WRG submits planning application for Calvert incinerator

The Waste Recycling Group has submitted its planning application for an Energy From Waste plant near Lower Greatmoor Farm, Edgcott, to Bucks County Council.

Details of this proposed development as given on the WRG website are:

'Buckinghamshire Energy from Waste Facility, Greatmoor Farm

WRG is proposing to submit a planning application which will include:

The construction of a 300,000 tonnes per annum Energy from Waste (EfW) plant at Lower Greatmoor Farm, to the south of Calvert landfill site
A new access road which will follow the route of a disused railway line to link this directly to the A41 via a new roundabout
The creation of a monocell within the existing permitted landfill for the safe disposal of Air Pollution Control Residues (fly ash) from the plant
An updated landfill restoration scheme for the site and the surrender of the consent for mineral extraction/waste disposal over much of the unworked part of the site'

The application has not yet appeared on either the Bucks County Council or the WRG
websites, as it has not yet been registered by the County Council.

Meanwhile the County Council is due to announce its decision on whether to grant the contract to WRG or Covanta (who are proposing a site in Bedfordshire) on November
29th.

There will be a further meeting of the Calvert Consultation group, which has been established by WRG to share its plans with local parish and council representatives, in December once the County Council's tendering decision is known.