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Riverside Optimisation Project planning application

Update 5 October 2022: 

Non-Material Change planning application

The Riverside Optimisation Project planning application was approved by BEIS in December 2021 (more details provided in the link at the bottom of this page). 

Consequently, an update is required to the Riverside Energy Park Order 2020 (as amended) and an application has been submitted to BEIS today.

More information on this application can be found at www.corygroup.co.uk/media/news-insights/non-material-change-planning-application/ 

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The Riverside Resource Recovery Facility (‘RRRF’) operated by Riverside Resource Recovery Limited (trading as part of the Cory Riverside Energy group (Cory)) is an Energy Recovery Facility (‘ERF’) situated at Norman Road in Belvedere within the London Borough of Bexley (‘LBB’).

Operating since 2011, RRRF has recently been fitted internally with an upgraded operational control system. This technology enables RRRF to be operated more efficiently than its original design when first built.

In order to realise this increased efficiency, the terms of the relevant permissions that RRRF currently operates under needs to be amended.

Consequently, Riverside Resource Recovery Limited is submitting to the Secretary of State for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (‘BEIS’) an application (‘the Application’) under section 36C of the Electricity Act 1989 to:

  • amend the power generation description of RRRF in the 2015 s.36 Variation (reference GDBC/003/00001C-06) to change the energy generation limit from ‘up to 72MW’ to ‘up to ‘80.5MW’;

  • vary the conditions attached to the 2017 Permission for RRRF (reference 16/02167/FUL), to increase the maximum waste throughput from 785,000 tonnes per annum (‘tpa’) to 850,000 tpa; and

  • amend the 2015 s.36 Variation and to incorporate into the new deemed planning permission the amendments authorised by the Secretary of State in the Riverside Energy Park (‘REP’) Development Consent Order (‘DCO’)1 regarding the ash storage area for RRRF and use of the jetty by both RRRF and REP

These changes together are called the Riverside Optimisation Project, or ‘ROP’. More information on RRRF’s existing operations and ROP is provided in application submitted under section 36C of the Electricity Act 1989 and included below, in addition to responses.

Update 17 December 2021: This application has been granted: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/riverside-resource-recovery-facility-variation-to-section-36-consent-electricity-act-1989

Title 50407 Riverside Optimisation Project EIA Report Volume 1 Main Report
Document 1,389KB
Title 50407 Riverside Optimisation Project EIA Report Volume 2 Appendices
Document 357KB
Title 50407 ROP Habitats Regulations Assessment
Document 1,299KB
Title Appendix A.1 Application Site Location Plan Planning Statement
Document 1,251KB
Title Appendix A.2 ROP EIA Scoping Report
Document 4,906KB
Title Appendix A.3 BEIS EIA Scoping Opinion
Document 242KB
Title Appendix A.4 EIA Team Expertise and Qualifications
Document 169KB
Title Appendix A.5 Drawing 2.4A
Document 836KB
Title Appendix A.6 Drawing D1.2
Document 3,586KB
Title Appendix A.7 REP Works Plan Sheet 2
Document 919KB
Title Appendix B.1 Figures
Document 10,948KB
Title Appendix B.2 Predicted Impacts of Primary Pollutants at Human Receptors
Document 691KB
Title Appendix B.4 Note on Public Health and Evidence 50407 Riverside Optimisation Project EIA Report Non-Technical Summary
Document 8,786KB
Title Appendix D.1 Carbon Assessment
Document 889KB
Title Cover Letter – Application for a section 36C variation under the Electricity Act 1989 and a section 90 direction under the TCPA 1990
Document 115KB
Title Planning Statement
Document 2,895KB
Title Regulation 5 and Regulation 22(5) Notice
Document 116KB
Title 001 Appendix R - R - RRRF evidence.pdf
Document 329KB
Title 009 - R - FW Riverside Energy From Waste Facility.pdf
Document 19KB
Title Historic England response - 20 May - redacted(125030312.1).pdf
Document 2,226KB
Title #124089544v1ACTIVE - LBTH - consultation response - redacted(125024876.1).pdf
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Title #125002609v1ACTIVE - RBG letter dated 17 June 2021 - redacted(125024788.1).pdf
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Title 001 R - FW RRRF based at Norman Road. Belvedere DA17 6JY - London Borough of Bexley.pdf
Document 66KB
Title 002 - R - Objection to Cory Riverside Incinerator application for increase in burning capacity.pdf
Document 41KB
Title 003 - R - Objection to Cory Riverside Incinerator application for increase in burning capacity - 2.pdf
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Title 004 - R - FW Objection to Cory Riverside Incinerator application for increase in burning.pdf
Document 46KB
Title 005 - FW Objection to Cory Riverside Incinerator application for increase in burning capacity.pdf
Document 37KB
Title 006 - Appendix - R - OBJECTION TO INCREASED CAPACITY AT RRRF BELVEDERE.pdf
Document 154KB
Title 006 - Appendix 2 - ATTACHMENT A RELATIVE RISK.xlsx
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Title 006 - Appendix 3 - ATTACHMENT B LONDON BOROUGH MAP.pdf
Document 142KB
Title 006 - Appendix 4 - ATTACHMENT C PICTORAL EVIDENCE.pdf
Document 329KB
Title 006 - R - FW OBJECTION TO INCREASED CAPACITY AT RRRF BELVEDERE.pdf
Document 17KB
Title 007 - Appendix - UKWIN Riverside Optimisation Project Objection (June 2021).pdf
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Title 007 - R - FW UKWIN representation regarding RRRF (FAO SoS for BEIS co Kerry Crowhurst Energy Infrastructure Planning Team).pdf
Document 16KB
Title 008 - Appendix - R - GLA response to S36C Variation ROP FINAL 05.07.pdf
Document 4,897KB
Title 008 - R - Application to vary the current section 36(c) of the Electricity Act 1989 consent for the Riverside Resource Recovery Facility.pdf
Document 23KB
Title 009 - R - FW Riverside Energy From Waste Facility.pdf
Document 19KB
Title 010 - Appendix - R - DocAkn01COVID.pdf
Document 233KB
Title 010 - R - FW Planning Application Received 212270K CORY RIVERSIDE RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY NORMAN ROAD BELVEDERE KENT DA17.pdf
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Title 011 - R - FW Highways England Response Riverside Resource Recovery Facility (RRRF) Norman Road Belvedere London DA17 6JY.pdf
Document 95KB
Title 012 - R - FW NE Response - Variation of regulations 5 22(4) 5 - Riverside Energy Park DCO (RRRF) (CO Kerry Crowhurst).pdf
Document 130KB
Title 013 - R - FW Port of London Authority Response (DC 837) Application to vary the current section 36 consent for the Riverside Resource Recovery Facility (RRRF).pdf
Document 86KB
Title 014 - R - RRRF.pdf
Document 561KB
Title Appendix A - Extract from DEFRA 2014 report(125797713.1)
Document 215KB
Title Historic England response 26 May - redacted(125030325.1).pdf
Document 2,277KB
Title Jon Cruddas MP to SofS(124148539.1).pdf
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Title Riverside Optimisation Project - Clarification Document in response to responses - 16 August 2021(125797506.1) (3)
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