PART 1Authorised development
In North Lincolnshire
A nationally significant infrastructure project comprising a generating station as defined in sections 14(1)(a) and 15 of the 2008 Act comprising—
Work No. 1 — a combined cycle plant with a nominal gross electrical output of up to 470 MWe fuelled by gas and including—
(a)one gas turbine within a turbine hall;
(b)one steam turbine within a turbine hall;
(c)one or two electricity generators and one or two transformers within a compound;
(d)a heat recovery steam generator;
(e)a main stack;
(f)two banks of hybrid cooling towers, condenser equipment and auxiliary cooling equipment;
(g)raw and fire water storage tanks;
(h)a raw water treatment plan;
(i)a demineralised water treatment facility;
(j)gas insulated switchgear;
(k)an administration building;
(l)a workshop and warehouse building;
(m)a materials storage facility;
(n)a waste water treatment plant; and
(o)a facility to enable steam-water pass-outs and/or hot-water pass-outs;
Work No. 2a — a gasification facility to enable the processing of solid fuels to produce syngas to supply to the gas turbine comprised in Work No. 1 including—
(a)a gasifier;
(b)a syngas treatment/conditioning facility;
(c)acid gas removal equipment;
(d)sulphur recovery and tailgas treatment equipment;
(e)an electrical switching station;
(f)an air separation unit;
(g)nitrogen storage tanks;
(h)oxygen storage tanks;
(i)fuel milling/drying/preparation and supply equipment;
(j)solid waste removal equipment and storage facilities;
(k)a filter cake storage area; and
(l)a biomass and/or limestone storage area;
Work No. 2b — a flare stack with flares integral to the operation of Work No. 2a;
Work No. 2c — a work comprising equipment to connect Work No. 2a and Work No. 2b;
Work No. 3a — a work comprising a piled platform and equipment for the intake of cooling water required for the operation of Work No. 1;
Work No. 3b — a work comprising pipes and associated infrastructure between Work No. 1 and Work No. 3a to transport cooling water to or from Work No. 1;
Work No. 3c — a work comprising pipes for the discharge of used cooling water from Work No. 1 transported by Work No. 3b;
Work No. 4 — an access road running in a northerly direction from a junction with Haven Road to the southernmost point of Work No. 2a;
Work No. 5 — a railway siding running from a connection to the existing Killingholme Branch Line and then running in a south-westerly direction before running anti-clockwise to termination at a location on the south western boundary of Work No. 1 and a facility for the unloading of trains delivering solid fuel;
Work No. 6a — facilities to enable the unloading of solid fuel from vessels moored at the existing wharf for transport to Work No. 7 by means of Work No. 6b;
Work No. 6b — a pipe conveyor to transport solid fuel from Work No. 6a to Work No. 7;
Work No. 7 — a storage hall for the storage of solid fuel;
Work No. 8 — a new access road commencing at a junction with Haven Road and running in an easterly direction to the southernmost point of Work No. 1;
and in connection with such works and to the extent that they do not otherwise form part of any such work, associated development whether or not shown on the plans referred to in the requirements including—
(a)the removal or modification of the northern drainage pond;
(b)habitat creation;
(c)water supply works, foul drainage provision, surface water management systems, and culverting;
(d)pipes for steam pass outs and/or hot water pass outs within the Order limits;
(e)internal site roads and vehicle parking facilities;
(f)bunds, embankments, swales, landscaping and boundary treatments and fencing;
(g)the demolition of buildings and structures within the Order limits;
(h)the provision of footways; and
(i)lighting columns and lighting.