Town and Country Planning
THE HYNET CARBON DIOXIDE PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER
NOTICE OF CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE APPLICATION
PLANNING ACT 2008
THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING (COMPULSORY ACQUISITION) REGULATIONS 2010
THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 2017
1. On 31 October 2022, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (“the Secretary of State”) accepted an application by Liverpool Bay CCS Limited, whose registered office address is at Eni House, 10 Ebury Bridge Road, London, SW1W 8PZ, (“the Applicant”) for a Development Consent Order (“DCO”) under the Planning Act 2008 (“the Application”). The Application has been given the reference number EN070007.
2. The DCO Proposed Development consists of:
a. Construction and use of Ince Above Ground Installation (“AGI”) to Stanlow AGI pipeline (up to 20’’).
b. Construction and use of Stanlow AGI to Flint AGI pipeline (36’’).
c. Construction and use of Flint AGI to Flint Connection pipeline (24’’).
d. The repurposing and use for CO2 of the Flint Connection to Point of Ayr Terminal pipeline (24’’).
e. Construction and use of Ince AGI.
f. Construction and use of Flint AGI.
g. Construction and use of Stanlow AGI.
h. Construction and use of Northop Hall AGI.
i. Construction and use of Block Valve Stations (“BVSs”) located along the existing natural gas Flint Connection to Point of Ayr pipeline and Stanlow AGI to Flint AGI pipeline.
j. Other infrastructure such as Cathodic Protection transformer rectifier cabinets.
k. Ancillary works integral to the construction of the Pipeline including construction compounds and access tracks.
3. All of items a-k together form the “DCO Proposed Development”.
4. The Application seeks the authorisation of the DCO Proposed Development through the DCO. The Application includes the construction and operation of a new CO2 pipeline, AGIs and BVSs and the repurposing and use of an existing natural gas pipeline. The DCO includes powers required to construct and operate the DCO Proposed Development including compulsory acquisition powers for the permanent acquisition of land and / or rights over land and powers to convey CO2 through the length of the existing natural gas pipeline. The DCO includes (if required) powers for the temporary occupation of land, the extinguishment or overriding of easements and other rights over or affecting land required for the DCO Proposed Development, the application and / or disapplication of legislation relevant to the DCO Proposed Development, highway powers and tree and hedgerow removal, amongst other matters.
5. The DCO Proposed Development is an Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”) development. The changes are accompanied by further environmental information, in the form of an addendum to the Environmental Statement (“ES”) submitted with the Application.
6. The Application is available to view at: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/wales/hynet-carbon-dioxide-pipeline/
7. The Application is in the Examination stage and an Examination by a panel of independent Inspectors appointed by the Planning Inspectorate (“the Examining Authority”) on behalf of the Secretary of State started on 20 March 2023.
8. In the period since the Application was accepted for Examination, the Applicant has continued to engage with interested parties with a view to addressing their comments and agreeing on common ground, while also continuing with project development and design refinement. This work has resulted in the Applicant submitting a change request to the Application to accommodate a number of changes arising from such ongoing engagement and ongoing design work by the Applicant.
9. The Examining Authority accepted the Applicant's request for a change on 24 April 2023.
10. Notice is hereby given that:
• The Applicant has submitted to the Examining Authority an application for eighteen proposed changes to the Application (“the Proposed Changes Application”).
• The Applicant is holding a statutory consultation on the Proposed Changes Application (“the Proposed Changes Consultation”).
• This notice includes a brief description of the eighteen proposed changes.
• This notice also includes information about the Proposed Changes Consultation and how you can take part in it.
• The Examining Authority has decided to accept the Proposed Changes Application for inclusion in the examination of the Application and has issued a Procedural Decision.
• Any responses to the Proposed Changes Consultation must be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate (via the contact details below) by 11:59pm on 14 June 2023.
