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Eggborough Power Station Selby Road Eggborough Goole East Yorkshire YO8 0XX

2017/0070/GOVDealt with by other government departsApproved

Approved on 20 September 2018

Council decision: Permitted by Sec of StateDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Development Consent Order (DCO) under the Planning Act 2008 for construction and operation of a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station including electrical connection to the existing National Grid substation and a gas pipeline connection to the National Transmission system along with other associated infrastructure

Received
12 January 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Selby
Ward
Eggbrough
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 616 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Eggborough Power Station Selby Road Eggborough Goole East Yorkshire YO8 0XX. Selby has handled 100 applications of this type. This one was decided in 616 days, 80 weeks longer than Selby's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,343 applications in total for the YO8 postcode area.

84% of all applications at Selby were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
YO8 0XX
Application type
Dealt with by other government departs
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eggborough Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2017
Consultation expiry
3 February 2017
Consultation start
27 January 2017
Consultation end
3 February 2017
Last date for comments
3 February 2017
Target decision date
9 March 2017
Permission expires
20 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
21 Garlick Hill London EC4V 2AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
23
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Flood storage areaPart of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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    Partial discharge of requirement 10 (Means of enclosure) of the 'The Eggborough Gas Fired Generating Station…

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  5. 2023
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    Partial discharge of requirement 16 (Archaeology) of the 'The Eggborough Gas Fired Generating Station Order…

    Conditions part dischargedDischarge of conditionsZG2023/1120/DOC
  6. 2023
    11 Sep

    Discharge of requirement 12 (fire prevention) of the 'The Eggborough Gas Fired Generating Station Order 2018'…

    Condition decisionDischarge of conditionsZG2023/0962/DOC
  7. 2023
    11 Sep

    Discharge of requirement 20 (Construction traffic management plan) of the 'The Eggborough Gas Fired…

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  8. 2023
    11 Sep

    Discharge of requirement 23 (noise and vibration monitoring) of the 'The Eggborough Gas Fired Generating…

    Condition decisionDischarge of conditionsZG2023/0964/DOC
  9. 2023
    11 Sep

    Discharge of requirement 21 (construction worker travel plan) of the 'The Eggborough Gas Fired Generating…

    Condition decisionDischarge of conditionsZG2023/0965/DOC
  10. 2023
    11 Sep

    Discharge of requirement 26 (Waste management on site - construction wastes) of the 'The Eggborough Gas Fired…

    Condition decisionDischarge of conditionsZG2023/0967/DOC
  11. 2023
    25 Jul

    Discharge of requirement 8(1) (external lighting) of the 'The Eggborough Gas Fired Generating Station Order…

    Condition decisionDischarge of conditionsZG2023/0761/DOC
  12. 2023
    25 Jul

    Discharge of requirement 15 (contaminated land and groundwater) of the 'The Eggborough Gas Fired Generating…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsZG2023/0763/DOC
  13. 2023
    25 Jul

    Discharge of requirement 19 (protection of highway surfaces) of the 'The Eggborough Gas Fired Generating…

    Condition decisionDischarge of conditionsZG2023/0764/DOC
  14. 2023
    8 Feb

    Discharge of requirement 2 (Commencement of authorised development), and discharge of requirements 5(4)…

    Condition decisionDischarge of conditions2023/0151/DOC
  15. 2017
    12 Jan

    Application for Development Consent Order (DCO) under the Planning Act 2008 for construction and operation of…

    This applicationApprovedOther2017/0070/GOV

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