Acorn Bioenergy are proposing to develop what will currently be (at 11 hectares) one of the largest Biodigestion plants in the UK.
The plant will be sited at Spring Grove Farm, on the north side of the A1307 just before the Spirit of Enterprise roundabout. It would be one of the largest AD facilities in the UK (11 hectares, or approx. 15 football picthes) with 5 fermentation tanks 16.5m high - a plant this size cannot be effectively screened, and the approach to Havehill would be dominated by such a large-scale industrial facility.
The Google map below shows an approximation of the site, based on diagrams provided by Acorn Bioenergy on their proposal website:
