Planning application
Land South East Of Bank Bridge Tarleton Lancashire
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Cross Boundary application with Chorley ref 25/01256/FULMAJ. Construction of power generation facilities comprising a single wind turbine (4.2MW), solar photovoltaic array (12MW), and battery energy storage system (BESS) (5MWH) providing a combined renewable energy resource of 21.2 MW, with associated transmission Infrastructure including energy supply / cable routes to Bretherton village and Plocks Farm and erection of a battery storage building in Bretherton village.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0234/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0234/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 23 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 23 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Tarleton Village Ward
- Parish
- Tarleton
- Decision by
- Delegated unless Member request to Cttee
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Mar 2026
Received by Sefton
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 18 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Sefton took a median of 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
145 documents on file for this application
- Canal & river trust
- Acoustic consultant response to environmental protection comments
- Strategic planning
- Updated habitat regulations assessment
- Marine conservation zone assessment
- Response to meas
- Mrs katie palfrey-7 janes meadow tarleton-objects(full)
- Mrs gillian turpin-33 st. helen?s well tarleton preston-objects(full)
- Mr bill coughlin-10 st helens well tarleton preston-objects(full)
- Mr henry casson-12 st helens well tarl-objects(full)
- John barnes-18 janes meadow tarleton-objects(full)
- Julia matthews-22 janes meadow tarleton preston-objects(full)
- Environmental protection
- David stewart brooks - 17 st. helens well, tarleton
- Drainage
- Mr karl walker-2 bank bridge, liverpool road tarleton preston-objects(full)
- Llfa
- Hesketh with becconsall parish council
- Merseyside & west lancashire bat group
- Highways response
- Bill tinning, 3 school houses, liverpool road, tarleton, pr4 6hn
- Consultation/neighbours notified
- Site notice
- Fig 2.15_non-breeding bird results - year 1 gulls
- Wind solar carbon reduction strategy
- Drainage strategy (tetratech nov 2025)
- Design & access statement
- Community research - final report march 2025
- Community research - final report march 2025
- Archaeology ya_105577_report v2 part 2
- Archaeology ya_105577_report v2 part12
- Archaeology (geophysical) survey (durham univ april 2025)
- Archaeology (evaluation pt 2) report v2 (york archaeology nov 2025)
- Archaeology (evaluation pt 1) report v2 (york archaeology nov 2025)
- Arboricultural impact assessment ascerta nov 2025
- Arboriculture proposed development overlay with alc
- Arboriculture alc land grades analysis nov 2025
- Turbine foundation design statement 2022-143b (gsa nov 2025)
- Thermal electrification report v1.2 cotopaxi spirax sarco (dec 2024)
- Thermal electrification nts v1 (cotopaxi s spirax sarco dec 2025)
- Solar design pre feasibility report v4 (ssw aug 2022)
- Socio economic statement (nts) brookdale sept 2025)
- Socio economic report v5 (brookdale sept 2025)
- Landscape visual assessment (lva) report v1.3 (lanpro nov 2025)
- Ground investigation report sub surface augist 2025
- Flood risk assessment p04 (tetratech june 2025)
- Ecology - ecology assessment report v2 (avian dec 2025)
- Ecology - app7 report to inform a hra v1 (avian nov 2025)
- Ecology - app6 collision risk model calcs v2 (avian)
- Ecology - app5 bng report v2 (avian dec 2025)
- Ecology - app4 bng metric issue
- Ecology - app4 bng metric issue
- Ecology - app3 bat activity baseline report v2(avian nov 2025)
- Ecology - app2 ornithology baseline report v3 (avian nov 2025)
- Ecology - app1 extended habitats survey report v3 (avian dec 2025)
