* Freehold
* Purpose - built materials recycling facility
* Modern office accommodation
* Reinforced concrete surfaced yards and access roads
* In and out weighbridges
* Surfaced carparking for 58 vehicles
* Separate gatehouse and weighbridge office
* Workshop and pump house buildings
* 3. 5 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne
A modern purpose built materials recycling facility, previously accommodating
an autoclave operation. Opened in 2010, to receive 320, 000 tonnes per annum of
municipal solid waste and non - hazardous commercial/industrial waste.
Comprising waste reception hall, two storey waste treatment area, processed
material storage and materials segregation area, along with four storey office
and ancillary accommodation.
Separate gatehouse, weighbridge office and workshop / pump house buildings.
Mechanical ventilation with integral negative pressure, odour management and
dust suppression system and comprehensive fire detection and prevention
system.
Office accommodation for c. 100 people fitted out to a good, modern standard
with three pipe fan coil air conditioning.
Reinforced concrete surfaced yards and access roads, in and out weighbridges,
perimeter steel palisade fencing, surfaced car parking for 58 spaces. Site
drainage to interceptors. **
Location Highlights**
Located on Derwenthaugh Road, within Derwenthaugh Industrial Estate in the
Blaydon area of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, approximately 3. 5 miles
to the west of Newcastle upon Tyne and 3 miles to the north west of Gateshead
town centre.
The site is accessed from the A694, via the A695/A694/A1114 roundabout
approximately 190 metres south east of the site, and provides good access to
the A1 via the A1 Western By - pass a short distance to the south. **
Specification**
For specification details, please speak to one of our agents. **
EPC**
The property is the subject of 4 EPC's, all due to expire on 13th September
2025:
Control Room: Energy Rating D
Gate House: Energy Rating E
Main Building: Energy Rating D
Workshop and Pumphouse: Energy Rating G **
Services and Planning**
Services
Access to all mains services including water, electricity (3 phase), gas,
mains drainage and sewerage.
Grid Connection
A grid connection o?er for a 10MW export capacity is held by an associated
party and is available under separate negotiations. Current available capacity
of 11 kv.
Planning
A non - material amendment (Ref: DC/20/00098/nma was consented 1st June 2020 to
allow for modi?cation to enable the treatment of clinical waste in addition to
the installation of a pyrolysis thermal treatment plant.
A non - material amendment (Ref: DC/19/00075/nma) was consented on 1st Feb 2019
to allow a change to the scheme to allow thermal treatment of non - recyclable
waste, biogenetic fuels and compost like output using a two stage combustion
process involving pyrolysis and a ?nal combustion stage.
On 30th May 2018 planning permission was granted for a small scale electricity
generation facility (20MW) and a battery storage facility (29MW). This was not
implemented and expired.
On 22nd July 2014, planning was granted (Ref: DC/14/00034/ful) for the
installation of two thermal treatment plants to convert non - recyclable waste
into a clean gas for use in gas engines to generate renewable electricity.
This includes the erection of external plant including the installation of 2 x
35 metre high stacks. This was not implemented and has expired.
Planning was granted (Ref: DC/05/00961/ful) on 17/08/2005 for the development
of an Ecoparc comprising a biological and mechanical waste treatment facility
utilising steam sterilisation, waste materials recovery and separation,
bulking and transfer.
Environmental Permit
Graphite Resources (dep) Limited hold two Permits issued by the Environment
Agency for operations at the property: Environmental Permit reference
epr/KB3939RR, last varied 18th September 2015, for the operation of a
physio/chemical treatment facility and;
Installation Permit reference UP3332EA, issued on 18th September 2015 for the
treatment, disposal and incineration of hazardous waste.

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