As one of the UK’s largest low carbon hydrogen production facilities, H2Teesside aims to bring jobs, customers, and investment to Teesside.
Our application for development consent was accepted for Examination by the Planning Inspectorate on 22 April 2024. This means our pre-application consultation and application meets the required standards to proceed to the next stage of the process.
The project is currently at the examination stage of the Development Consent Order process. During the examination stage, anyone who has registered to have their say can submit comments at the deadlines set out in the examination timetable. You may also attend virtual hearings on the project. Further information about the upcoming hearings can be found on the Planning Inspectorate’s website.
In recent years, H2Teesside has undertaken multiple rounds of consultation, speaking with local people, businesses, community groups and relevant statutory bodies about the project. We used the feedback gathered to help inform our plans for the project and our application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) was accepted for Examination by the Planning Inspectorate in April 2024.
You can find out more about each round of consultation below and read the corresponding documents.
One of the changes we consulted on in September 2024 related to the proposed provision of additional land to facilitate the inclusion of an existing natural gas pipeline within the Order Limits of the DCO Application. From October through to November 2024 we consulted on the proposed provision of this additional land. Further information on this change can be found on the project page on the Planning Inspectorate website.
Following further refinement of H2Teesside’s design, we consulted on proposed changes to our submitted DCO application.
The Consultation Statement will be published on the Planning Inspectorate’s website, and you can view and download the information produced for this consultation here:
Following the first two rounds, we launched a targeted consultation on proposed amendments to our proposals in the Cowpen Bewley and Billingham areas of Teesside.
You can view and download the information produced for this consultation here:
Following the statutory consultation, we identified several changes to our proposals and held a second consultation round on these changes.
You can view and download the information produced for this consultation here:
We undertook a first-round of statutory consultations on the project, to understand the views of the local community and stakeholders on our proposals.
As part of this consultation, we shared a Non-technical Summary of the project’s environmental impact assessment, which is available here. The full Environmental Statement can also be accessed on the Planning Inspectorate’s website.