Landscape Susceptibility in relation to Energy Generation, Storage and Transmission - SPD

Object

Representation ID: 4329

Received: 20/08/2025

Respondent: Norfolk County Council - Minerals and Waste Team

3.1. Norfolk County Council as the Minerals and Waste Planning Authority for Norfolk are concerned that the SPD on ‘landscape susceptibility in relation to energy generation, storage and transmission’ includes policy guidance in relation to waste management development which are County Matters to be determined by the County Planning Authority and not by South Norfolk Council. Therefore, we advise that the following changes must be made to the SPD:
3.2.The SPD includes AD Plants; whether an AD plant is a waste management development and a County Matter, or not, is determined by the feedstock. Therefore, it should be made clear within the SPD that the SPD is only applicable to the type of AD plants that are not waste management developments as these applications would be determined by the County Planning Authority in accordance with policies in the Minerals and Waste Local Plan.

3.5.Paragraph 4.6.2 states that AD Plants can be classified into two general categories and includes those receiving waste feedstock. It should be made clear in the SPD that the SPD does not cover any AD Plants that receive waste as a feedstock because these would be waste management developments and County matters to be determined by the County Planning Authority.

Support

Representation ID: 4330

Received: 20/08/2025

Respondent: Norfolk County Council - Minerals and Waste Team

3.3. Paragraph 4.2.3 refers to landfill gas projects – these would be waste management developments to be determined by the County Planning Authority and therefore should not be included in the SPD.
3.4. Paragraph 4.2.4 states that advanced conversion technologies are designed to recover energy from waste – therefore, these would be waste management developments to be determined by the County Planning Authority and should not be included in the SPD.

Object

Representation ID: 4331

Received: 20/08/2025

Respondent: Norfolk County Council - Minerals and Waste Team

3.6. Of particular concern is paragraph 7.2.8 which states:
3.7. “…Similarly, if an AD plant were to be proposed at the sewage works for the treatment of sewage it would be accepted that the location is determined by the existing infrastructure. Larger AD Plants, including those which process municipal waste, are not constrained in terms of their location, and there is no reason why they should be sited within the sensitive NSBLPZ.”

3.8.These type of developments are waste management development that would be County Matters determined by the County Planning Authority, and the South Norfolk SPD should therefore not contain any policy related to these types of development and these sentences should be deleted from the SPD.