Planning application
Land Near Bramford Substation Bullen Lane Bramford IP8 4JL
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Request for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Opinion - Construction and operation of a battery energy storage system (BESS) and associated works (Cross-boundary application - Mid Suffolk District Council)
As published by the council, reference DC/26/01910
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/01910
- Type
- Scoping Opinion (EIA)
- Status
- Received
- Decision
- EIA Required
- Received
- 5 May 2026
- Validated
- 5 May 2026
- Decided
- 2 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Bramford
- Parish
- Bramford
- Postcode
- IP8 4JL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Babergh register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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DC/26/01983 Decided
Land Near Bramford Substation Bullen Lane Bramford IP8 4JL
Request for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Opinion - Construction and operation of a battery energy storage system (BESS) and associated works (Cross-boundary application - Babergh District Council)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 May 2026
Received by Babergh
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2 Jul 2026
Decision issued: EIA Required
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
DWD Ltd Agent, registered in Cardiff
Dissolved · incorporated 1992 · Cardiff
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See their track recordAlcemi Storage Developments 1 Limited Applicant, a developer registered in London
Active · incorporated 2019 · London
2 applications on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
53 documents on file for this application
- SCOPING OPINION
- DESIGN OUT CRIME OFFICER RESPONSE
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- PLACE SERVICES - LANDSCAPE RESPONSE
- CADENT GAS RESPONSE
- HERITAGE RESPONSE
- NATURAL ENGLAND RESPONSE
- FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONSE
- BURSTALL PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE
- BURSTALL PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: LAND CONTAMINATION RESPONSE
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: AIR QUALITY RESPONSE
- SCC FLOODS RESPONSE
- PUBLIC REALM RESPONSE
- ARBORICULTURAL OFFICER RESPOSNE
- BURSTALL PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE
- BURSTALL PARISH COUNCIL SUPPLEMENTARY RESPONSE
- BURSTALL PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- BURSTALL PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE - ANNEX A
- BURSTALL PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE - ANNEX B
- BURSTALL PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE - ANNEX D LANDSCAPE AND HERITAGE
- BURSTALL PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE - ANNEX C NOISE
- BURSTALL PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE (RICHARD BUXTON)
- BURSTALL PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE - ENCLOSURE A - REVIEW FROM ALISON FARMER ASSOC
- BURSTALL PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE - ENCLOSURE B ? REVIEW FROM SHARPS ACOUSTICS (
- BURSTALL PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE - ENCLOSURE C ? REVIEW FROM WOOD SUBSURFACE (R
- ANGLIAN WATER RESPONSE
- HISTORIC ENGLAND RESPONSE
- SCC PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY RESPONSE
- SCC PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY RESPONSE - SCC - BATTERY STORAGE POSITION STATEMENT -AP
- NATURAL ENGLAND RESPONSE
- SCC FLOODS RESPONSE
- ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY RESPONSE
- MSDC - WASTE MANAGER (MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS)
- EAST SUFFOLK INLAND DRAINAGE BOARD RESPONSE
- ENV. RESPONSE - NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE
- PUBLIC REALM RESPONSE
- SCC ARCHAEOLOGY RESPONSE
- UK POWER NETWORKS RESPONSE
- DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS MANAGER RESPONSE
- FIGURE 5.8. STRATEGIC NOISE MAPS - NIGHT-TIME
- FIGURE 5.7. STRATEGIC NOISE MAPS - DAYTIME
- FIGURE 5.6. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONAL NOISE & VIBRATION STUDY AREAS
- FIGURE 5.5. PROPOSED TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT STUDY AREA - PROWS
- FIGURE 5.4. PROPOSED TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT STUDY AREA
- FIGURE 5.3. PUBLISHED LANDSCAPE CHARACTERS
- FIGURE 5.2. RELEVANT PLANNING DESIGNATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS
- FIGURE 5.1. PROPOSED PHOTOVIEWPOINTS AND ZONE OF THEORETICAL VISIBILITY (ZTV)
- FIGURE 2.1. PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAYS
- FIGURE 1.1. RED LINE BOUNDARY
- DOCUMENT LIST
- EIA SCOPING OPINION REQUEST
- EIA SCOPING REPORT.
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