PDE is pleased to announce, on behalf of Symonds Farm Power Limited, that Suffolk County Council have recently granted planning permission for an extension to the existing Anaerobic Digestion and Combined Heat and Power Facility at Symonds Farm in Suffolk.  The extension to the existing facility will comprise a Waste Reception Building for acceptance and processing of bio-degradable waste to be utilised within the Anaerobic Digestion process, as well as additional storage and digestion facilities.

PDE looks forward to continuing to work with Symonds Farm Power Limited with respect to their ongoing operations at Symonds Farm.

PDE are pleased to report, on behalf of Aggmax Limited , the receipt of Duly Made confirmation from the Environment Agency for an Environmental Permit Application for Wetherden Quarry to add inert landfill to the permitting activities. 

PDE looks forward to continuing to work with Aggmax with respect to their ongoing operations at Wetherden Quarry.

The Environment Agency has produced a Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) to say that in certain circumstances, the treatment of asphalt  wastes containing coal tar will no longer require a waste operation permit, where the wastes are subsequently subject to a coating process on the same site under a Part B permit.  The RPS applies to treatment by cold mix processes only. 

The Environment Agency are currently consulting on a revision to the RPS which would seek to limit the sites/ activities that it applies to.

PDE is pleased to report, on behalf of S Walsh and Sons Limited, that the Environment Agency (EA) has issued a Waste Recovery Permit for the importation of 200,000m³ of construction and demolition wastes  in order to provide a platform for future port related development at Dock Road, Tilbury.

The news follows the submission to the EA by PDE of a Waste Recovery Plan and an Environmental Permit application proposing the importation of restoration materials to the site.

PDE is pleased to announce, on behalf of Symonds Farm Power Limited, that Suffolk County Council have recently validated a planning application seeking an extension to the existing Anaerobic Digestion and Combined Heat and Power Facility at Symonds Farm in Suffolk.  The extension to the existing facility will comprise a Waste Reception Building for acceptance and processing of bio-degradable waste to be utilised within the Anaerobic Digestion process, as well as additional storage and digestion facilities.

This will enable the facility to accept a greater range of wastes and secure a sustainable source of renewable energy for the farm as well as the wider area into the future.

PDE is pleased to announce, on behalf of Wight Building Materials Limited, that Isle of Wight Council have issued a Part B Authorisation for the operation of the hot Asphalt Plant at St Georges Down on the Isle of Wight.

The news highlights one of a number of areas where PDE has been working with Wight Building Materials to secure their operations on the Island.

PDE are pleased to announce, on behalf of S Walsh and Sons Limited, that the Environment Agency have approved the Waste Recovery Plan for Stone Pit 1 in Dartford, Kent and in doing so have concluded that the importation of approximately 490,000m3 of inert restoration materials to correct historic problems associated with differential settlement constitutes a recovery operation.

PDE looks forward to continuing to work with S Walsh and Sons Limited with respect to their operations at Stone Pit 1.

PDE is pleased to announce, on behalf of Wight Building Materials Limited, that the Isle of Wight Council (IOWC) have formally confirmed that the majority of the pre-commencement conditions attached to the planning permission for the Mobile Cold Recycling and Inert Waste Recycling Facility and the erection of an Alternative Asphalt Plant have now been discharged.

The news follows extensive negotiation with IOWC with respect to details relating to the pre-commencement conditions.

PDE is pleased to announce, on behalf of Brett Aggregates Limited, that Suffolk County Council (SCC) have formally confirmed their agreement to the postponement of a ROMP at Barham Quarry in Suffolk for a period of 15 years.

The news follows a request made to SCC last year for postponement of the ROMP and subsequent discussion and negotiation over matters relating to the conditions.

PDE looks forward to continuing to work with Brett Aggregates Limited in the future.

PDE would like to congratulate Material Change Ltd on having been selected as the preferred bidder for the treatment of biowaste in Essex by the the Essex Waste Partnership.

Material Change has proposed to use an anaerobic digestion facility to treat household food waste collected by local Essex authorities and a combined anaerobic digestion in-vessel composting facility to treat kerbside collected mixed food and garden waste.

Material Change’s anaerobic digestion in-vessel composting facility is proposed to be built at a site off Courtauld Road in Basildon.

PDE looks forward to continuing to work with Material Change Limited in the future.