A pallet manufacturer in Ellesmere Port is introducing greener technology as part of wider expansion plans that have been approved despite some local concerns.

Cheshire West and Chester planners have approved an application by Scott Pallets on Cromwell Road for for installation of an additional drying kiln with oil boiler and flue, biomass boiler with flue and plant room, a wood chipper and storage silo. The plans also include the re-location of the site's existing drying kiln.

A planning application said currently the only drying kiln was heated by an oil boiler, but the proposed biomass boiler would be fuelled by wood chips produced on site.

It said: "The use of this woodchip fuel, a by-product of the pallet manufacturing industry saves on transport miles that would have been required

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