Dungeness in Kent has been dropped from a Government list of potential locations for new nuclear power stations.
The location, which was one of eleven sites nominated by industry in March, was not listed in the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s draft National Policy Statements consultation, which opened today.
Concerns about how to mitigate potential environmental impacts at the site, coastal erosion and associated flood risk were among the reasons.
The draft Nuclear National Policy Statement named ten locations that had been assessed as potentially suitable for new nuclear deployment by the end of 2025.
These are: Bradwell, Braystones, Hartlepool, Heysham, Hinkley Point, Kirkstanton, Oldbury, Sellafield, Sizewell and Wylfa.
The nuclear NPS was one of six statements published today aimed at removing unnecessary planning delays facing large energy proposals.
Other areas covered include fossil fuels, renewables, transmission networks and oil and gas pipelines, as well as the Government’s final Framework for the Development of Clean Coal.
The statements will be the basis on which individual planning decisions are made from next March by the new Infrastructure Planning Commission.
Energy and Climate secretary Ed Miliband said change was needed to tackle both climate change and energy security.
He said: “The current planning system is a barrier to this shift. It serves neither the interests of energy security, the interests of the low carbon transition, nor the interests of people living in areas where infrastructure may be built, for the planning process to take years to come to a decision.
“That is why we are undertaking fundamental reform of the planning system which will result in a more efficient, transparent and accessible process.”
The consultation closes on February 22.
Concerns about how to mitigate potential environmental impacts at the site, coastal erosion and associated flood risk were among the reasons.
The draft Nuclear National Policy Statement named ten locations that had been assessed as potentially suitable for new nuclear deployment by the end of 2025.
These are: Bradwell, Braystones, Hartlepool, Heysham, Hinkley Point, Kirkstanton, Oldbury, Sellafield, Sizewell and Wylfa.
The nuclear NPS was one of six statements published today aimed at removing unnecessary planning delays facing large energy proposals.
Other areas covered include fossil fuels, renewables, transmission networks and oil and gas pipelines, as well as the Government’s final Framework for the Development of Clean Coal.
The statements will be the basis on which individual planning decisions are made from next March by the new Infrastructure Planning Commission.
Energy and Climate secretary Ed Miliband said change was needed to tackle both climate change and energy security.
He said: “The current planning system is a barrier to this shift. It serves neither the interests of energy security, the interests of the low carbon transition, nor the interests of people living in areas where infrastructure may be built, for the planning process to take years to come to a decision.
“That is why we are undertaking fundamental reform of the planning system which will result in a more efficient, transparent and accessible process.”
The consultation closes on February 22.
Source: The Construction News
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