Speeches

Caroline Lucas – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2016-01-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the submission of his Department’s proposed planning application for Atomic Weapons Establishment (a) Aldermaston and (b) Burghfield.

Michael Fallon

Following is the timetable for the submission of proposed planning applications for the Atomic Weapons Establishment at the Aldermaston and Burghfield sites.

The table excludes minor planning applications for amendments to current facilities and minor works.

Project description

Site

Timing of proposed planning application

NNS Engineering Facility

Aldermaston

2016 – 2018

Training Academy

Aldermaston

2017 – 2019

Science, Engineering and Technology Facility

Aldermaston

2017 – 2019

Small scale formulations

Aldermaston

Beyond 2018

Storage Facility

Aldermaston

Beyond 2018

Chemical processing

Burghfield

Beyond 2018

Emergency response capability facility training extension

Burghfield

Beyond 2018

Combined non metallurgy and material science

Burghfield

Beyond 2018