The Boston Alternative Energy Facility Order 2023

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1 AUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT

A nationally significant infrastructure project as defined in section 14(1)(a) (nationally significant infrastructure projects: general) and section 15 (generating stations) of the 2008 Act being a generating station with a capacity of over 50 megawatts but below 300 megawatts and associated development under sections 115(1) and (2) (development for which development consent may be granted) of the 2008 Act comprising all or part of—

In the Borough of Boston, Lincolnshire

Work No 1 — Works to construct a power generation facility—

(a) Work No. 1A — an energy recovery facility with a capacity to process up to 1,200,000 tonnes of waste refuse derived fuel per calendar year including—

(i) fuel reception and storage facilities consisting of a bale shredding facility, solid fuel storage bunker, cranes and handling equipment;

(ii) up to three waste processing lines, each line including a feed hopper, ram feed, air cooled moving grates, a boiler and steam systems, combustion air systems and flue gas treatment facilities including air pollution control residues and reagent storage silos and tanks;

(iii) associated induced fans and emissions control monitoring systems per line;

(iv) one emission stack per line;

(v) dedicated steam turbine connected to each line;

(vi) integrated protection system and uninterruptable power supplies;

(vii) air cooled condenser array;

(viii) connection from exhaust stacks from lines one and three to Work No. 1C for capture of carbon dioxide and return connection for waste exhaust gases; and

(ix) conveyors to transfer bottom ash and boiler ash to ash processing facility (Work No. 1B).

(b) Work No. 1B — an ash processing building with a capacity to process up to 200,000 tonnes of bottom ash and boiler ash per calendar year including—

(i) ash storage facilities to receive ash from Work No. 1A;

(ii) ash processing facilities to prepare ash for transfer to the lightweight aggregates facility (Work No. 2);

(iii) ferrous magnet system and storage for separated ferrous material;

(iv) solar photovoltaic panels on all or part of Work No.1B building roof including switchgear, inverters, transformers and permanent equipment for maintenance to deliver power to the authorised development; and

(v) conveyor system for transfer of processed ash and air pollution control residues to Work No. 2.

(c) Work No. 1C — two carbon dioxide processing units, consisting of a carbon dioxide processing unit, storage tanks, vehicle connection points, return connection to stack for lines one and three.

Work No. 2 — Works to construct a lightweight aggregate manufacturing facility with a capacity to process up to 300,000 tonnes of aggregate per calendar year including—

(a) storage silo facilities for lightweight aggregate processing lines;

(b) four processing lines; each line including a feed hopper, mixer units, trefoil kiln, and flue gas treatment facilities including air pollution control residues and reagent storage silos and tanks;

(c) associated induced fans and emissions control monitoring systems per line;

(d) two filter banks and two emission stacks;

(e) storage silos for storing manufactured lightweight aggregate pellets; and

(f) sealed storage pits, drainage and sump facilities for storing up to 190,000 tonnes of imported clay per calendar year, and up to 10,000 tonnes of sediment dredged from The Haven during maintenance dredging activities per calendar year for use in the lightweight aggregates manufacturing process.

Work No. 3 — Works to construct an electrical substation—

(a) Work No. 3A — on-site below ground trenches, ducting and jointing pits; and above ground structures including switchgear, and transformer, busbar sections, integrated protection scheme and uninterruptable power supplies; connection from power generation turbine facility (Work No 1A); and

(b) Work No. 3B — construction of a new pylon; and connection to 132kV pylon for export of power from the power generation facility (Work No. 1A); and incoming connection point from the grid.

Work No. 4 — Works to construct a wharf facility with a capacity to receive up to 1,200,000 tonnes of waste refuse derived fuel and imported clay and sediment, and export up to 300,000 tonnes lightweight aggregates per calendar year including—

(a) 400m long wharf structure forming 7.2m AOD. flood defence line containing up to three berthing points and scour protection;

(b) cranes and refuse derived fuel bale handling equipment;

(c) two conveyor lines (both partially open for loading, then covered sections) to transfer waste refuse derived fuel bales to Works No. 1A, including thermal cameras;

(d) wharf ramp structure;

(e) bale contingency storage area;

(f) re-baling facility;

(g) bale quarantine area;

(h) conveyor and handling equipment for loading ships with manufactured aggregate;

(i) shore to ship power facility; and

(j) storage areas for mobile plant equipment, including mobile cranes and forklift trucks.

Work No. 5 — Works to construct or install supporting buildings and facilities, including—

(a) diesel storage tanks;

(b) process effluent storage tank;

(c) demineralised water treatment plant;

(d) fire water tank(s), pump room(s) and fire protection facilities;

(e) control rooms;

(f) administration block(s) including welfare facilities;

(g) distributed control system;

(h) workshop(s) and associated stores;

(i) machinery storage facilities;

(j) security gatehouses and barriers;

(k) weighbridges;

(l) heavy goods vehicle holding area;

(m) storage for on-site mobile equipment;

(n) external fuel container storage area;

(o) visitor centre;

(p) 33kv transformers to distribute power from Work No. 3; and

(q) emergency stand-by generator(s).

Work No. 6 — Works to construct and install supporting infrastructure, including—

(a) pipework (including flow/return pipework), cables, telecommunications, other services and associated infrastructure;

(b) site drainage, waste management, water, wastewater, other services and associated infrastructure;

(c) new or alteration to accesses, a vehicular access road and internal vehicular access road, vehicle turning, waiting and parking areas and site pedestrian access routes;

(d) a footbridge on Boston Public Footpath 14 between OSGR TF3374542872 to OSGR TF3400742238 and OSGR TF3400742238 to OSGR TF3417242188 to allow safe pedestrian passage over certain site roads; and

(e) operational vehicle parking.

Work No. 7 — Works to construct temporary construction compounds including—

(a) hard standing;

(b) vehicle parking;

(c) office accommodation block(s) and welfare facilities;

(d) new or alteration to accesses;

(e) concrete batching plant, generators, aggregates storage area and temporary aggregates conveyor from the wharf to the concrete batching plant; and

(f) construction areas.

In connection with and in addition to Work Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 to the extent that it does not otherwise form part of those Work Nos., further associated development within the Order limits including—

(a) lighting infrastructure, including perimeter lighting columns;

(b) fencing, boundary treatment and other means of enclosure;

(c) signage;

(d) CCTV and other security apparatus;

(e) surface and foul water drainage facilities;

(f) potable water supply;

(g) new telecommunications and utilities apparatus and connections;

(h) hard and soft landscaping;

(i) biodiversity enhancement measures and environmental mitigation measures;

(j) works permanently to alter the position of existing telecommunications and utilities apparatus and connections;

(k) works for the protection of buildings and land; and

(l) site establishment and preparation works, including site clearance (including temporary fencing and vegetation removal), earthworks (including soil stripping and storage and site levelling) and excavations, the creation of temporary construction access points and the temporary alteration of the position of services and utilities apparatus and connections,

and such other buildings, structures, works or operations, and modifications to, or demolition of, any existing buildings, structures or works as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with the construction, operation and maintenance of the works in this Schedule 1, but only within the Order limits and insofar as they are unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects from those assessed in the environmental statement.