Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 57583

Incinerators: Construction

Tabled: 4 June 2025

Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

Lee Barron

Labour — Corby and East Northamptonshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will issue guidance on a reasonable timeframe for the (a) construction and (b) completion of an energy recovery facility with a capacity of 350,000 tonnes per y

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

All full planning permissions for development, including waste to energy development, are required to be commenced within three years of the grant of permission (unless the local planning authority sets a different time period.) Further guidance on this c...

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