Paragraph 16 Fuel TypeI1
England, Wales and Scotland
Only refuse derived fuel comprising of processed waste from municipal, household, commercial and industrial sources may be used in the combustion system in Work No. 1 (b), except for the purposes of start-up or support firing when gas or fuel oil may be used.
Not less than—
350,000 tonnes; or
50%,
of the refuse derived fuel processed at the authorised development per operational year (whichever is the lower) must originate from within the waste area unless otherwise agreed by the relevant planning authority.
From the date of coming into operation of Work No. 1 (ERF) until the date Work No. 1 (ERF) has been decommissioned in accordance with F1requirement 17 (Decommissioning) (unless otherwise agreed by the relevant planning authority), the undertaker must maintain a written record, retained at the authorised development, of the quantity of the refuse derived fuel received from the waste area treated by the authorised development for each operational year.
From the date of coming into operation of Work No. 1 (ERF) until the date Work No. 1 (ERF) has been decommissioned in accordance with requirement 17 (Decommissioning) (unless otherwise agreed by the relevant planning authority), on or prior to 1 February each year, the undertaker must provide to the relevant planning authority a report for the preceding operational year (the “waste catchment report”). The waste catchment report must identify the total tonnage of refuse derived fuel received from the waste area processed at the authorised development for the operational year.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 2 para. 16(3)(4) substituted (15.5.2026) by The North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park (Correction) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/533), arts. 1, 2, Sch.
Commencement
- I1
Sch. 2 para. 16 in force at 4.4.2025, see art. 1