- 22.522 bcal 105 3 solar - wind turbine details
- 22.522 bcal 103 3 solar - alc
- 22.522 bcal 102 3 solar landscape structure
- 22.522 bcal 101 3 solar winds turbine context
- 2022 143 023a ga details of hv cable route bretherton
- 2022 143 022a plan on hv route to plock farm
- 2022 143 021 ga and details hv cable route river and road
- 2022 143 020d hv cable route to bretherton and details hv cable route river and
- 2022 143 018a existing contour plan
- 2022 143 013e ga and details electrical compound
- 2022 143 012b temporary work arrangements
- 2022 143 011j gneral arrangement to solar farm
- 2022 143 002h full proposed site layout
- 1255 proposed battery housing rev a
- Plocks farm green energy site a - wintering bird sudy 2020-2021
- Plocks farm green energy site a - preliminary ecological appraisal 09.2021
- Heritage - historic environment technical note v1.0 25 01256 fulmaj asland energ
- 2022-143-019 plans and sections showing arrangements along river douglas and str
- Vp flight activity
- Vp flight activity
- Vp flight activity
- Vp flight activity
- Vp flight activity
- Vp flight activity
- Vp flight activity
- Vp flight activity
- Vp flight activity
- Vp flight activity
- Vp flight activity
- Vp flight activity
- Vp flight activity
- Comp
- Beeding birds survey plan
- Non-breeding walkover survey plan
- Vp flight activity survey plan
- Statutiry designated sites with non-breeding ornithological interest
- Fig 2.18_vp flight activity survey resilts plan year 2 - geese
- Fig 2.16_breeding bird survey results
- Fig 2.15_non-breeding bird results - year 1 gulls (comp)
- Fig 2.14_non-breeding bird results - year 1 waterfowl(comp)
- Fig 2.13_breeding bird results - year 1 (comp)
- Fig 2.28_non-breeding bird results - year 2 gulls (comp)
- Fig 2.27_non-breeding bird results - year 2 waterfowl (comp)
- Fig 2.26_breeding bird results - year 2 (comp)
- Fig 2.26_breeding bird results - year 2 waterfowl (comp)
- Design & access statement app one - technical notes
- Construction cemp nts tetra tech dec 2025
- Construction cemp tetra tech dec 2025
- Construction ctmp tetra tech issue
- Astland walks das app one tn1-tn5 planning issues
- Arboriculture agricultural land classification (adas july 2020)
- Wind solar carbon reduction strategy 1.0 (locogen april 2021)
- Wind feasibility study v2 (renewables first december 2021)
- Wind feasibility study (nts) renewables first nov 2025)
- Turbine risk statement
- Turbine (location) jrc consulation response.
- Transport - highways transport assessment
- Transport - highways primary access appraisal nts (tetra tech december 2025)
- Solar bess nts (stantec hydrock ltd nov 2025)
- Shadow flicker impact assessment v2 (pager power april 2025)
- Planning statement r001v5 (pegasus december 2025)
- Noise nts spectrum acoustics cja 495423314 rev 1 december 2025
- Noise impact assessment rev 2 (spectrum dec 2025)
- Lva apprendix 3 illustrative photomontages
- Lva apprendix 2b pgotograpghy vps 11 to 23 (lanpro nov 2025)
- Lva apprendix 2a photograpghy vps 1 to 10
- Lva apprendix 1b figures 10 to 19 (lanpro nov 2025)
- Lva apprendix 1a figures 1 to 9 (lanpro nov 2025)
- Heritage statement pt3 appendix (lanpro nov 2025)
- Heritage statement pt2 appendix (lanpro nov 2025)
- Heritage statement pt1 appendix (lanpro nov 2025)
- Glint and glare study - solar voltaics (pager power oct 2024)
- Ga pet foods - cotopaxi & spirax sarco thermal electriciation non-techni
- Fire management system (bess) ga december 2025
- Consultation register
- Natural england
- Online comment received by chorley
- Llfa via chorley
- Lfrs via chorley
- Via chorley
- Via chorley
- Canal and river trust
- Arquiva
- Ecology app4 biodiversity metric issue
- 2022-143-015 proposed elevations to electrical compund
- 2022-143-013g general arrangements and details to electrical compound
- 13712d1 v1 - terrestrial television and radio baseline reception survey - 10 mar
- Document list
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