Plans for gas peaking plans at Shap to be debated this week
Objectors Peter Dicken and George Payne at the proposed gas peaking plant site, near Shap.
A decision is set to be made this week on whether to give the go-ahead to two gas peaking plants for electricity generation in Cumbria.
Plans have been submitted to Eden District Council for the gas peaking plants on land next to the Tata Steel Lime Kilns at Shap, and it will fall to the council’s planning committee next Thursday to decide whether to approve the proposals.
As peaking plants, they would not run at all times, and instead would be brought online at peak times, supplying electricity to the National Grid.
The Tata operation at Shap. Picture: Google Streetview A DECISION is set to be made next week on whether to give the go-ahead to two gas peaking plants for electricity generation in Cumbria. Plans have been submitted to Eden District Council for two gas peaking plants on land next to the Tata Steel Lime Kilns at Shap, and it will fall to the council s planning committee next Thursday to decide whether to approve the proposals. As peaking plants, they would not run at all times, and instead would be brought online at peak times, supplying electricity to the National Grid.