Planning strategy and project management advice in support of a planning application to develop an Energy Centre at Ipswich Hospital as part of a carbon footprint reduction initiative being progressed by the Hospital Trust.

Planning permission for an Energy Centre was required to support the Hospital Trust’s initiative to reduce its carbon footprint. The Energy Centre would be capable of generating approximately 80% of the Hospital’s electricity requirements from used cooking oil, a non-toxic low carbon bio-degradable fuel source. Planning permission was granted in 2013 and the Energy Centre is now operational.  

• Project management of the planning application process including coordination of specialist technical inputs covering Architectural drawings, Visual Impact Analysis, Acoustic and Air Quality assessments and an Environmental Report.
• Pre-application discussions with the LPA including scoping of the form of the planning applications
• Organising a community engagement exercise
• Preparation and submission of planning application and liaison with the LPA and consultees
• Securing planning consent with no pre-commencement conditions