Revised gas mill plans
SPARSHOLT College has announced it will submit a revised planning application for its “Green Gas Mill” later this month.
This comes after planners rebuffed original proposals because contracts were not signed restricting road use for fuel delivery drivers.
The college told Winchester city councillors at a planning committee meeting on April 21 that these contracts would not be signed until after the planning application was approved.
However, they weren’t happy with this and refused the plans.
The college claims the dubbed “Green Gas Mill” – which turns grass into gas – can produce power for the equivalent of nearly 5,000 homes a year.
The anaerobic digester would need 60,000 tonnes of fuel per year to run.
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