Planning application
Lowerfields Farm Warren Lane Oldham OL8 2HY
Works: Demolition Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Construction of a 27MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, including cable access, vehicular access, biodiversity and landscape enhancements as well as demolition and rebuilding of a boundary wall.
As published by the council, reference FUL/354740/25
Application record
- Reference
- FUL/354740/25
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 30 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 24 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Alexandra
- Decision by
- Delegated to Officers
- Postcode
- OL8 2HY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Jun 2025
Received by Oldham
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24 Jul 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 18 September 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Oldham took a median of 68 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Arup Agent, registered in London
Active · incorporated 1990 · London
254 applications on PlanIndex · across 56 councils · 99% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
35 documents on file for this application
- UPDATED BNG REPORT
- UPDATED PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- GREAT CRESTED NEWT REPORT
- BNG METRIC
- BNG REPORT
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- RCN1020-SP-01 REV6
- 250145 - WARREN LANE OLDHAM BESS - ISSUE_02 (BOUND)
- 250145_CTMP - ISSUE 01 (BOUND) (1)
- ARC-1323-001-R1_BESS_OBSMP_WARREN_LANE_ISSUE_1
- 250225 WARREN LANE TREE SURVEY
- WARREN LANE BESS PHASE 1 GEOENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 24_02_25_PART1
- WARREN LANE BESS PHASE 1 GEOENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 24_02_25_PART2
- WARREN LANE BESS PHASE 1 GEOENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 24_02_25_PART3
- WARREN LANE BESS PHASE 1 GEOENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 24_02_25_PART4
- WARREN LANE BESS PHASE 1 GEOENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 24_02_25_PART5
- 681675-R1(4)-FRA FINAL_COMPRESSED
- 427-LYR-XX-ZZ-DWG-L-1001 GENERAL ARRANGEMENT REV 5
- 250224 FLA WARREN LANE - BESS - LVA- FINAL
- 250221 REN-WAR- APPENDIX PHOTOS RDU
- 302456-02 AAVT R01 00
- RC1020-215 CCTV POLE MOUNTING DETAILS
- RC1020-217 ACCESS TRACK DETAILS
- RC1020-221 CUSTOMER SUBSTATION
- RC1020-222 SPARE PARTS CONTAINER DETAILS
- RC1020-226 AUXILLIARY TRANSFORMER DETAILS
- RC1020-227 WATER TANK DETAILS
- RC1020-231 FENCE GATE SECTION DETAILS
- RC1020-240.1 REV3 BESS LAYOUT SITE CROSS-SECTION
- RC1020-250 BATTERY CONTAINER DETAILS
- RC1020-255 PCS CONTAINER DETAILS
- RCN1020-220 DNO DETAILS
- WARREN LANE BESS PEA
- WARREN LANE BESS_PLANNING STATEMENT_ISSUE_COMBINED
- WARREN LANE DAS_ISSUE (1)
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Oldham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Oldham decided full applications in a median of 193 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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