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Search the Public Notice PortalA PLAN has been unveiled for a new energy recovery and recycling development on Abbotsfield Road, St Helens.
The facility, managed by St Helens Waste Recycling, aims to construct a new building to house a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant and to extend and improve the existing waste transfer building.
Planning documents state the plans include constructing a new building within the site, which has been operational since 2009.
The new facility will house the CHP plant and a fuel store.
The CHP plant will generate electricity to be fed into the National Grid, while also providing heat for drying waste, enhancing the efficiency of the recycling process.
A rising 27m tall flue is proposed to control emissions.
The plant is designed to process up to three tonnes of refuse-derived fuel per hour, amounting to a maximum throughput of 24,000 tonnes per year.
The recycling centre will prioritise the recycling and recovery of small volume and difficult-to-handle waste, aiming to contribute to national and regional recycling targets.
The company currently employs 5 staff at the site, with plans to quadruple the workforce to 20 people following the development.
The plans indicate that the proposed activity will result in fewer heavy goods vehicle movements in and out of the site than at present.
The application summary reads: "Construction of a steel portal frame cladded buildings to house a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant and associated fuel store; together with the extension and improvement of an existing waste transfer building situated at an existing waste transfer station.
"The existing waste transfer building will be used for the acceptance of treatment of raw material required for the CHP plant, this will generally comprise mixed residual waste containing a mixture of plastic, paper and card and textiles.
"The CHP plant would then convert the fuel into electricity which would be fed into the national grid.
"The heat derived from the process would be used to power the fuel store i.e. drying of waste which is required prior to combustion."
The proposal for the new plant is currently awaiting a decision from St Helens Borough Council.
The plans can be viewed online under the reference number P/2026/0210/FUL.
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