Rookery South http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/ 2010-02-19T10:42:13Z Preliminary Environmental Report Non Technical Summary http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-nts.html 2010-02-19T10:42:13Z

<a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/Rookery_South_RRF-PER_NTS.pdf">Rookery South RRF Preliminary Environmental Report Non Technical Summary</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/NTS_Figure_01_Site%20Location.pdf">Figure 01 - Site Location</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/NTS_Figure_02_Proposed_Application%20Site_and_Surrounding_Area.pdf">Figure 02 - Proposed Application Site and Surrounding Area</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/NTS_Figure_03_Low_Level_Restoration_Scheme.pdf">Figure 03 - Low Level Restoration Scheme</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/NTS_Figure_04_Preliminary_Layout_for_Operations_Area.pdf">Figure 04 - Preliminary Layout for Operations Area</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/NTS_Figure_05_EfW_Facility_Preliminary_Computer_Generated_Images.pdf">Figure 05 - EFW Facility Preliminary Computer Generated Images</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/NTS_Figure_06_Proposed_Waste_Catchment_Area.pdf">Figure 06 - Proposed Waste Catchment Area</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/NTS_Figure_07_Prelim_Landscape_and_Ecol_Strategy.pdf">Figure 07 - Preliminary Landscape and Ecology Strategy</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/NTS_Figure_08_Fixed_Design_Parameters.pdf">Figure 08 - Fixed Design Parameters</a> Preliminary Environmental Report http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/preliminary-environmental-report.html 2010-02-19T10:42:21Z

<a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/Chapter_1_Foreword_and_Introduction.pdf">Chapter 1 - Foreword and Introduction</a> <a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-chapter-2.html">Chapter 2 - The Proposed Application Site and the Proposed Development</a> <a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-chapter-3.html">Chapter 3 - Design Development and Consideration of Alternatives</a> <a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-chapter-4.html">Chapter 4 - The EIA Process</a> <a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-chapter-5.html">Chapter 5 - Transport and Access</a> <a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-chapter-6.html">Chapter 6 - Air Quality and Human Health</a> <a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-chapter-7.html">Chapter 7 - Noise</a> <a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-chapter-8.html">Chapter 8 - Landscape and Visual</a> <a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-chapter-9.html">Chapter 9 - Cultural Heritage</a> <a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-chapter-10.html">Chapter 10 - Ecology and Nature Conservation</a> <a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-chapter-11.html">Chapter 11 - Land and Water Quality</a> <a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-chapter-12.html">Chapter 12 - Hydrology and Flood Risk</a> <a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-chapter-13.html">Chapter 13 - Socio Economics</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/Chapter_14_Other_Issues_Considered.pdf">Chapter 14 - Other Issues Considered</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/Chapter_15_Summary_Next_Steps.pdf">Chapter 15 - Summary and Next Steps</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/Preliminary_Environmental_Report-Appendix_A.pdf">Appendix A - Project Documents Available from the Covanta Website</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/Preliminary_Environmental%20Report_Appendix_B.pdf">Appendix B - IPC Scoping Opinion</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/Preliminary_Environmental_Report_Appendix_C.pdf">Appendix C - Response to IPC Scoping Opinion</a> <a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-appendix-d.html">Appendix D - Alternative Site Assessment Information</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/Preliminary_Environmental%20Report_Appendix_E.pdf">Appendix E - Transport and Access</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/Preliminary_Environmental_Report_Appendix_F.pdf">Appendix F - Air quality</a> <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Preliminary%20Environmental%20Report/Preliminary_Environmental%20Report_Appendix_G.pdf">Appendix G - Noise Survey Report</a> <a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/per-nts.html">Preliminary Environmental Report Non Technical Summary</a> Rookery South Resource Recovery Facility Project http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/rookery-south-resource-recovery-facility-project.html 2010-03-05T15:33:22Z

