Waste plan agreed with conditions

Strong objections were lodged against the incinerator plans

A planned waste incinerator in Sussex that led to thousands of objections has been given conditional approval.

The Newhaven plant will generate electricity by processing 210,000 tonnes of waste a year.

Conditions imposed on waste firm Veolia include ensuring construction, dust and noise do not have an adverse impact.

And a legal agreement covering lorry routes, landscape, and site monitoring funds is needed before full consent is given, East Sussex County Council said.

Household waste

The plans sparked street protests and 15,000 written objections from opponents.

The Energy from Waste facility at North Quay gained conditional approval earlier this year, and was reviewed in the light of latest government policy, a council spokesman said.

Veolia was last year granted a permit by the Environment Agency, which said if the facility was built and operated according to conditions set out, it would "not damage the environment or cause harm to human health", he added.

He said it would process household waste collected in East Sussex, and Brighton and Hove, which cannot be composed or recycled, diverting it from landfill.