Keadby Next Gen Power Station

KEADBY NEXT GENERATION POWER STATION
Notice of proposed application for a development consent order pursuant to the Planning Act 2008 for the Keadby Next Generation Power Station
The Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009 - Regulation 4 (as amended)
The Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 - Regulation 13

1. Notice is hereby given in accordance with section 48 of the
   Planning Act 2008 (the 'PA 2008’) that Keadby Next Generation
   Limited (the ‘Applicant’), whose registered office is One Forbury
   Place, 43 Forbury Road, Reading, England, RG1 3JH, is proposing
   to submit an application to the Secretary of State for Energy
   Security and Net Zero (the ‘SoS') for a Development Consent
   Order (‘DCO’) pursuant to section 37 of the PA 2008 to authorise
   the construction, operation and maintenance of a proposed
   combined cycle gas turbine (‘CCGT’) electricity generating station
   with a capacity of up to 910MW electrical output (the 'Proposed
   Development'). The Proposed Development will be known as
   Keadby Next Generation Power Station and is also referred to in
   this notice as the ‘Project’.
   2. The Proposed Development would be located on land at, and in
   the vicinity of, the existing Keadby Power Station, Trentside,
   Keadby, Scunthorpe DN17 3EF, at grid reference (Easting: 481961,
   Northing: 412101) ('the Project Site'). In total the Project Site
   extends to approximately 70.9 hectares.
   3. The Proposed Development is expected to comprise one high
   efficiency CCGT unit and associated infrastructure. The Proposed
   Development will be designed to run on 100% hydrogen. However,
   it is currently anticipated that the hydrogen supply chain may not be
   available at the start of operation, in which case the Proposed
   Development would also need to be able to operate using 100%
   natural gas or a blend of hydrogen and natural gas. This scenario
   would be required until such time as a technically and commercially
   viable hydrogen supply chain option becomes available to the Site.
   4. The Proposed Development is an alternative to the Keadby 3
   Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Power Station, which has
   already been consented under the PA 2008 on the same site. By
   obtaining consents for both low carbon CCGT technology options
   (i.e. CCS-enabled in the form of Keadby 3 CCS Power Station and
   hydrogen-fired in the form of the Proposed Development) the site
   can support the UK’s security of supply in accordance with
   Government policy, and be ready to develop a low carbon CCGT
   as soon as a commercial decision can be made based on market
   certainty around the availability of either a CO2 pipeline or a
   hydrogen supply.
   5. The Project is anticipated to consist of a new-build CCGT
   electricity generating station fueled by hydrogen or natural gas with
   a gross electricity generating capacity of up to 910MW comprising:
   • a CCGT plant;
   • cooling infrastructure;
   • hydrogen gas reception facility (for the Applicant’s
   infrastructure);
   • natural gas reception facility (for the Applicant’s infrastructure);
   • natural gas and hydrogen blending equipment (for the
   Applicant’s infrastructure); and
   • supporting facilities including administration and control
   buildings, workshops, stores, raw water storage tank(s),
   demineralised water treatment plant including storage tanks
   and permanent laydown areas for operation and maintenance
   activities.
   It is also anticipated that the proposal would include the
   following associated development:
   • surface water drainage systems, including works to existing
   drainage systems;
   • electrical, gas, potable water supply, foul water drainage and
   telecommunications infrastructure
   connections and works, and works to alter the position of such
   services and utilities
   connections;
   • hard standings and hard landscaping;
   • soft landscaping, including bunds and embankments;
   • external lighting, including lighting columns;
   • gatehouses and weighbridges;
   • closed circuit television cameras and columns and other
   security measures;
   • site establishment and preparation works, including site
   clearance, demolition works, earthworks and excavations;
   land raising; temporary construction access; alteration of
   services and utilities; and works for the protection of buildings
   and land;
   • temporary construction laydown areas and contractor facilities,
   including materials and plant storage and laydown areas;
   generators; concrete batching facilities; vehicle and cycle
   parking facilities; pedestrian and cycle routes and facilities;
   offices and staff welfare facilities; security fencing and gates;
   external lighting; roadways and haul routes; wheel wash
   facilities; and signage;
   • vehicle parking and cycle storage facilities;
   • accesses, roads and pedestrian and cycle routes; and
   • temporary works associated with the maintenance of the
   authorised development.
   6. The DCO will also seek, if required, the compulsory acquisition
   of land and/or rights in, on, under or
   over land required for the Project and the temporary occupation of
   land for the Project.
   7. Other powers that the DCO would seek, if required, include the
   extinguishment and/or overriding of
   easements and other rights over or affecting land required for the
   Project; the application and/or
   disapplication of legislation relevant to the Project; tree and
   hedgerow removal; the temporary stopping
   up or diversion of public footpaths during construction works; the
   permanent and temporary alterations
   to the highway network for and in the vicinity of the Project Site,
   and such ancillary, incidental and
   consequential works, provisions, permits, consents, waivers or
   releases as are necessary and
   convenient for the successful construction, operation and
   maintenance of the Project.
   8. The Project is an ‘EIA development’ for the purposes of The
   Infrastructure Planning (Environmental
   Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (the ‘EIA Regulations’). The
   Applicant has notified the Planning
   Inspectorate on behalf of the SoS in writing pursuant to Regulation
   8(1)(b) of the EIA Regulations that
   it intends to provide an Environmental Statement (‘ES’) in respect
   of the Project as part of the proposed
   application.
   9. Information so far compiled about the Project’s environmental
   impacts is contained in a Preliminary
   Environmental Information Report (‘PEIR’) and summarised in a
   Non-Technical Summary. This
   document and other documents relating to the Project, including
   plans and maps showing the nature
   and location of the Project (‘the Consultation Documents’), are
   available to view or download free of
   charge from the document library on the Project website
   www.keadbynextgen.com/library from 9
   January 2025 to 20 February 2025.
   10. If you have any queries in relation to the Consultation
   Documents please telephone: 01202 043652
   (24hr voicemail service) or email:
   keadbydevelopments@aecom.com You can request a paper copy
   of the Consultation Documents free of charge (with the exception of
   the full PEIR which will be charged
   at a maximum of £500). Please allow a week for receipt of any
   paper copies of documents.
   11. The Consultation Documents can also be inspected free of
   charge at locations set out below:

The Consultation Documents will be available at the above
locations from 9 January 2025 to 20 February 2025.
Responding to this notice
12. If you wish to respond to this notice or make comments or
representations in respect of the Project, these should be sent to
the Applicant. Please include your name and an address where any
correspondence relating to the Project can be sent.
Comments and representations may be submitted in the
following ways:
Feedback Form: at the Project Website
(www.keadbynextgen.com/get-in-touch)
Email: keadbydevelopments@aecom.com
Post: Freepost KNG POWER STATION CONSULTATION
Telephone: 01202 043652.
This is a voicemail based service and can be called 24hrs.
Please leave your name and a telephone number.
13. Your feedback will be used to improve the project and may be
published in anonymised form as part of our Consultation Report.
We are committed to protecting your personal data in line with
applicable data protection legislation. For more information about
how we handle your personal data, please review our privacy
notice at www.keadbynextgen.com/privacy.
14. Please note that all comments and representations must be
received by the Applicant no later than 11.59pm on 20 February
2025.
15. If you would like any further information in respect of this notice
or the Project, please contact the Applicant using one of the contact
methods set out above.
Keadby Next Generation Limited January 2025