<h2>Public Consultation Days</h2> Saturday 6th March Millbrook Village Hall 10am – 6pm Friday 12th March Marston Moretaine Village Hall 10am – 6pm Saturday 13th March Houghton Conquest Village Hall 10am – 5pm Sunday 14th March Parkside Hall, Ampthill 10am – 6pm Saturday 20th March Stewartby Village Hall 10am – 6pm <h2>About the Project</h2> Covanta Energy is proposing to build an Energy from Waste (EfW) and Materials Recovery Facility at Rookery South Pit near Stewartby in Bedfordshire, capable of using household and business waste leftover after recycling as a fuel to generate heat and electricity. The proposals include plans to develop and operate an Energy from Waste facility and post-treatment Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) at the Rookery South Pit site. The project also includes a new access and junction upgrade from Green Lane, Stewartby, extensive landscaping and ecological habitat creation, improvements to rights of way, an underground electricity grid connection and a visitor centre. The provision of a new footbridge over the Marston Vale railway line and improvements to the Green Line railway level crossing in Stewartby are also being considered. The proposed facility – known as Rookery South Resource Recovery Facility – will convert on average 585,000 tonnes of residual waste per year into 65MWe of electricity, of which 55MWe would be exported to the national grid. That’s enough electricity to meet the needs of Bedford and the Marston Vale (about 82,500 homes). There are also excellent opportunities to supply surplus heat to nearby developments such as NIRAH and Center Parcs. Covanta believes that developing a facility capable of handling both household and business waste from Bedfordshire and Luton (primarily) and other nearby areas will maximise environmental and economic benefits of scale and offer a value for money solution to the taxpayer. To achieve even greater environmental benefits, Covanta is proposing the Materials Recovery Facility to recover valuable metals and secondary aggregate post treatment in the EfW facility. Overall the facility will recover value from approximately 96% of the waste it treats while simultaneously reducing reliance on costly unsustainable landfill and helping Bedfordshire to meet its recovery and renewable energy targets. As the facility is principally a power station generating over 65MW of electricity per year, the application will be decided by the new <a href="http://infrastructure.independent.gov.uk/">Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC)</a> in consultation with regulatory authorities, the local councils and the local community. Integrating the proposed facility into the wider Marston Vale landscape and community through careful design and consultation is a key objective and Covanta has already hosted extensive local consultation and information events in 2009 and is continuing to keep local people informed through five more exhibitions in March 2010. This new round of consultation builds on the work Covanta has already done in explaining its proposals and listening to the views it has received. Covanta has also established a Community Liaison Panel to provide local people with a chance to find out about the Project's progress and to feedback on the issues most important to the local community. Please check back regularly for updates and more information as the Project progresses. Email: <a href="mailto:RookerySouth@covantaenergy.co.uk">RookerySouth@covantaenergy.co.uk</a> Click <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Rookery%20South%20RRF%20Artist's%20Impression%20(for%20web).jpg">here</a> to view an artist's impression of the proposed facility. <h2>Updates on Proposal</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/A3%20Rookery%20IPC%20poster.pdf">Rookery South RRF Consultation Exhibition Poster March 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Covanta%20IPC%20A5%20Policy%20Handout_Web.pdf">Preliminary Assessment of Planning and other Policy Context for Rookery South Resource Recovery Facility March 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Covanta-Rookery-IPC-Exhibition-WEB.pdf">Rookery South RRF Consultation Exhibition Boards March 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Exhibition-Leaflet-A4-WEB.pdf">Rookery South RRF Consultation Exhibition Leaflet March 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Covanta-A4-Feedback-Form-WEB.pdf">Rookery South RRF Consultation Exhibition Feedback Form March 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Resource%20Recovery%20Facility%20-%20public%20exhibition%20March%202010.pdf">Rookery South RRF Consultation Exhibition Letter March 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20RRF%20Consultation%20Exhibition%20Boards%20JulyAugust%202009.pdf">Rookery South RRF Consultation Exhibition Boards July/August 2009</a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20RRF%20Proposal%20Summary%20Leaflet%20JulyAugust%202009.pdf">Rookery South RRF Proposal Summary Leaflet July/August 2009</a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Consultation%20days.pdf">Public Consultation Days July 10, 11, 12 and August 14, 15, 16 2009 </a></li> <li>Please click <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/27330386_2_UKMATTERS%20SOCC%20doc%20-%20FINAL.pdf">here</a> to view the Statement of Community Consultation explanatory note.</li> <li>Please click <a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/27330386_2_UKMATTERS%20SOCC%20doc%20appendices%20-%20FINAL.pdf">here</a> to view the appendices that accompany the Statement of Community Consultation explanatory note.</li> </ul> ROOKERY SOUTH RRF COMMUNITY LIAISON PANEL http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/rookery-south-rrf-community-liaison-panel.html 2009-12-02T13:06:42Z

