Planning application
Chp Plant Bridgewater Paper Mill North Road Ellesmere Port CH65 1AG
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Reserve electricity generation site with a generating capacity of 20MW. The development comprises up to 10 gas engine generators within steel containers, one transformer, one electrical container, two spare containers and two lube oil tanks (current planning permission (17/01517/FUL) for this development expired in July 2020 and thus this is an application for a new planning permission for the development)
As published by the council, reference 20/03277/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 20/03277/FUL
- Type
- Full
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Approval
- Received
- 9 Sep 2020
- Validated
- 9 Sep 2020
- Decided
- 19 Jan 2021
- Ward
- Netherpool
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CH65 1AG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cheshire West and Chester register
This site has had 3 applications since 2019: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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22/02082/DIS Granted
Chp Plant Bridgewater Paper Mill North Road Ellesmere Port CH65 1AG
Discharge of condition 3 (external appearance and site layout of the development) of application 20/03277/FUL
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19/01009/DIS Awaiting decision
Chp Plant Bridgewater Paper Mill North Road Ellesmere Port CH65 1AG
Discharge of Condition 6 (Birds) of 17/01517/FUL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Sep 2020
Received by Cheshire West and Chester
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19 Jan 2021
Decision issued: Approval
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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22/02082/DIS Granted
Chp Plant Bridgewater Paper Mill North Road Ellesmere Port CH65 1AG
Discharge of condition 3 (external appearance and site layout of the development) of application 20/03277/FUL
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
29 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cheshire West and Chester granted permission on 19 January 2021, 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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