Planning application
Land Adjacent To Capenhurst Substation Capenhurst Lane Capenhurst Chester CH1 6HE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Development of Battery Storage Facility and ancillary equipment on land to the south of National Grid Sub-Station, amendment to planning permission 20/04767/FUL - variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans), condition 6 (Sustainable Drainage Scheme), condition 7 (Existing and Proposed Levels), condition 9 (Landscaping), and condition 11 (Habitat Management Plan) of planning application 22/02044/FUL
As published by the council, reference 26/00485/S73
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00485/S73
- Type
- Conditions
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 17 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 17 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Saughall And Mollington
- Parish
- Capenhurst And Ledsham
- Postcode
- CH1 6HE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Feb 2026
Received by Cheshire West and Chester
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 14 April 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Cheshire West and Chester took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Cheshire West and Chester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cheshire West and Chester decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 95 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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