The Environment Agency has received an application for a new bespoke permit from BioConstruct NewEnergy Ltd, for operations at its Blaise Biogas AD facility, Blaise Farm Quarry, West Malling, Kent ME19 4PN.

If granted, the permit will allow the recovery, or a mix of recovery and disposal, of non-hazardous food waste and green waste with a capacity exceeding 75 tonnes a day involving biological treatment, or 100 tonnes a day if the only waste treatment activity is anaerobic digestion.

The application falls under the Environmental Permitting (England & Wales) Regulations 2016.

The Environment Agency is now asking for the views of the local community on this environmental permit application.

A spokesperson for the Environment Agency said:

We are considering the application from BioConstruct NewEnergy Ltd, but before we make any decisions, we want to give the local community an opportunity to give us their views. All responses will be reviewed in detail.

They will help us to decide whether to grant the permit and, if we do, what conditions we would need to impose to adequately protect the environment and human health.

Consultation is now open and will run from Thursday 19 December 2019 until Friday 31 January 2020.

To take part in the online consultation

Further details on the application and information on how to take part in the consultation are available online.

You can also view the application and comment in the following ways:

In person

Copies of the application can be obtained from:

On the public register at:

You can look at the register from 9:30am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.

Please phone the Environment Agency’s National Customer Contact Centre on 03708 506 506 to arrange an appointment. You can have a copy of documents on the register. The Environment Agency may charge to cover copying costs.

In writing, please write to:

Or email pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk.

Please note all comments must be received by the closing date of Friday 31 January 2020.

The Environment Agency will normally put any comments it receives on the public register. This includes your name but not your personal contact details. Please tell us if you do not want your response to be public.