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Land Southwest Of Hightown Drove Burwell Cambridgeshire

Refused East Cambridgeshire 25/00639/FUM Full Major

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Erection of a battery energy storage facility and associated infrastructure

As published by the council, reference 25/00639/FUM

Application record

Reference
25/00639/FUM
Type
Full Major
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
17 Jun 2025
Validated
10 Jul 2025
Decided
9 Mar 2026
Ward
Burwell
Parish
Burwell
Decision by
Committee Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Cambridgeshire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • 24/00690/SCREEN Decided

    Land Southwest Of Hightown Drove Burwell Cambridgeshire

    SCREENING OPINION Development of a battery energy storage system

    Decided 6 Nov 2024 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Jun 2025

    Received by East Cambridgeshire

  2. 10 Jul 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 9 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Refuse

  4. 30 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

268 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

East Cambridgeshire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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