K3 Waste to Energy Facility
DHA acted as the project co-ordinators, planning consultants and EIA co-ordinators within a multi-disciplinary team working on behalf of enfinium on the K3 Waste to Energy facility at Kemsley in Kent.
The facility benefited from planning permission to operate up to 49.9MW but it was proposed to increase the operating capacity to 75MW, which meant that the project was a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project for which a Development Consent Order was required.
Alongside that application, Development Consent was sought for a separate Waste-to-Energy facility (‘WKN’) with an operating capacity of up to 42MW but which had been directed as needing a Development Consent Order by the Secretary of State, who accepted that it would be a nationally significant project.
DHA co-ordinated the extensive pre-application consultation and preparation, before then managing the application through the six month examination. Consent was granted for K3 to be upgraded but not for WKN, with the application then through a judicial review becoming a notable case in debating how projects directed as requiring a DCO should be assessed.
Project Team
Alex joined DHA from Kent County Council in 2018 having worked on a number of Nationally Strategic infrastructure Projects, Regulation 3 developments (e.g. schools) and minerals and waste planning and policy.
Alex Payne BSc MA
Associate Director
Alex joined DHA from Kent County Council in 2018 having worked on a number of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, Regulation 3 developments (e.g. schools) and minerals and waste planning and policy. He has a BSc (Hons) degree in Geography from the University of Southampton and an MA in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Westminster, which was sponsored by DHA.
Alex has primarily worked in the DHA Environment team assisting with Nationally Strategic infrastructure Projects, developments requiring Environmental Impact Assessment and other projects that are more environmentally sensitive.
In addition to this, Alex has also worked with a number of clients from large developers to individuals across a range of sectors including residential, commercial and industrial, medical and agricultural. Alex also provides support to the Transport team.
Out of the office, Alex is a keen guitarist and is the frontman of a hard rock band called Fortune Favours.
David is a Director at DHA, and works on a number of high profile, large scale projects. David joined DHA as a graduate planner in 2007 having spent two years in the planning policy department at Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council. David has gained nearly 20 years of knowledge and expertise at DHA and has cemented his reputation in the Planning and NSIP industry.
David Harvey MRTPI PISEP
Director
David has worked on numerous industrial, commercial and energy projects as well as on large scale agricultural schemes and healthcare projects. He also regularly works on various scales of residential projects and mixed use schemes.
David has secured consent for three Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, comprising two gas fired Combined Heat and Power plants and an upgrade to an Energy from Waste facility. He has been heavily involved during his time at DHA in work on large manufacturing projects including a new paper mill in Kings Lynn and has secured consent for industrial and agricultural anaerobic digesters. David has secured planning permission for the NHS for student accommodation at the Tunbridge Wells Hospital for the training of new doctors and for an orthopaedic surgery barn theatre facility at the Maidstone Hospital.
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