Planning application
Land To The North Of The Bay Gateway Heaton With Oxcliffe Lancashire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Development of 200MW battery energy storage facility (BESS), along with ancillary development including regrading of land levels, landscaping, fencing, CCTV columns and new vehicular accesses (pursuant to the variation of conditions 2 and 7 on planning permission 24/00874/FUL to amend the approved plans and to amend the wording of the condition to reflect the updated Battery Management Plan)
As published by the council, reference 26/00715/VCN
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00715/VCN
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 10 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 10 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 11 Sep 2026
Site history
Applications at this address on the Lancaster register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00778/EIR Decided
Land To The North Of The Bay Gateway Heaton With Oxcliffe Lancashire
Screening opinion for the development of 200MW battery energy storage facility (BESS), along with ancillary development including regrading of land levels, landscaping, fencing, CCTV columns and new vehicular accesses (pursuant to the variation of conditions 2 and 7 on planning permission 24/00874/FUL to amend the approved plans and to amend the wording of the condition to reflect the updated Battery Management Plan)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Jul 2026
Received by Lancaster
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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11 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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14 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Awaiting decision.
What this grant of permission means
Lancaster granted permission on 11 September 2026, 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 this record
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