Planning application
Land adjacent to Redbridge Station and The River Test Port of Southampton
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Request for a Screening Opinion under the Town and Country Planning Environmental Impact Assessment, Regulations 2017 for the provision of a Battery Energy Storage System ('BESS') occupying approximately 28.05ha on land adjacent to Redbridge Station and the River Test ('the Site'). The Site is located within the designated industrial area of the Port of Southampton.
As published by the council, reference 26/00627/SCR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00627/SCR
- Type
- Screening for EIA
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- No Objection
- Received
- 29 May 2026
- Validated
- 29 May 2026
- Decided
- 20 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Redbridge
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Southampton register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00833/FUL Awaiting decision
Land adjacent to Redbridge Station and The River Test Port of Southampton
Proposed battery energy storage system and associated infrastructure including transformer, substation, water tanks, welfare building, storage room, mesh fencing, acoustic fence and engineering works.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 May 2026
Received by Southampton
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20 Jul 2026
Decision issued: No Objection
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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Southampton granted permission on 20 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.
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