11. These changes would result in changes to the land subject to the powers sought in the Application, including powers of compulsory acquisition and temporary possession as well as ways of working. The land which would be affected is listed in the table below:
| Proposed change | Nearest Address | Reason for change |
| 1. Relocation of Work No. 51, Cornist Lane BVS, to the south east by 120 metres. (Applicant’s reference PS01). | Cornist Lane, Flint, Flintshire, Wales, CH6 5RJ | The change is being proposed in response to the addition of a slurry tank within the Order Limits. |
| 2. Extension of the Order Limits of Work Nos. 41 and 42 with the addition of Plot no 18-20a, to the north west and west, at New Bridge Farm, and addition to the Works of the removal of a slurry tank (Applicant’s references PS02a and PS02b). | Holywell Road, Hawarden, Ewloe Green, Flintshire, Wales, CH5 3BY | The change is being proposed in response to the addition of a slurry tank within the Order Limits. |
| 3. Relocation of Work No. 45, Northop Hall AGI to the west by 75 metres. (Applicant Reference: PS03) | Village Road, Northop Hall, Flintshire, Wales, CH7 6JW | The change is being proposed in response to a landowner’s request. |
| 4. Extension of the Order Limits of Work No. 23 and addition of Plot no 9-14a, 9-16a, 9-16b, 9-18a, 9-18b and 9-19a, to the north to reduce the impact on veteran trees near Backford Brook (Applicant Reference: PS04) | Station Road, Lea-by-Backford, Backford, Cheshire West and Chester, England, CH1 6NT | The change is being proposed in response to a landowner’s request. |
| 5. Extension in construction working hours to include Saturday morning working (Applicant Reference PS05) | All of the Order Limits | The addition of Saturday mornings to the project working hours will allow the construction programme to be executed in a more efficient and timely manner. |
| 6. Extension of the Order Limits at Work No. 3 to enable access to Ince AGI from the adopted highway (Applicant Reference PS06) |
North: Goldfinch Meadows, Marsh Lane, Ince, Elton, Cheshire West and Chester, England, CH2 4NP South: Ash Road, Elton, Cheshire West and Chester, England, CH2 4RN |
The change is being proposed in response to a landowner’s request and to provide access to and egress from the public highway. |
| 7. Additional footway and cycleway diversion along Chester Road adjacent to the 2 Sisters Industrial Facility at Work No. 34 and the Temporary stopping up of a footway and cycleway along Chester Road/Brookside at Work No. 44 (Applicant Reference PS07) | 2 Chester Rd, Sandycroft, Deeside CH5 2QW | The change is being proposed for the safety of pedestrians and cyclists during construction. |
| 8. Reduction of the Order Limits at Work No. 3 to remove a section of the Hapsford railway line spur (Applicant Reference PS08) | Elton Lane, Elton, Cheshire West and Chester, England, CH2 4LB | The change is being proposed due to design refinement to ensure that possession of land only occurs where necessary across the Order Limits. |
| 9. Reduction of the Order Limits to remove two residential properties and amenity curtilage at Grove Road Work No. 13 (Mollington) and Halls Green Lane Work No. 25 (South of Stanlow) (Applicant Reference PS11) |
Halls Green Lane The Spinney, M56, Thornton Green, Thornton-le-Moors, Elton, Cheshire West and Chester, England, CH2 4JN Mollington Grove Road, Dunkirk, Lea-by-Backford, Mollington, Cheshire West and Chester, England, CH1 6LQ |
The two properties were erroneously included in the Application. |
| 10. Reduction of the Order Limits to remove part of the east bank of the River Gowy at Work No. 13A (Applicant Reference PS12) | M56, Thornton Green, Thornton-le-Moors, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, England, CH2 4GZ | The change is being proposed in response to further consultation with an occupier of the land who has confirmed there is an existing lease of the land. |
| 11. Extension of the Order Limits to include a new private access track at Work No. 32A. Reduction of the Order Limits to remove an access track from the B5129 at Work No. 33 (Applicant Reference PS13) | B5129, Queensferry, Sandycroft, Flintshire, Wales, CH5 3PS | The change is being proposed in response to a landowner’s request. |
| 12. Clarification of construction methodology to allow non-road mobile machinery to cross features at the surface of trenchless crossings (Applicant Reference PS15) | N/A | The change is being proposed in response to engineering requirements. The Applicant considers that allowing non-road mobile machinery to cross features (primarily roads) at specific trenchless crossing locations will improve project execution by enabling greater efficiencies in the construction schedule and reducing the build period. In addition, this will remove vehicle movements from the local public highway and associated noise and emissions. |