<ul> <li><a href="/site/rookerysouth/clp-meeting-agendas.html">CLP MEETING AGENDAS </a></li> <li><a href="/site/rookerysouth/clp-meeting-minutes.html">CLP MEETING MINUTES</a></li> <li><a href="/site/rookerysouth/clp-members.html">CLP MEMBERS</a></li> </ul>   CLP Meeting Agendas http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/clp-meeting-agendas.html 2009-11-25T14:49:57Z

<ul> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/AG01%20Rookery%20South%20Community%20Liaison%20%20Panel%20Agenda%20Meeting%201.pdf">Meeting 1: Rookery South RRF Community Liaison Panel Agenda 22 September 2009 </a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/AG02%20Rookery%20South%20Community%20Liaison%20%20Panel%20Agenda%20Meeting%202.pdf">Meeting 2: Rookery South RRF Community Liaison Panel Agenda 6 October 2009</a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/AG03%20Rookery%20South%20Community%20Liaison%20%20Panel%20Agenda%20Meeting%203%20-%20Oct%2020th.pdf">Meeting 3: Rookery South RRF Community Liaison Panel Agenda 20 October 2009</a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/AG04%20Rookery%20South%20Community%20Liaison%20%20Panel%20Agenda%20Meeting%204.pdf">Meeting 4: Rookery South RRF Community Liaison Panel Agenda 16 November 2009</a></li> </ul> CLP Meeting Minutes http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/clp-meeting-minutes.html 2010-01-17T15:32:59Z

<ul> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/CR01%20Rookery%20South%20Community%20Liaison%20%20Panel%20Notes%20Meeting%201.pdf">Meeting 1: Rookery South RRF Community Liaison Panel Minutes 22 September 2009</a></li> <li><a href="/site/rookerysouth/meeting-1-supporting-documents.html">Meeting 1: Supporting Documents </a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/CR02%20Meeting%202%20Notes%20Rookery%20South%20CLP%20-%206th%20October%202009.pdf">Meeting 2: Rookery South RRF Community Liaison Panel Minutes 6 October 2009</a></li> <li><a href="/site/rookerysouth/meeting-2-supporting-documents.html">Meeting 2: Supporting Documents</a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/CR03%20%20CLP%20Meeting%203%20Notes.pdf">Meeting 3: Rookery South RRF Community Liaison Panel Minutes 20 October 2009</a></li> <li><a href="/site/rookerysouth/meeting-3-supporting-documents.html">Meeting 3: Supporting Documents</a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Meeting%204%20-%20Rookery%20South%20RRF%20Community%20Liaison%20Panel%20Minutes%2016%20November%202009.pdf">Meeting 4: Rookery South RRF Community Liaison Panel Minutes 16 November 2009</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/meeting-4-supporting-documents.html">Meeting 4: Supporting Documents</a></li> <li><a href="/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/Meeting%205%20Rookery%20South%20RRF%20Community%20Liaison%20Panel%20Minutes%2014%20December%202009.pdf">Meeting 5: Rookery South RRF Community Liaison Panel Minutes 14 December 2009 </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/meeting-5-supporting-documents.html">Meeting 5: Supporting Documents </a></li> </ul>   CLP TERMS OF REFERENCE http://covantauk.missiondata.net/uploads/28/File/Rookery%20South%20Information/CLP%20Terms%20of%20Reference%20(%20for%20web).pdf 2009-12-01T10:59:44Z

CLP Members http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/site/rookerysouth/clp-members.html 2010-03-04T10:27:37Z

