Next Steps
The Town and Country Planning Act (1990) Process
In line with the Town and Country Planning Act (1990), our planning application will be decided by Halton Borough Council as the local planning authority. Once submitted, the planning officers at Halton Borough Council will run a separate consultation on our application before making a recommendation to the planning committee as to whether it should be approved.
Project timeline
Spring 2025
As part of the application process, we recently held a public consultation (Monday 3 to Sunday 30 March 2025) with relevant stakeholders and members of the local community to inform them about, and invite their feedback on, our proposals for carbon capture at Runcorn.
Summer 2025
We will be submitting our planning application to Halton Borough Council, as the local planning authority, later this year.
Early 2026
We anticipate a decision on our application from Halton Borough Council at the beginning of 2026.
Early 2027
If our application is approved, we hope to begin construction of our carbon capture facility in February 2027.
2031
We anticipate being able to start capturing carbon at Runcorn in 2031.