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Chp Plant Bridgewater Paper Mill North Road Ellesmere Port CH65 1AG

Granted Cheshire West and Chester 22/02082/DIS Conditions

Relates to 20/03277/FUL

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Discharge of condition 3 (external appearance and site layout of the development) of application 20/03277/FUL

As published by the council, reference 22/02082/DIS

Application record

Reference
22/02082/DIS
Type
Conditions
Status
Approved
Decision
Granted As published: Approval
Received
1 Jun 2022
Validated
1 Jun 2022
Decided
17 Oct 2022
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.

  • 20/03277/FUL Granted

    Chp Plant Bridgewater Paper Mill North Road Ellesmere Port CH65 1AG

    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)

    Decided 19 Jan 2021 Full applications
  • 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

    Submitted 14 Mar 2019 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Jun 2022

    Received by Cheshire West and Chester

  2. 17 Oct 2022

    Decision issued: Approval

  3. 6 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 20/03277/FUL Granted

    Chp Plant Bridgewater Paper Mill North Road Ellesmere Port CH65 1AG

    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)

    Decided 19 Jan 2021 Full applications

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

8 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Cheshire West and Chester granted permission on 17 October 2022, 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.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • Chp Plant Bridgewater Paper Mill North Road Ellesmere Port CH65 1AG

    20/03277/FUL Submitted 9 Sep 2020 50 yards away

    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)

    Granted Full applications 29 docs
  • Cheshire Power Station North Road Ellesmere Port CH65 1AG

    26/02356/LDC Submitted 27 Jul 2026 50 yards away

    88% historically approved · decision due ~4 Nov

    Installation of 5 gas engines (5 x 4.5MWe) ("the Cheshire West gas engines") with a total electrical capacity of 22.5MWe, and associated equipment and gas & electrical connections, on an area of approximately 0.32ha within the existing Cheshire Power Station site.

    Awaiting decision Lawful development 6 docs
  • Chp Plant Bridgewater Paper Mill North Road Ellesmere Port CH65 1AG

    19/01009/DIS Submitted 14 Mar 2019 50 yards away

    96% historically approved · decision due ~9 May

    Discharge of Condition 6 (Birds) of 17/01517/FUL

    Awaiting decision Conditions 4 docs
  • Bridgewater Paper Mill North Road Ellesmere Port Cheshire CH65 1AG

    21/01365/LDO Submitted 25 Mar 2021 350 yards away

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    Withdrawn 43 docs
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    Awaiting decision Full applications 13 docs
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    19/03667/NMA Submitted 3 Oct 2019 400 yards away

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    Granted Amendments 4 docs

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