<table height="373" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="468" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Nigel Milway</td> <td>Chair of "Revamp" Ampthill</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hugh Roberts</td> <td>MMAG</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Barry Halton </td> <td>Volunteer with Beds CPRE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kim Hewlett</td> <td>Head Teacher, Broadmead Lower School</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tony Talbot</td> <td>MD Forest of Marston Vale</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tim Hill</td> <td>Bedford Borough Councillor</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gary Summerfield</td> <td>Ampthill Town Council/Central Befordshire Councillor</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lisa Frangiamore</td> <td>Houghton Conquest Parish Council</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jennie Thomas</td> <td>Millbrook Parish Meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td>David Cooper</td> <td>Stewartby Parish Council</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Alan Barnard</td> <td>Maulden Parish Council</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Peter Neale</td> <td>Marston Moreteyne Parish Council</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Richard Franceys</td> <td>Resident</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ed Hiam</td> <td>Resident</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ian Tomkins</td> <td>Resident (past member)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Covanta Representatives</td> <td>As appropriate - see individual meeting minutes for attendance</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kate Fairweather</td> <td>Independent Chair</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>   IPC Environmental Scoping Report 2009 http://www.covantaenergy.co.uk/uploads/28/File/Environmental%20impact%20assessment%20scoping%20report.pdf 2010-01-05T15:29:43Z

Rookery South Resource Recovery Facility Project

Public Consultation Days

Saturday 6th March
Millbrook Village Hall 10am – 6pm

Friday 12th March
Marston Moretaine Village Hall 10am – 6pm

Saturday 13th March
Houghton Conquest Village Hall 10am – 5pm

Sunday 14th March
Parkside Hall, Ampthill 10am – 6pm

Saturday 20th March
Stewartby Village Hall 10am – 6pm

About the Project

Covanta Energy is proposing to build an Energy from Waste (EfW) and Materials Recovery Facility at Rookery South Pit near Stewartby in Bedfordshire, capable of using household and business waste leftover after recycling as a fuel to generate heat and electricity.

The proposals include plans to develop and operate an Energy from Waste facility and post-treatment Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) at the Rookery South Pit site.

The project also includes a new access and junction upgrade from Green Lane, Stewartby, extensive landscaping and ecological habitat creation, improvements to rights of way, an underground electricity grid connection and a visitor centre. The provision of a new footbridge over the Marston Vale railway line and improvements to the Green Line railway level crossing in Stewartby are also being considered.

The proposed facility – known as Rookery South Resource Recovery Facility – will convert on average 585,000 tonnes of residual waste per year into 65MWe of electricity, of which 55MWe would be exported to the national grid. That’s enough electricity to meet the needs of Bedford and the Marston Vale (about 82,500 homes). There are also excellent opportunities to supply surplus heat to nearby developments such as NIRAH and Center Parcs.

Covanta believes that developing a facility capable of handling both household and business waste from Bedfordshire and Luton (primarily) and other nearby areas will maximise environmental and economic benefits of scale and offer a value for money solution to the taxpayer. To achieve even greater environmental benefits, Covanta is proposing the Materials Recovery Facility to recover valuable metals and secondary aggregate post treatment in the EfW facility.

Overall the facility will recover value from approximately 96% of the waste it treats while simultaneously reducing reliance on costly unsustainable landfill and helping Bedfordshire to meet its recovery and renewable energy targets.

As the facility is principally a power station generating over 65MW of electricity per year, the application will be decided by the new Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) in consultation with regulatory authorities, the local councils and the local community.

Integrating the proposed facility into the wider Marston Vale landscape and community through careful design and consultation is a key objective and Covanta has already hosted extensive local consultation and information events in 2009 and is continuing to keep local people informed through five more exhibitions in March 2010. This new round of consultation builds on the work Covanta has already done in explaining its proposals and listening to the views it has received. Covanta has also established a Community Liaison Panel to provide local people with a chance to find out about the Project's progress and to feedback on the issues most important to the local community.

Please check back regularly for updates and more information as the Project progresses.

Email: RookerySouth@covantaenergy.co.uk

Click here to view an artist's impression of the proposed facility.

Updates on Proposal

Rookery South RRF Consultation Exhibition Poster March 2010
Preliminary Assessment of Planning and other Policy Context for Rookery South Resource Recovery Facility March 2010
Rookery South RRF Consultation Exhibition Boards March 2010
Rookery South RRF Consultation Exhibition Leaflet March 2010
Rookery South RRF Consultation Exhibition Feedback Form March 2010
Rookery South RRF Consultation Exhibition Letter March 2010
Rookery South RRF Consultation Exhibition Boards July/August 2009
Rookery South RRF Proposal Summary Leaflet July/August 2009
Public Consultation Days July 10, 11, 12 and August 14, 15, 16 2009
Please click here to view the Statement of Community Consultation explanatory note.
Please click here to view the appendices that accompany the Statement of Community Consultation explanatory note.