Cory Environmental Holdings Limited (‘Cory’) of 10 Dominion Street, Floor 5, London, EC2M 2EF is consulting on its proposals to make a change to its application for a Development Consent Order for the Cory Decarbonisation Project (the ’Application’) between 20 September and 20 October 2024. The Application (Reference EN010128) was accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate on behalf of the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (’Secretary of State’) under delegated powers on 18 April 2024.

On 14 August 2024 Cory notified the Examining Authority appointed by the Secretary of State that it was considering making a request to make a change to the Application. Cory is holding a consultation on that proposed change. This notice explains the change and how you can take part in consultation on it.

Summary of the change sought

The Applicant has, since the submission of the Application, been working with other stakeholders in the carbon capture and storage (‘CCS’) sector (particularly Viking CCS, as the potential storage partner) to further develop its understanding for usage of the Proposed Jetty to ensure this best achieves the aims of the Government in bringing forward Non-Pipeline Transport as part of the CCS sector.

This work has led to the Applicant considering that the Proposed Jetty, and associated dredging, should now be designed to facilitate a maximum vessel size of approximately 20,000m³, rather than the maximum 15,000m³ previously considered in the Application documentation. This is intended to be proposed as a change to the submitted application (the ‘Change’).

Summary of the Proposed Scheme

The Proposed Scheme proposes to install carbon capture technology to both the Applicant’s energy from waste facilities, Riverside 1 and Riverside 2, located at Norman Road, Belvedere Kent DA17 6JY. The Proposed Scheme also includes a new Proposed Jetty and the pipe and duct corridor routing/connections between that Jetty and the carbon capture plant.

In summary, the development for which the Application is seeking development consent includes:

a) a Carbon Capture Facility, comprising up to two plants designed to capture some 1.3 million tonnes (1.3Mt) of carbon dioxide (CO₂) per annum;

b) a proposed new Jetty, extending into the Thames to facilitate the onward transfer of the captured CO₂;

c) the Mitigation and Enhancement Area, designed both to enhance biodiversity and to improve public access to outdoor space;

d) three temporary construction compounds; and

e) connections to utilities and provision of site access works.

The Proposed Scheme is an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) development for the purposes of the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017. The Proposed Scheme is located in the London Borough of Bexley. A map showing the location of the Proposed Scheme can be viewed on the project’s page on the Planning Inspectorate website at https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/EN010128 and then by clicking on the Document tab followed by the link to the Examination Library and searching for Site Location Plan (Document Reference APP-135).

Further information

You can find more information on the Change in the document library section of the project website. This is available for inspection free of charge at www.corydecarbonisation.co.uk.You can also find further information on the Change in the Notification of Intent to submit a Change Request letter published on the Planning Inspectorate website at https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/EN010128 and then by clicking on the Document tab followed by the link to the Examination Library and searching for ‘Change Request’ (Document Reference AS-001).

The consultation information will be available to view online from 20 September 2024 until the close of the consultation at 11.59pm on 20 October 2024.

If you have any questions about this consultation, you can email decarbonisation@corygroup.co.uk, write to freepost cory ccs or contact 'The Cory Decarbonisation Project' by telephone on 0330 838 4254.

How to respond to the consultation

The Applicant would welcome your views on the Change. You can respond to the consultation by:

• Email: decarbonisation@corygroup.co.uk

• Post: freepost cory ccs

When providing a response or representation, please include: your name or the name of the body or organisation you represent; the main contact person; and an address where correspondence about your response or representation may be sent. Any elements of responses that refer to aspects of the Proposed Scheme that are unrelated to the Change will be disregarded.

Please note that this public consultation will close at 11.59pm on 20 October 2024 and we therefore invite responses on or before this date.

Your response will be analysed by the Applicant and its appointed agents and may be passed in due course to the Planning Inspectorate and any other relevant statutory authorities so that your comments can be considered as part of the DCO Examination process. Your response may therefore be made public; however, we will request that your personal details are not placed on public record. The Applicant, its affiliates and appointed agents will hold your personal details securely and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation. They will be used solely in connection with the consultation process and the DCO process and, except as noted above, they will not be passed to third parties. The Applicant’s Privacy Policy can be found on the project website: https://corydecarbonisation.co.uk/privacy/

What happens after the consultation

The Applicant will consider the consultation responses made and will have regard to them as it finalises its request to make the Change to the Application. It will compile a consultation report, which sets out how it has undertaken its consultation and how regard has been had to the responses received. This will be submitted with the request to make changes to the Application. The Examining Authority will then decide whether to accept the request.

Cory Environmental Holdings Limited

September 2024