Peak Cluster is proposing a carbon capture and storage network which includes a high pressure CO₂ pipeline running for around 200 km across the region.
The purpose of the pipeline is to transport captured carbon dioxide from cement and lime works in Derbyshire and Staffordshire to offshore storage sites beneath the Irish Sea.
As part of this network, infrastructure is proposed within Cheshire East, including a pipeline route through Gawsworth and an Above Ground Installation located on our green belt land.
This is not temporary infrastructure. The pipeline will require a permanent corridor of land, with easements that restrict how that land can be used in the future, including limitations on building and deep rooted planting.
Above Ground Installations (AGIs) are also permanent features. These are industrial facilities used to control and monitor the pipeline and would remain in place long term within the landscape.
The decisions being made at this stage of the project will determine whether this infrastructure is approved in its current form, or whether alternative routes and locations are properly considered.
Residents have a limited window to influence the outcome. The decisions being made now will determine whether this route proceeds through our community or is reconsidered.
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