email – 2

Via telephone – 1

Via questionnaire – 10

Feedback from email

Consultation feedback

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“Dear Sir or Madam,

Please go and find a more suitable site, away from any development, wildlife and good agricultural

areas. Obviously, as you must have guessed from the strength of opposition to previous

applications, it is not wanted.”

“Thank you for your email regarding the proposed Shelton Road Energy Recovery Facility.

Your comments have been logged and noted.”

“In response to your recent queries we can confirm the following:

Clean Power has withdrawn from the Planning Inquiry and will not therefore be submitting any

proofs of evidence.

The Stephenson Way exhibition yesterday presented details of the proposed facility for which we

intend to submit a new planning application.”

1

Feedback 1:

Caller from Corby Power Station

“Keen to see this built, thinks it will be good for the local community. Area needs power”

1

Feedback 1:

2

Feedback 2:

“Hello I wonder if you can tell me about the current Planning Inquiry into the Shelton Road gasification

proposal (PINS Ref APP/K2800/V/16/3143431). Is Clean Power Properties withdrawing from this Planning

Inquiry? Will the exhibition to be held on Tuesday 7th June at The Stephenson Way Community Centre

focus on the same proposals as those being considered at the Inquiry Hearings scheduled for 16th and

17th August? Is Clean Power Properties intending to submit Proofs of Evidence by 19th July?

Thank you in advance for your clarification.

Development

Team

response

Feedback received via hotline

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A feedback form was available as part of the consultation. Eight were completed at

the exhibition, one form was received through the post and one was completed

online. The results can be found below. Please note, comments have been copied

verbatim as per the feedback forms.

1. How did you find out about today’s public exhibition?

Leaflet / poster 4

Internet / website 2

Word of mouth 2

Other 1

(“I’m chair of comms centre”) n

2. Are you aware of the increasing demands

being placed on the country’s energy

network?

Yes 8

No 1

3. Do you believe this proposal presents a positive way to reduce the amount of waste going to

landfill and generate energy?

Yes 4

No 2

Other 3

‘Hoping to believe it would reduce landfill’

‘unsure’

‘concerned of the impact on the

community re: traffic and emissions’ n

Consultation feedback continued

Leaflet

Internet/website

Word of mouth

Other

Yes

No

Yes

No

Other

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Consultation feedback continued

Need for the facility Transport

Air quality

Visual impact

Site suitability

Technology being

proposed

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Consultation feedback continued

5. What are your views on our draft proposals for an energy recovery facility in Corby?

“I am interested in the technology and the procedure and personaly am happy to see it take shape. The Towns

growing and we should be glad o/ it”

“If all what was suggested in less traffic, emission low, on site obs, supply heat, electricity to local area that would

be a plus.”

“This facility is needed because of the impact waste has on the invirontment. It will be an added bonus for Corby.

Hopefully it will go ahead”

“Still unsure about risk as Corby has been plaged with problems from toxic waste before”

“concerned about this being in addition to one already passed nearby on Gretton Brook Road”

“Mixed”

“I believe this plant will have a negative effect on the surrounding areas. the traffic to Weldon near the recycling

center is already problematic and adding multiple HGVs to the traffic will not help this. The surrounding area will be

effected by the gases released by the plant and there is no credible evidence showing this will not be the case.

There are other, more suitable sites this plant could be placed. There has not been enough research into the science

behind gasification to be so near a residential area.”

“I think this plant and process involved is an excellent facility for Corby. Great for the general environment and the

permanent skilled jobs it will create.”

6. Is there anything extra that you would like to see included as part of our proposals?

“Prahaps a mini nature Reserve. To accomadate the local wild‐life”

“the facility seems to have covered everything”

“make emissions data public”

“Fire safety. Fuel Contracts”

“Planning gain to community”

“Traffic impact, property price impact, wildlife impact, amount of c02 released and how this will effect residents,

health impacts on residence from multiple recycling plants in the area.”

After 12‐18 months of running I would like to see a report released by Clean Power of how the plant has been

running. i.e. efficiency, tonnage of rubbish incinerated, power produced etc.

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7.Clean power is committed to supporting local community projects in the areas in which it

operates. At this early stage, we would appreciate your views on local Corby projects that could

benefit from trust funding. What projects would you like to put forward for our consideration?

“?”

“Educational – free transport – local schools”

“Conservation projects eg. Brookfield. Community Solar Panel projects.”

“Woodland regenration”

“support the local area by revoking the application”

“Anything to do with nature and the environment.”

8. Additional comments

“Against it being so close to town and schools, still have major concerns over syngas production”

“Ian Price was very helpful and answered my questions”

“Going out before to school to make aware of recycling – etc”

“Impressed by the presentation, all questions were answered fully, good technical explanation by MR. Talbott.”

