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Details pursuant to condition 5 of MC/15/2153 - Medway Council has received a consultation from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in regard to an application made to DECC seeking, under Section 36(c) of the Electricity Act 1989 (as amended) (the Act), a variation to the existing consent granted under Section 36 of the Act and deemed planning permission, granted pursuant to Section 90(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended), issued by the Secretary of State, to construct and operate Damhead Creek 2 Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Power Station, together with ancillary infrastructure. The variation proposed seeks to increase the output from the approved development from 1,200 Mega Watts (MW) to 1,800MW of power generating capacity, which in turn revises the general arrangement of the proposed development to include: 10.4 hectares (ha) of land related to the Damhead Creek 2 development area;�4.1 ha to the carbon capture plant land / construction and laydown area; and an additional area of carbon capture plant land of 3.6 ha providing a total area of 7.7 Ha of land for carbon capture plant.�The ecological mitigation areas remain as granted under DECC Ref: 12.04.09.04/265C (Local Authority Consultation Reference MC/14/0541)

Damhead Creeek 11 CCGT Generating Station Rochester Kent

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Application summary

Status
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Application type
Discharge Condition
Received
6 Sept 2016
Validated
6 Sept 2016
Determination deadline
Not published
Local authority
Medway Council

Application overview

Details pursuant to condition 5 of MC/15/2153 - Medway Council has received a consultation from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in regard to an application made to DECC seeking, under Section 36(c) of the Electricity Act 1989 (as amended) (the Act), a variation to the existing consent granted under Section 36 of the Act and deemed planning permission, granted pursuant to Section 90(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended), issued by the Secretary of State, to construct and operate Damhead Creek 2 Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Power Station, together with ancillary infrastructure. The variation proposed seeks to increase the output from the approved development from 1,200 Mega Watts (MW) to 1,800MW of power generating capacity, which in turn revises the general arrangement of the proposed development to include: 10.4 hectares (ha) of land related to the Damhead Creek 2 development area;�4.1 ha to the carbon capture plant land / construction and laydown area; and an additional area of carbon capture plant land of 3.6 ha providing a total area of 7.7 Ha of land for carbon capture plant.�The ecological mitigation areas remain as granted under DECC Ref: 12.04.09.04/265C (Local Authority Consultation Reference MC/14/0541)

Proposal details

Reference
MC/16/3769
Ward
Peninsula Ward
Parish
Hoo St. Werburgh
Agent
Scottish Power (DCL) Ltd

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Damhead Creeek 11 CCGT Generating Station Rochester Kent

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Application FormApplication Form · PDF8 Sept 2016View
WHEEL WWASHING SYSTEMSupporting Documents · PDF8 Sept 2016View

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