A picture of what a pile of IBA looks like.
Have your say to the EA before 31 October –
Major changes proposed at Saxon Pit
The Environment Agency consultation on the Johnsons Aggregates Recycling Ltd permit variation closes on 31 October. This is the permit only, the separate planning application will follow next year.
The company is seeking to:
– increase IBA throughput from 250,000 to 460,000 tonnes per year (an 84% rise)
– double daily IBA processing capacity
– more than triple C&D waste throughput (up 208%)
– expand total on-site waste storage by 43%
– reduce freeboard (the buffer space between the top of the waste piles and the top of the wall) from 1.0 m to 0.5 m
– and introduce outdoor IBA crushing.
IBA (Incinerator Bottom Ash) is the ash and residue left after the burning of municipal and commercial waste in energy-from-waste plants. It is processed on site to produce IBA Aggregate (IBAA) for use in construction.
Freeboard is a critical safety margin that helps prevent dust, material, or runoff escaping the site during high winds or uneven loading. Reducing it by half increases the risk of escape at the boundary.
All of this is being proposed with a site footprint increase of less than 7.5%, effectively squeezing far more activity onto the same site.
In Saxongate’s view, this scale of change should be treated as a new application, not simply a variation. We believe the same approach should apply to the associated planning application due to be heard next year, given the scale and nature of the proposed changes.
There are only a few days left to make your voice heard. Submit your comments to the Environment Agency here:
https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/pe7-1pj-johnsons-aggregates-and-recycling-ltd/
Ghoster@Saxon.