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Land Adjacent To Scotton And Farnham Rifle Club Farnham Lane Farnham HG5 9JR North Yorkshire

Awaiting decision North Yorkshire 25/02564/EIAMAJ Environmental Impact Assessment - Major

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

Proposal

The installation of a battery energy storage system (BESS) comprising BESS and transformer units situated on an impermeable base, acoustic fencing, switching station, metering station, emergency fire water tanks, site accesses, security measures (fences, CCTV cameras), other ancillary infrastructure, landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures.

As published by the council, reference 25/02564/EIAMAJ

Application record

Reference
25/02564/EIAMAJ
Type
Environmental Impact Assessment - Major
Status
Registered
Received
25 Jul 2025
Validated
25 Jul 2025
Ward
Boroughbridge & Claro
Parish
Farnham
Postcode
HG5 9JR

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Jul 2025

    Received by North Yorkshire

  2. 4 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 24 October 2025, 13 weeks from validation under the statutory target. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    North Yorkshire took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

223 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with North Yorkshire for determination, against a statutory target of thirteen weeks. Over the last year North Yorkshire decided outline applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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