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The Smart Energy Grid Project

St ives park & ride

Progress Update

Cambridgeshire County Council, and its delivery partner Bouygues Energies Services, are excited to announce that construction has begun on the St Ives Park & Ride Smart Energy Grid project. This innovative project will transform the site into a renewable energy generator and will produce 1MW of renewable energy.

Solar panels will be installed over the two central fans of the park & ride site via steel carports. The energy produced will power the P&R site, including its 10 new EV chargers, and provide clean energy to two local businesses in the area. A battery storage system will also be installed which will improve the efficiency of the solar panels by storing excess electricity and releasing it at times when the sun is not shining. 

New lighting will be installed under the carport canopies to ensure the site continues to remain safe at night. Additional landscaping to improve the overall biodiversity of the park & ride will also be included as part of the works.

Once completed, later this year, the project will immediately start to save carbon and over its 25-year life will reduce carbon emissions by 2,400 tonnes, making it an important contributor to helping Cambridgeshire reach its goal of Net-Zero by 2045.

 
The funding received by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for the St Ives Park & Ride Smart Energy Grid has allowed Cambridgeshire County Council, in partnership with Deyton Bell and PECT, to launch a low carbon business support programme which aims to help small and medium-size enterprises transition into a low carbon economy. 
 
Construction Update – February 2023 – The Solar Panels being installed

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The project is jointly funded by Cambridgeshire County Council and the European Regional Development Fund.

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PRIVACY POLICY

Processing and controlling your data

The Common Provisions Regulations (CPR)15 and ERDF regulations require the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), formerly know as Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), as the managing authority of the programme, to monitor and evaluate ERDF-funded activities. The ERDF Operational Programme 2014-2020 states that robust governance and accountability require programme related analysis, monitoring and evaluation to form an integral part of programme delivery.

In order to conduct monitoring and evaluation, individual participant data is required. The legal basis for collecting and processing personal data and sharing it with the managing authority for the purposes of monitoring and evaluation is found in Article 6(1)(c) and 6(1)(e) of the UK General Data Protection Regulations (UK GDPR). As such, participant data, including contact details, should be collected and stored for all participants in order to meet monitoring and evaluation requirements. This includes direct and indirect beneficiaries’ data.

For the purposes of the UK GDPR, DLUHC is the data controller in respect to information processed which relates to all participation in the project funded by the European Regional Development Fund. Cambridgeshire County Council is the data processor in respect to information processed which relates to participants in the operations and projects funded by the ERDF. Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) has employed Deyton Bell and Peterborough Environment City Trust to deliver the business support programme and S4W to deliver the Summative Assessment and both organisations will be processing data on CCC’s behalf.

What personal data will be collected

Depending on the nature of activities of the ERDF-funded project and the indicators listed under each activity, the following information for each direct or indirect beneficiary where these are individuals may be collected (please note this is not an exhaustive list):

  • name of contact point within a business (in some cases property owner) engaged with or individual engaged with
  • business address
  • business postcode
  • phone number
  • email address
  • position in the business
  • company number / UTR (Unique Tax Reference)
  • number of FTE (Full Time Equivalent) employees
  • business turnover
  • business balance sheet
  • state aid received and applied for
  • other relevant details about the business
  • ethnicity
  • gender
  • age
  • disability
  • duration of support
  • intensity of support

Who will be personal data be shared with and who will use it

Your details will be stored securely and retained in compliance with UK GDPR. This information will be used to evaluate this project and to report to the European Regional Development Fund for monitoring and evaluation purposes.

Your details will be used to support the ERDF programme research and evaluation activities. DLUHC will need to share all or some of your personal data with the national evaluator of the ERDF programme. In some cases, the national evaluator, i.e. independent external contractors commissioned by DLUHC, may use the contact details to contact a sample of direct or indirect beneficiaries for the purpose of the National Evaluation of the programme. It is likely that the survey methodology will need to incorporate a variety of approaches in order to maximise the survey response rate (for example, telephone survey, written survey, and e-mail survey) – hence the need for a variety of contact details required for each participant. DLUHC may also need to share with other government departments and the European Commission where this is necessary to test the robustness of the data gathered or to inform the National Evaluation.

DLUHC, CCC, Deyton Bell, PECT & S4W will not give any personal data to any other organisation unless needed for the purpose of the evaluation and will instruct them not to use it to contact individuals for any reasons not connected with the purpose of the National Evaluation of the ERDF programme 2014-2020 or other matters directly relating to the evaluation. If DLUHC has to pass on the data, it will only provide what is needed, and if possible will remove the details that might identify individuals personally. DLUHC will not transfer personal data outside the European Union, to third countries or international organisations.

DLUHC and CCC will keep data until 2033 in line with the European Regional Development Fund document retention guidance to ensure DLUHC meets reporting obligations and to demonstrate compliance with EU Requirements. Both Deyton Bell & S4W will delete and destroy data when CCC issue instruction.

Individual rights:

As we are collecting and using personal data under the public task of CCC and to comply with legal obligations, ERDF participants cannot claim the following rights in terms of ERDF personal data:

  • right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”)
  • right to portability of their data

The data collected is your personal data, and you have the right, subject to lawful data requirements:

  • to see what data we have about you
  • to ask us to stop using your data
  • to ask us to delete your data, or to correct your data if there is no longer a justification to process it
  • to lodge a complaint with the Independent Information Commissioner (ICO) if you think we are not handling your data fairly or in accordance with the law

Automated decision making

Your personal data will not be subjected to automated decision making.

Contact details

Cambridgeshire County Council

The data protection officer for Cambridgeshire County Council is Ben Stevenson data.protection@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.

Deyton Bell contact details

The data protection officer for Deyton Bell is Chris Parkhouse chrisparkhouse@deytonbell.com

S4W contact details

The data protection officer for S4W is Rob Wadworth rob@s4w.org.uk

ERDF contact details

The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

Email: casework@ico.org.uk

If you would like further information about the programme and your personal information please contact the ERDF Programme at: esif@communities.gsi.gov.uk

More information found here:

European Regional Development Fund: privacy notice – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)