One attendee (from a local business) requested more information on:

“fuel envelope.

historic data ‐ existing site.

highways ‐ route ‐ more details.”

Consultation feedback continued

It was good to meet you at the recent public exhibition in Corby. As discussed, please find enclosed the

fuel envelope for our proposed facility – to understand whether your waste stream might be suitable for

our facility you would need to have an analysis of the material carried out by a laboratory that is

accredited for assessing refuse derived fuels. This analysis will show whether your material would

comply with our fuel envelope. An example of a laboratory that can help with this is ESG:

http://www.esg.co.uk/

In terms of the data around performance of plants Biomass Power has built previously and how

the operators of those plants work with their neighbours, it is not something that we have records

of unfortunately. The operators and owners of those plants are required to provide regular data to

the Environment Agency as part of their Environmental Permit conditions and it is the regulator

that holds all of those records. They will also hold records of any issues with the general public or

local businesses that might have given rise to any complaint regarding the operation of a

particular facility.

I trust that this is helpful but please feel free to contact us if you need anything else.

Development

Team

response

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The objective of undertaking a full consultation was to inform Corby residents and stakeholders

about our proposals and to involve them in the process, explain our plans in detail, listen to

feedback and respond to any questions prior to the submission of a planning application.

Our proposals were widely publicised through a range of channels, with over 3,500 local residents

directly communicated with and tens of thousands indirectly via the media and internet.

The feedback that we have received has been useful when preparing our application and several

changes have been made as a direct result of the feedback that we have received, as outlined in

the Planning Statement.

Our engagement programme will not stop with the submission of our planning application. Project

updates will continue to be communicated via the website. The dedicated project hotline, email

address and website will all remain active for anyone interested in our proposals to ask questions

and make comments.

In response to the public consultation Clean Power has provided further information in its planning

application on the following:

Fire safety – both in the design and operation of the proposed facility;

Visitor and Education proposals; and

Community engagement – both during construction and operation of the proposed facility.

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Conclusion

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Appendix 1 – leaflet

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Appendix 2 – press advert

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Appendix 3 – Press release

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2.5 mile radius from site postcode to reach 3,500 addresses

Appendix 4 – Corby consultation data area

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Appendix 5 – Invitation letter

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www.corbyrenewableenergy.com

25 May 2016 Dear

Proposed Energy Recovery Facility at Shelton Road, Corby

Clean Power is intending to submit an application to revise the planning consent granted last year for a modern, clean energy recovery facility at its site in Shelton Road, within the Willowbrook Industrial Estate. You may be aware that Clean Power already benefits from this existing planning consent to build a modern energy recovery facility on the Shelton Road site. However, before commencing construction, we reviewed the project and decided there was a more proven technology that could be used at the facility. Instead of using the gas produced from the waste in an engine to produce electricity, the improved technology we wish to deploy uses the gas to heat water to drive a steam turbine, which then generates electricity. To accommodate the new technology we needed to get permission to slightly increase the size of the building. The amount of waste that will be processed is likely to be less than the consented scheme and the consequent number of vehicle movements fewer than originally planned. We talked to the Planning Team at Northants County Council about these amendments and we agreed they could be made by way of a Section 73 application to vary the existing planning permission, which the County Council resolved to grant, but was subsequently called in by the Secretary of State, triggering a Public Inquiry. Public Inquiries tend to be costly and time consuming for all involved, therefore we have decided to submit a new, full planning application for this project, which includes a comprehensive public consultation programme. To find out more about the proposal we would like to invite you to a public exhibition that is being held on:

Tuesday 7th June 2016 at The Stephenson Way Community Centre, 18-28 Stephenson Way, Corby NN17 1DA

The exhibition will be open specifically for key stakeholders from 1pm and then is open to the local community from 2.00pm to 7.00pm. If you cannot make 1pm you are very welcome to attend the public session. The public exhibition is intended to provide local residents and others interested parties with the opportunity to find out more about the proposal at Shelton Road. Members of the development team will be on hand to discuss the plans and answer questions and will welcome any feedback about the proposal. We hope you can make the exhibition and look forward to meeting you there. If however you are unable to attend, you can find more information about the project at www.corbyrenewableenergy.com or you can contact the development team by email on [email protected] or by calling 0808 168 1678 (freephone). Yours sincerely

Ian Price Project Manager, Corby Energy Recovery Facility Project

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Appendix 8 – Media coverage

Northamptonshire Telegraph ‐ Consultation on revised plans for

energy recovery facility in Corby ‐ 1.6.2016

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interview transcript

On Wednesday 1st June 2016, Project Manager Ian Price (IP) discussed plans for the proposed

facility on BBC Radio Northamptonshire. He was interviewed by Stuart Linnell (SL) on the Breakfast

