Environment Agency is minded to issue the permit variation. Public consultation runs from 21 July to 1 September
Viridor South London Ltd has applied to the Environment Agency to vary the current operational permit at their energy recovery facility at Beddington Lane, in Sutton.
The site has a two-stream energy recovery facility in operation and an adjacent waste transfer station. The operators applied for a permit variation last year to allow increased capacity of the energy recovery facility, along with other operational adjustments and the consolidation of two separate environmental permits.
Following its review of comments received from the public consultation in November-December 2022, the Environment Agency is minded to issue the permit variation. However, before making the final decision in whether to grant the permit or not, there will be one more round of public consultation.
If granted, the environmental permit variation will allow Viridor to:
The Environment Agency is inviting views of the public and organisations on the proposed permit variation.
The consultation is open for 6-weeks, from Friday 21 July until Friday 1 September 2023.
Further information on the permit application and details of how to take part in the consultation can be found at: https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/cr0-4td-viridor-south-london-ltd/, available from 21 July.
An Environment Agency spokesperson said:
For further information, please e-mail KSLE@environment-agency.gov.uk.
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