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- AECOM
- Date advice given
- 12 August 2010
- Enquiry type
Further to our conversation I have a client who wished to construct a anaerobic digestion plant for the production of bio-fuels. Therefore I was wondering if you could provide any advice on what thresholds there are for such a plant and what limits would determine whether the application would go to the IPC or be determined by the Local Authority.
I have a project meeting on Friday morning so any advice you could provide by then would be most appreciated. If you could also indicate the name of a relevant case officer who will be dealing with this type of application so I may have a point of contact for the future.
Advice given
Thank you for your email, addressed to my colleague, Jeffery Penfold, regarding whether or not a proposed anaerobic digestion plant would represent a nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP) for the purposes of the 2008 Act.
It is not within the jurisdiction of the IPC to confirm whether a specific project is a NSIP. The definitions and thresholds are identified within Part 3 of the Planning Act 2008, and your client should obtain his or her own legal advice upon which he or she can rely.
We may be able to provide additional guidance if you are able to provide us with more information about the proposed development, and expand upon why you believe it may constitute a NSIP. Please be aware that any advice we give about making an application or a representation about an application will be published on our register of advice, on our website.