Public Notice: 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.