Submitted on Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Rejected on Monday 28th October 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
STOP Planning for 2 Power stations in Oxfordshire
100 Megawatts of new fossil fuel power stations in Oxfordshire?
This proposal is to build two 49.99MW gas fired power stations in Oxfordshire supposedly to support the grid ‘in times of generation shortfall and/or high demand’. This has NOT been raised as an issue Nationally or locally.
A London developer is proposing to build two 49.99MW gas fired power stations in Oxfordshire near Tetsworth claiming these are needed to support the grid ‘in times of generation shortfall and/or high demand’. The two stations are put in as two applications, each just under 50MW, so as not to be ‘national infrastructure’ projects (at over 100MW).
This is a purely opportunistic development that undermines proposals for decarbonization of our power supply and flies in the face of the declaration of climate emergency by South Oxfordshire D.C. Any need for ‘balancing power’ stations to support renewable energy has never been properly discussed at a national level and there is no evidence that this development forms part of any coherent strategy.
Lets’ get this mad idea thrown out now.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. Local planning issues are the responsibility of your local council.
You could raise the issue with South Oxfordshire District Council. You can find out how to contact the council here:
http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/
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