Waste to Energy Appeal Approved in Gloucestershire

The secretary of state has approved SITA UK's appeal to the Planning Inspectorate, against the refusal of planning permission for the Severnside Energy Recovery Centre (SERC).

The company submitted its original proposals for the waste to energy facility to South Gloucestershire Council in November 2009 and it was subsequently refused by the Council's Development Control West Committee in June 2010.

In November 2010, SITA UK submitted an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate.

According to the company, the proposed facility, located on a site approximately five miles north of Avonmouth, would be capable of diverting up to 400,000 tonnes of non-recycled commercial and industrial waste per year.

The facility is expected to generate up to 32 MW of electricity - enough to power approximately of 50,000 homes. SITA claim it would also help local businesses by relieving a multi-million pound landfill tax burden. 

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