Campaigners fear Vale of Glamorgan Council could be set to backtrack on its plans to enforce the closure of a biomass burner in Barry. An enforcement notice was served on the wood-burning power plant on Woodham Road in 2021 for a number of discrepancies with its approved plans.
However, the Vale of Glamorgan Council's planning committee is now set to meet this week to discuss a proposal to vary the enforcement notice it issued back then. Only recently, an inquiry into an appeal made by the biomass plant's owners, Aviva, against the enforcement notice was postponed.
The Planning Enforcement Decisions Wales (PEDW) inquiry was set to take place in May. With a fresh planning application having been submitted by Biomass UK No.2 Limited, there are concerns that the plant could eventually come back into operation. But the council said that the suggested amendments to the enforcement notice would not mean that the developer could lawfully operate the plant.
