Clean Planet Energy secures planning permission for its Sleaford ecoPlant

Clean Planet Energy will now begin working with local and national plastic waste producers to supply the facility, which is designed to process up to 25,000 tonnes of hard-to-recycle plastics each year.

Looking across the proposed ecoPlant from above the feed hall towards the warehouse and offices at the far end of the site.

Lincolnshire County Council has granted Clean Planet Energy planning permission to develop an ecoPlant at Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park, off Pride Parkway. Clean Planet Energy first announced the site in July 2025 as the location for its next planned UK ecoPlant.

The facility is designed to process plastics that are difficult to recycle through conventional methods, including certain films and flexible packaging. It will convert this waste into purified pyrolysis oil, which can replace fossil-derived raw materials in the manufacture of new plastics. The project is expected to support jobs during construction and create permanent roles once the ecoPlant is operating.

The proposed Sleaford ecoPlant in profile, showing the warehouse and offices, tank farm, pyrolysis process hall and feed hall.

Tom Field, Clean Planet Energy’s Director of Expansion and Development, said:

We're excited to be working with North Kesteven District Council in bringing new jobs and innovation to the area. The majority of low grade plastics don't have a circular route back into new products, and at Clean Planet we can provide businesses a UK-based recycling outlet for the traditionally non-recyclable materials.

Councillor Richard Wright, Leader of North Kesteven District Council, said:

We’re delighted that innovative clean-tech company and waste plastics recycler Clean Planet Energy has received planning permission for its proposed ecoPlant in Sleaford, having identified Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park as the ideal location for this investment.This is a complex project involving a number of stages and regulatory processes, and we will continue to work closely with Clean Planet Energy as it reviews the planning permission and associated conditions, and progresses the next steps towards delivery of the scheme.

Businesses interested in supplying the Sleaford ecoPlant can email hello@cleanplanet.com with a brief description of the plastics they handle, their typical volumes and where the material is collected or processed.

More information about the facility and the planned environmental safeguards is available in the Sleaford ecoPlant FAQ.