Planning application
Land To The North Of The Bay Gateway Heaton With Oxcliffe Lancashire
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
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)
As published by the council, reference 26/00778/EIR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00778/EIR
- Status
- Unknown
- Decision
- ES Not Required
- Received
- 10 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 10 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 18 Aug 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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26/00715/VCN Granted
Land To The North Of The Bay Gateway Heaton With Oxcliffe Lancashire
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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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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18 Aug 2026
Decision issued: ES Not Required
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18 Aug 2026
Status changed to Unknown
Previously Awaiting decision.
After the decision
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