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Land adjacent to Redbridge Station and The River Test Port of Southampton

Granted Southampton 26/00627/SCR Screening for EIA

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.

  • 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.

    Submitted 17 Jul 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 May 2026

    Received by Southampton

  2. 20 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: No Objection

  3. 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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What this grant of permission means

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.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

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