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Land Between Grafton Underwood Solar Farm And Brigstock BESS

Awaiting decision North Northamptonshire 25/01644/FUL Full Planning Permission

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Proposal

Construction of an underground cable and access track between the approved Grafton Underwood Solar Farm (KET/2019/0369) and the approved Brigstock Electricity Substation and Battery Energy Storage System (NE/22/00812/FUL)

As published by the council, reference 25/01644/FUL

Application record

Reference
25/01644/FUL
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
4 Nov 2025
Validated
7 Jan 2026
Ward
Thrapston
Parish
Brigstock CP

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Nov 2025

    Received by North Northamptonshire

  2. 7 Jan 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 4 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 25 Sep 2026

    Status changed to Awaiting decision

    Previously In progress.

  5. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 4 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    North Northamptonshire took a median of 78 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

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SLR Consulting Limited Agent, registered in London

Active · incorporated 1999 · London

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Documents

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

32 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with North Northamptonshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year North Northamptonshire decided full applications in a median of 126 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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    Decided Outline 4 docs

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