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LAND AT LOWLANDS FARM PEEL ROAD WESTBY WITH PLUMPTONS BLACKPOOL FY4 5JX

Awaiting decision Fylde 25/0371 Full Planning Permission

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

ERECTION OF A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM FACILITY (UP TO 100MW), INCLUDING BATTERY CONTAINERS, INVERTER UNITS,SUBSTATION,132KV TRANSFORMERS, SWITCH/ CONTROL ROOM & WELFARE BUILDINGS, ACOUSTIC BARRIER, SECURITY MESH FENCE, CCTV & LIGHTING COLUMNS, EARTH BUND, ACCESS ROAD, CAR PARKING, HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING.

As published by the council, reference 25/0371

Application record

Reference
25/0371
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Pending
Received
17 Jun 2025
Validated
26 Jun 2025
Ward
Wrea Green with Westby
Parish
Westby with Plumptons
Postcode
FY4 5JX

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Jun 2025

    Received by Fylde

  2. 26 Jun 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 21 August 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Fylde took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

45 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Fylde for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Fylde decided full applications in a median of 112 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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