Planning application
Land North West of Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey, KT21 2BU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of Condition 2 of planning permission MO/2024/1544 for the installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, underground cabling, access track, landscaping, biodiversity enhancement and ancillary infrastructure and equipment, security fence and gates to allow changes to the layout and technology
As published by the council, reference MO/2026/00340
Application record
- Reference
- MO/2026/00340
- Type
- Variance of Conditions Major
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS
- Received
- 12 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 11 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 7 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Leatherhead North
- Parish
- Ashtead (Unparished)
- Decision by
- Planning Committee
- Postcode
- KT21 2BU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Feb 2026
Received by Mole Valley
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11 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Jul 2026
Decision issued: APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS
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30 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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MO/2026/01237 Decided
LAND NORTH WEST OF BARNETT WOOD LANE ASHTEAD KT21 2BU
Submission of details pursuant to Conditions 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 19, 21 and 22 of planning permission MO/2026/00340 for the Variation of Condition 2 of planning permission MO/2024/1544 for the Installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, underground cabling, access track, landscaping, biodiversity enhancement and ancillary infrastructure and equipment, security fence and gates to allow changes to the layout and technology
Who's behind it
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Aardvark EM Ltd Agent, registered in Ottery St Mary
Active · incorporated 1997 · Ottery St Mary
79 applications on PlanIndex · across 27 councils · 96% granted
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See their track recordLeatherhead BESS Ltd Applicant, registered in London
Active · incorporated 2022 · London
3 applications on PlanIndex
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26 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mole Valley granted permission on 7 July 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 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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