Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion Request for the following applications which are proposed to be submitted together: - Non-Material Amendment Application that would amend the wording of the description of development to move specific reference to the materials processed in the consented Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) into relevant Condition(s) of the Planning Permission of the IWMF (ESS/39/23/BTE). - A Variation Application of ESS/39/23/BTE/“slot out” application to create a blank area within the IWMF footprint by reconfiguring the proposed layout of the consented IWMF elements. The Variation Application would not remove any element of the consented IWMF. The Variation Application would also provide for the import of bulky waste for treatment in the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), provide details of the phasing of the development of the IWMF and propose other minor design changes. - An Outline Planning Application that proposes a Carbon Capture Use and Storage plant with Heat Offtake (CCUS-HO) within the blank area created by the Variation Application/”slot out” application.

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