Centrica Distributed Generation Limited - Pencoed Peaking Power Plant,  Land to the North of Felindre Road, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 5HT

We’ve received an application for an environmental permit from Centrica Distributed Generation Limited

New bespoke application for an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Application number: PAN-026165
Regulated facility type: Installation - Section 1.1 Combustion Activities - Part A (1)(a) burning any fuel in an appliance with a rated input of more than 50 or more megawatts. 
Regulated facility location: Pencoed Peaking Power Plant, Land to the North of Felindre Road, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 5HT

This application is for a new bespoke environmental permit to enable the operation of a peaking power plant. The purpose of the proposed installation is to generate electrical energy, which can be stored and fed into the National Grid, as and when required.

The application contains a description of the proposed installation; the materials, substances and energy it will use and generate; the conditions of its site; the source, nature and quantity of its foreseeable emissions and their potential impact, the proposed techniques for preventing, reducing, and monitoring its emissions and preventing and recovering waste; and an outline of the main alternatives, if any, considered

You can see the application documents free of charge, from our online public register. Or you can request a copy of the information from us. This may take time to process and there could be a charge.

If you have any comments send these by 14 March 2025

Email: permittingconsultations@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

Or write to:

Permitting Service
Natural Resources Wales
Crown Buildings
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ

We must decide whether to grant or refuse the application. If we grant it, we must decide what conditions to include in the permit. You can find information about how we make decisions in our Public Participation Statement.