Planning application
Land adjacent to Redbridge Station and The River Test Port of Southampton
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed battery energy storage system and associated infrastructure including transformer, substation, water tanks, welfare building, storage room, mesh fencing, acoustic fence and engineering works.
As published by the council, reference 26/00833/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00833/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Validated
- 17 Jul 2026
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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26/00627/SCR Granted
Land adjacent to Redbridge Station and The River Test Port of Southampton
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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Southampton took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
What happens while it is decided
This application is with Southampton for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Southampton decided full applications in a median of 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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