| 13. Reduction of the Order Limits at Work No. 31 to remove part of a Public Right of Way (PRoW) along the south bank of the River Dee (Applicant Reference PS17) | Queensferry, Sandycroft, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom | The change is being proposed in response to a request from Natural Resources Wales. |
| 14. Reduction of the Order Limits at Work No. 18 to remove a section of the Shropshire Union Canal (Applicant Reference PS18) | Caughall Road, Backford, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, England, CH2 4BG | The change is being proposed in response to a request from the Canal & Rivers Trust. |
| 15. Amendment to the access for the Shotton Lane Construction compound at Work No. 41A near Ewloe to reduce impact upon protected species (Applicant Reference PS19) | Hawarden, Ewloe Green, Flintshire, Wales, CH5 3BY | The change is being proposed in response to additional survey work in the area. |
| 16. Additional PRoW diversion near Stanlow at Work No. 11 (Applicant Reference PS20) | Hill View Way, Elton Green, Elton, Thornton le Moors, Cheshire West and Chester, England, CH2 4JY | The sequenced diversion of the PRoW was erroneously missed from the Application. |
| 17. Extension of Order Limits to include existing access from Bridleway (Picton PR4) at Work No. 16A (Applicant Reference PS24) | Meadow View, Picton Lane, Picton, Mickle Trafford and District, Stoak, Cheshire West and Chester, England, CH2 4HE | |
| 18. Land Plans Amendments following changes to the DCO Proposed Development Submission (Applicant Reference PS23) to reduce from acquisition of ownership to acquisition of rights regarding Plot 9-04 and Plot 16-03a | Telecommunication mast and hardstanding lying to the east of Liverpool Road (A41), Backford; and hardstanding and agricultural land lying to the south of Chester Road, Hawarden. Plot 16-03a and plot 9-04. | The change is being proposed in response to requests from affected landowners. |
12. You can read the materials relating to the changes including the plans, the revised draft order and the addendum to the ES free of charge from 3 May to 14 June 2023 at https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/wales/hynet-carbon-dioxide-pipeline/ and at computer facilities at the following locations:
| Venue and address | Opening times |
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Ellesmere Port Library Civic Way, Ellesmere Port, CH65 0BG 0151 337 4684 |
Monday 9am-7pm, Tuesday 9am-5pm, Wednesday 9am-5pm, Thursday 9am-7pm, Friday 9am-7pm, Saturday 9am-1pm, Sunday Closed |
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Flint Library Church Street, Flint, CH6 5AP 01352 703737 |
Monday 9:30am-5pm, Tuesday 9:30am-7pm, Wednesday 9:30am-5pm, Thursday 9:30am-7pm, Friday 9:30am-5pm, Saturday 9:30am-12pm, Sunday Closed |
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Prestatyn Library 21 King’s Avenue, Prestatyn, LL19 9AA 01745 854841 |
Monday 9.30am-6pm, Tuesday 9.30am-5pm, Wednesday 9.30am-1pm; Thursday 9.30am-5pm, Friday 9.30am-5pm, Saturday 9.30am-12.30pm, Sunday Closed |
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Chester Library at Storyhouse Hunter Street, Chester, CH1 2AR 01244 409113, option two |
Monday - Saturday 8.30am-7pm, Sunday 9.30am-6pm. |
13. Copies of the site notices and change letters will be provided free of charge. Due to the size of the full suite of change documents, a charge of £200 will be made for the printing and delivery of the full suite upon request. A USB stick with the full suite of documents is also available upon request. If you have any queries on the Proposed Changes Application or wish to request hard copies of documents, please contact the Applicant at info@hynethub.co.uk or on 0203 116 5919.
14. Following the Examining Authority’s decision to accept the Applicant’s request for changes to the DCO Proposed Development for examination, comments are now invited on the Applicant’s proposed changes by 14 June 2023.
15. Please note that any comments must be made on the Registration and Relevant Representation Form and must relate to the Applicant’s Change Request only; any submissions that are not in relation to this, or are not on the prescribed form, will not be seen by the Examining Authority and will be disregarded.
16. The Registration and Relevant Representation Form is available at: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/wales/hynet-carbon-dioxide-pipeline/
17. If you require any assistance or a hard-copy Registration and Relevant Representation Form, please contact the Planning Inspectorate as follows:
• Email: hynetco2pipeline@planninginspectorate.gov.uk
• Post: National Infrastructure Planning, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol, BS1 6PN
• Telephone: 0303 444 5000
Please respond no later than 11:59pm on 14 June 2023.
Responses to this notice will be published on the National Infrastructure Planning website as soon as practicable following close of the deadline.
Liverpool Bay CCS Limited
April 2023