Planning application
Woodlands Farm Calcott Hill Sturry Kent CT3 4NB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Construction and operation of up to a 227.5MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), comprising battery container units; inverter-transformer skid units, electrical substation buildings; substation compound; access roads; water storage tanks; fencing; CCTV; landscaping, and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works.
As published by the council, reference CA/25/00418
Application record
- Reference
- CA/25/00418
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: GRANTED
- Received
- 10 Mar 2025
- Validated
- 10 Mar 2025
- Decided
- 26 May 2026
- Ward
- Sturry
- Parish
- Sturry
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CT3 4NB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
10 Mar 2025
Received by Canterbury
-
26 May 2026
Decision issued: GRANTED
-
1 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: CA/25/00025 (Decided)
Who's behind it
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Neo Environmental Ltd Agent, registered in Bellshill
Active · incorporated 2012 · Bellshill
17 applications on PlanIndex · across 13 councils
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Active · incorporated 2021 · London
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
80 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE FULL GRANTED C AND R RX
- KCC- ECOLOGY
- APPENDIX 3 BIODIVERSITY PLAN
- VOLUME 3 V2 ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- NEO ENVIRONMENTAL
- FLOOD AND WATER MANAGEMENT
- KCC ECOLOGY
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- PROW
- PROW MAP
- FLOOD AND WATER MANAGEMENT
- WOODLANDS COUNCIL RESPONSE
- KCC ECOLOGY
- ECOLOGY
- APPENDIX 2B BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
- APPENDIX 2 TECHNICAL GUIDANCE
- VOL 3 LVIA
- LEMP 10B
- LEMP 10A
- THOMAS LETTER NEO ENVIROMENTAL
- TECHNICAL ADVISORY NOTE - NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT -SHELFORD DATA CENTRE
- KCC ECOLOGY
- ENV HEALTH
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PROPOSED LAYOUT
- PROPOSED LAYOUT
- RESPONSE LETTER TO ECOLOGY COMMENTS
- FIRE LIAISON REPORT
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- KCC- ECOLOGY
- FIRE & RESCUE
- WOODLANDS CONSULTATION RESPONSE
- WOODLANDS STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC
- CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN
- CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN
- FLOW OUTPUT
- KENT WILDLIFE TRUST
- VOL 3 - TA 7 - OCEMP V2
- VOL 3 - TA 5 - CTMP V2
- APPENDIX 4C - FLOW OUTPUT
- AGENT EMAIL RESPONSE
- THE RIVER STOUR (KENT) IDB
- KCC HIGHWAYS
- KCC - DRAINAGE
- KENT POLICE
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- NATURAL ENGLAND-ANNEX A
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- KCC HIGHWAYS
- SOUTHERN WATER
- SOUTHERN WATER
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- BLOCK PLAN OF THE SITE
- COMPOUND PLAN AND ELEVATION
- BLOCK PLAN & SECTION AA BB
- CCTV ELEVATION & FENCE DETAIL
- WATER TANK PLAN AND ELEVATION
- BATTERY CONTAINER PLAN AND ELEVATION
- TRANSFORMER SKID PLAN AND ELEVATIONS
- SUBSTATION PLAN
- SUBSTATION 1& 2 ELEVATIONS
- ACOUSTIC FENCE DETAIL
- BLOCK PLAN OF THE SITE
- THE LOCATION PLAN
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- DRAINAGE DOCUMENTATION
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- LANDSCAPING DETAILS
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- FIRE STATEMENT
- AGRICULTURAL LAND CLASSIFICATION SURVEY REPORT
- SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN
- BIODIVERSITY CREDITS DETAILS
- OUTLINE CEMP
- COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY - COMPLETED FORM
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Canterbury granted permission on 26 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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