Show. A copy of the transcript is below:

SL: Last week we heard about the controversial plans for a waste to energy plant in the St James

area of Northampton. Now we are talking about similar plans for a plant in Corby. Planning

permission for a power plant on the Willowbrook Industrial Estate was granted last year but the

plans were called in by the government. Now the company behind the scheme, Clean Power, are to

submit a revised planning application using different technology to that originally proposed, public

exhibition will be held next week. I’ve been talking to Ian Price from Clean Power, tell me how the

new plant will differ from the old one

IP: The new plant will have a different technology, it’s still what’s called advanced conversion

technology, the existing planning consent that we have is for pyrolosis we’re changing that to

gasification, which is a more proven technology.

SL: Just explain if you can briefly, without getting too technical, the difference between the two

technologies

IP: So pyrolosis, you heat your fuel or heat your waste in the absence of any air, gasification uses a

little bit more air, but not the same as a traditional combustion process.

SL: Ok we’ll come back to the technology in a moment, but why submit a new planning application?

IP: We had a discussion with the planning authorities with Northamptonshire County Council last

autumn, and we sought to amend the existing planning consent. That has raised a certain amount

of concern amongst a number of stakeholders including Corby Borough Council, and despite

getting a resolution to grant from Northamptonshire County Council, that decision was called in by

the secretary of state. To try and resolve some of those concerns we’ve decided to submit a brand

new application, along with that comes a full public consultation before the application is

submitted to Northamptonshire County Council, and we think that is the best way of dealing with

concerns that were raised at the time.

SL: Is this a way, actually, of avoiding a costly public enquiry?

IP: Partly, it’s not just costly to us as a developer but it does require a lot of resources from the

public purse, and we’re going to address the issues that we believe would have been raised in the

enquiry in the new planning application.

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SL: Ok, let me raise some issues with you then that are very much, and you’ll have heard this I’m

sure, in the public mind in areas around Northamptonshire where gasification in particular is being

proposed. People fear that what we are talking about is a plant that could be polluting or

dangerous, and they’re concerned about the emissions from it, what can you say to them?

IP: Well, I would say that these plants are safe, they are heavily regulated through a number of

means, the basic legislation that covers combustion facilities is what’s called the industrial

emissions directive, and that regulates very strictly emissions that come from these types of

facilities. In the UK we also have an additional level of control which is, you need an environmental

permit from the Environment Agency. They are the regulator and they can come in and look at

your operation at any time. As part of that regulation there is what’s called a ‘CEMS system’ which

is continuous emissions monitoring, and basically it means that the plant is monitored 24/7, and all

of the emissions from the plant are monitored as part of that process.

SL: And we keep hearing from experts in waste management and waste disposal that this is, as you

say, safe and its not dangerous. However, the objectors to it point to the fact that it’s unproven

technology in the UK. How do you answer that?

IP: The technology we’re employing on this project is British technology, it does have reference

plants in the UK, and in fact they’re building two facilities, two additional facilities in the UK as we

speak, one in Hertfordshire and one in Northern Ireland. One of the investors in both those

projects is the UK’s green investment bank. So I don’t think these sorts of people would be, you

wouldn’t get planning permission, you wouldn’t get the environmental permit, you wouldn’t get

investors like the green investment bank involved if there were any concerns about safety.

SL: And the other two you just mentioned they’ve actually got planning permission and they are

being built are they?

IP: Indeed yes, one down in Hertfordshire and one in Northern Ireland at the moment.

SL: You have a public exhibition next week what will they be able to find out? Can they question

you, for example?

IP: I’ll be along yes, we’re also having a representative from our technology provider coming along

and trying to address some concerns that you’ve just highlighted.

SL: What is the timetable now?

IP: Depending on the results of the public consultation, we’re obviously going to try and take on

board the feedback we get over the coming weeks, but obviously we’ll be looking to try and

submit a planning application early in the summer I would think.

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SL: And have it built and complete by when?

IP: Partly dependent on the subsidy contract on different subsidy that the government has for

these types of facilities, so that will probably take a year to resolve, and then there is a two year

construction period thereafter, so we expect really to be coming on stream in 2020/2021.

SL: That’s Ian Price from the company Clean Power, planning to build that new waste energy plant

on the Willowbrook Industrial Estate at Corby, that public exhibition that we talked about where

you can see the plans and find out more and quiz Ian and those other people that will be there, is

next Tuesday as the Stevenson Way Community Centre in Corby between 2 in the afternoon and

7 in the evening. Stevenson Way, Corby from 2 o’clock and 7 next Tuesday afternoon.