Overview

Deeside SPV Limited have submitted an application to Natural Resources Wales  (NRW) for an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) 2016.

The application has been assigned the reference number PAN-028894.

The proposed facility is located at Arrow Bio Waste Recycling Facility, Deeside Industrial Park, Weighbridge Road, Deeside, CH5 2LL.

The proposed activity is for a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant with an annual throughput of 149,000 tonnes per year of source segregated food waste.

In the Environmental Permitting Regulations the applicants proposal fall under a Section 5.4 activity as defined below and is therefore considered an installation.

‘Section 5.4, Part A (1)(a) (i) Disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day (or 100 tonnes per day if the only waste treatment activity is anaerobic digestion) involving one or more of the following activities:

(i) biological treatment’

The application contains a description of the proposed permitted activity.

The main application documents relating to the application are linked at the bottom of this page.

You can view the full set of application documents on our on-line public register. Alternatively, you can arrange to view the documents by phoning our Customer Service Centre on 0300 065 3000 or emailing permittingconsultations@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk. 

We are seeking your comments on the application and have launched a four-week public consultation while we start the determination (technical assessment) phase of the application process. 

Application Details

Application Type: New Bespoke

Address: Arrow Bio Waste Recycling Facility, Deeside Industrial Park, Weighbridge Road, Deeside, CH5 2LL

Operator: Deeside SPV Limited  

Proposed Activity: Anaerobic Digestion of Waste with a throughput of 149,000 per year. This activity falls under Section 5.4 Part A (1)(a)(i) of the Environemntal Pemritting Regulations (England and Wales) 2016

Please refer to the application supporting documentation for full details of the operators proposal.  

Why your views matter  

This is your chance to view the application supporting documents and respond to our consultation with your comments. We will take your consultation responses into consideration as part of our determination of the application. If we decide to issue the permit we will explain how we made our decision and how we have addressed the concerns that were raised. 

What we can consider: 

• The operator’s competency to meet permit conditions 

• Any proposed emission limits to air, land, and water 

• Potential impacts on health and the local environment 

• General operational management of the proposed facility 

• Handling and storing of any waste and raw materials 

• Efficient use of any raw materials, water and energy 

• Control of any odour, noise, dust, litter and pests 

• Any relevant local factors that you believe the applicant has not considered in the application 

• Monitoring process, agreed procedures and standards 

What we cannot consider:  

• The location of the site (local planning authorities' remit) 

• Traffic (local planning authorities' remit) 

• Visual impact (local planning authorities' remit) 

• Land use (local planning authorities' remit) 

• Operational hours or government policy, regardless of whether it's UK Government or Welsh Government (local planning authorities' remit) 

• Deciding whether the applicant must also undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment (local planning authorities' remit) 

• How much raw material is used and where it comes from 

• Access to the site (local planning authorities remit) 

You can view the application supporting documents and take part in the consultation below. Alternatively you can email any comments on the application to permittingconsultations@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk