WELCOME. Site boundary outlined in red.

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1 WELCOME Welcome to our update session to provide further information on revised proposals for land south of Storey s Bar Road, Peterborough. The plans are being put forward by Peterborough Green Energy (PGEL), formerly known as EnergyPark Peterborough, a company focussed on providing solutions to specific waste and energy issues through the selection of best available technologies. As you may be aware, previous plans for an Energy from Waste and Biomass Fuelled facility on this site were approved by Peterborough City Council and the Department for Energy and Climate Change in Since then, technology has advanced at a rapid rate, and we are therefore putting together revised plans that best adapt to these changes. We are still dedicated to producing clean, renewable energy from this site and look forward to submitting the revised layout and scheme to Peterborough City Council shortly. Site boundary outlined in red.

2 WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED? As is the case with the previously consented application, the plans are seeking to deliver an Energy from Waste and Biomass Fuelled facility on the site. Along with this comes associated plant and infrastructure, a two-storey administration office building, a research and development centre, a visitor centre, a weighbridge, parking areas and internal access roads. For clarity we confirm that for the purposes of this revised scheme, the originally approved development has been split in to 3 sections; the western portion will comprise of the Energy from Waste and Biomass Fuelled facility, the northern portion will comprise of the offices, research and development centre and visitor centre, with the eastern portion remaining undeveloped. There are no plans to develop the eastern portion of the site at present. Proposed site layout.

3 WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED? In addition to the Energy from Waste and Biomass Fuelled facility, we are also looking to create a separate two-storey building that will have a number of functions, including; Proposed visitor centre. an administration office a research and development centre a visitor centre with conference and catering facilities The building has been sensitively designed to fit into its surrounding landscape and to interact with the new onsite ecological habitats created to the northern and western sides of the building. The building will have direct pedestrian links to the main facility to the west, with sufficient car parking provided to the south, and hard and soft landscaping integrating the building into the wider area. The visitor centre will be available for education and community groups, as well as members of the public, to learn more about waste management and renewable energy. Site boundary outlined in red.

4 WHAT HAS CHANGED? Since we gained approval for an Energy from Waste and Biomass Fuelled facility on this site in 2009, technology has continued to advance, and we are therefore proposing to use more efficient methods and an alternative design to maximise energy generation on site. This includes: A smaller built footprint, with increases in height of around 15m in part One combined flue stack of 80m, a change from 9 stacks of 53.8m in height Reduced numbers of boilers and steam turbines Reduced development area no longer a separate building in the eastern portion of the site DECC 2009 APPROVAL & APPROVED JDA-PREL-A1/COND.ELEV.006E 2009 consented scheme outline in red.

5 HOW DOES IT WORK? We envisage the plant gross generating capacity to be 42.7 MW of electricity per annum. Approval of the previous scheme allows us to generate up to 80MW per annum. The plant will process 1,628 tonnes of fuel each day. This is sufficient to power around 71,000 homes per annum.

6 ENVIRONMENT The process of creating Energy from Waste is governed by strict rules from the Environment Agency which puts in place a clear framework which must be adhered to in order to operate. Will it smell? No - the waste is brought into the building by completely covered HGVs and unloaded within the building. The building itself is kept at negative air pressure, sucking in air rather than letting it out to ensure that smells do not escape. The potential impact of the site to create odour nuisance has been assessed as part of a detailed Environmental Impact Assessment and has been deemed to be negligible due to the controls in place. What will it look like? The buildings have been carefully designed to fit seamlessly into the context of the local area. Parts of the site which are not hard paved will be sympathetically landscaped, particularly at site boundaries, along water bodies and around car parking areas. There will also be a 2.4m high perimeter fence to ensure that the site is safe from trespass. CGI of the proposed scheme.

7 TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT The local roads that lead to the A1139 Frank Perkins Parkway and A15 Paston Parkway are already used by heavy goods vehicles and are capable of accommodating the numbers and types of vehicles associated with the development. During both the construction and operational phases of the project, we envisage the traffic route to be as shown as indicated in blue. Two access points are proposed from Storey s Bar Road to secure access to the proposed administration offices, research & development centre and visitor centre and separate access to the Energy from Waste and Biomass Fuelled facility. Across the two buildings we will be creating 120 car parking spaces as well as cycle parking. A shared footway and cycleway is proposed to connect the site to the existing cycle and pedestrian routes to the west, helping to encourage travel to and from the site using the sustainable modes of travel. Proposed route of traffic.

8 BENEFITS OF THE SCHEME The scheme has a number of key social benefits including: A gross generating capacity of 42.7MW of energy with the ability to power approximately 71,000 homes Reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill Reducing emissions that would have been produced from waste decomposition in landfill New jobs for local people - it is anticipated that around 250 people will be employed during the construction phase of the project (over 34 months) and 136 people will be employed during full operation. These jobs will be both skilled and unskilled, offering a diversity of opportunities. Assisting to meet the City Council s aspirations to be the Environment Capital of the UK, which will have spin-off economic benefits in terms of grouping of compatible industries and technologies and a destination for new business investment. Creating a new state of the art visitor centre designed to maximise opportunities for education and community groups, as well as members of the public to learn about waste management and ways that waste can be used as a fuel to produce vital renewable energy. Contributing to significant areas of ecological habitat and landscape planting enhancement on land within PGEL s control. CGI of the proposed scheme from above.

9 NEXT STEPS Thank you for coming along to this information session regarding PGEL s updated proposals for land south of Storey s Bar Road, Peterborough. Please do take this opportunity to provide your feedback using one of the comment forms available, or speak to a member of the project team if you have any questions. The project team are currently compiling the materials and final assessments required ahead of submitting a revised scheme to Peterborough City Council shortly. Once the information has been submitted, the Council will provide an application reference number which you can use to view all of the documents submitted in relation to the proposals on the Council s website. If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch using the contact details below. joel@pgel.co.uk Phone: Address: GET IN TOUCH PGEL Project Team 20 Station Road Cambridge CB1 2JD