A new Waste Transfer Station on Grange Close, Clover Nook Industrial Park, Alfreton, Derbyshire has been granted planning approval.

The Waste Transfer Station will be used to transfer waste collected from refuse collection
vehicles onto bigger vehicles for onward transfer to Sinfin Lane. The facility will accept
up to 50,000 tonnes of waste per year and will also provide employment opportunities
for 3 local people.

What exactly is proposed?

The facility will include:

• a new waste handling building
• a weighbridge
• a new gatehouse
• sufficient purpose-built storage to hold 4 average days inputs
• offloading areas for gully waste for dewatering, road
  sweepings, street cleansing and a steel container to store low
  hazardous clinical waste
• in-built safety systems to ensure that risks associated with
  on site traffic movements and tipping are eliminated

The site

The site is located to the south east of Alfreton approximately 0.4km away from the A38,
which links the site to the M1 at Junction 28. The site covers an area of approximately 1.2
hectares (2.97 acres) and is currently vacant. The site already has planning permission
for a waste facility.

To view a location plan of the site, click here

Traffic and transport

The site currently has an existing approved planning permission for a Waste Transfer
Station, which allows for up to 60,000 tonnes of material to be delivered each year.
RRS’ application seeks permission for up to 50,000 tonnes per year and the Transport
Assessment, which accompanies the planning application, shows that our new
application is expected to generate fewer traffic movements than the existing
consented scheme, with 54 traffic movements a day.

Odour

All handling of waste will take place inside enclosed buildings and waste will not be
stored or handled in the open air. The buildings will be designed to minimise and
control any smells. Odour control sprays will be installed on all doors. Waste
delivered to the transfer station will be loaded onto larger trucks for onward
transportation within 24 hours to help prevent the generation of smells.

Noise

The facilities have been designed to minimise noise and all handling of waste will
take place inside enclosed buildings. There will be no waste processing or sorting
machinery on the site. The planning permission needed to build the Waste Transfer
Stations will set strict limits for noise to ensure that the facility has no unacceptable
impact on local people.

Deliveries to the facility will only take place:

Monday – Friday:

7am – 5pm

Saturday:

7am – 1pm

Sunday:

7am – 9am

Before we can operate any new facilities we will need planning permission from
Derbyshire County Council and a permit from the Environment Agency. These will
only be granted if the Council and the Environment Agency can be satisfied that the
proposed facility can operate without adverse impacts on people and the environment.

Timescales

A planning application for Clover Nook was submitted to Derbyshire County Council in April 2009. The planning application was approved on 3rd August 2009. It is expected that Clover Nook will become operational in April 2010.

Stakeholder Engagement Report

The planning application was accompanied by the relevant environmental information
and a Stakeholder Engagement Report which details how RRS has involved the local
community.

Please click here to download the Stakeholder Engagement Report for Clover Nook