Planning application
Land To The South Of South Elmsall Wakefield
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of underground electricity cables and associated works to connect a proposed ground mounted photovoltaic farm and battery energy storage development (located within Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, application ref: 25/01535/FULM) to the electricity grid network.
As published by the council, reference 25/01638/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01638/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 26 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 26 Aug 2025
- Ward
- South Elmsall And South Kirkby
- Parish
- South Elmsall
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Aug 2025
Received by Wakefield
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 21 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Wakefield took a median of 79 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
116 documents on file for this application
- FIRE ENGINEERING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
- FIRE ENGINEERING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
- HIGHWAYS WAKEFIELD COUNCIL
- WAKEFIELD COUNCIL ECOLOGIST
- LAND QUALITY WAKEFIELD COUNCIL
- THE STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC
- THE STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC
- YORKSHIRE WATER
- WAKEFIELD COUNCIL - PUBLIC HEALTH
- WEST YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGY ADVISORY SERVICE
- WAKEFIELD COUNCIL ECOLOGIST
- THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- OBJECTS
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE DOCO
- WAKEFIELD COUNCIL DRAINAGE
- DONCASTER COUNCIL
- DONCASTER COUNCIL
- NORTHERN POWER GRID
- NORTHERN POWER GRID
- NORTHERN POWER GRID
- NORTHERN POWER GRID
- NORTHERN POWER GRID
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- PLANNING STATEMENT & SUPPORTING ASSESSMENTS
- GLINT AND GLARE ASSESSMENT
- HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- SEQUENTIAL SITE ASSESSMENT 1 OF 2
- SEQUENTIAL SITE ASSESSMENT 2 OF 2
- AGRICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- APPRAISAL 1 OF 5
- APPRAISAL 2 OF 5
- APPRAISAL 3 OF 5
- APPRAISAL 4 OF 5
- APPRAISAL 5 OF 5
- APPRAISAL 1 OF 2
- APPRAISAL 2 OF 2
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT 1 OF 3
- STATEMENT 2 OF 3
- CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN 3 OF 3
- IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- NOISE REPORT 1 OF 3
- NOISE REPORT 2 OF 3
- NOISE REPORT 3 OF 3
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING LAYOUT PLAN
- AREA 1 EXISTING LAYOUT
- AREA 2 AND 3 EXISTING LAYOUT
- AREA 4 EXISTING LAYOUT
- AREA 5 EXISTING LAYOUT
- HIGHWAY JUNCTION LAYOUT
- SITEWIDE PROPOSED LAYOUT
- AREA 1 PROPOSED LAYOUT
- AREA 2 AND 3 PROPOSED LAYOUT
- AREA 4 PROPOSED LAYOUT
- AREA 5 PROPOSED LAYOUT
- BESS/SUBSTATION COMPOUND PROPOSED LAYOUT
- BESS/SUBSTATION COMPOUND PROPOSED SURFACE WATER
- BESS/SUBSTATION COMPOUND PROPOSED SURFACE WATER CONTAINMENT
- BESS/SUBSTATION COMPOUND PROPOSED DRAINAGE DESIGN ELEVATION
- BESS/SUBSTATION COMPOUND PROPOSED ELEVATION
- BESS/SUBSTATION COMPOUND PROPOSED ELEVATION
- INDICATIVE BESS/SUBSTATION COMPOUND PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- BESS/SUBSTATION COMPOUND PROPOSED ELEVATION
- TYPICAL BESS EQUIPMENT DETAILS
- TYPICAL BESS FIRE WATER EQUIPMENT
- BESS BOUNDARY TREATMENT & LIGHTING DETAILS
- GRID COMPOUND EQUIPMENT LAYOUT
- AREA 2 & 3 FOOTPATH AND PERMISSIVE PATH LAYOUT
- AREA 2 & 3 WATERCOURSE CROSSING LAYOUT
- AREA PANEL DESIGN & FOUNDATION DETAILS
- AREA PANEL TRANFORMER DETAILS
- AREA PANEL INVERTER DETAILS
- AREA PANEL TRACK FOUNDATION AND CABLE TRENCH
- AREA PANEL BOUNDARY TREATMENT
- AREA PANEL BOUNDART TREATMENT
- AREA PANEL CABLE TRENCH DETAILS
- APPLICATION BOUNDARY
- APPLICATION BOUNDARY
- SITE WIDE PROPOSED LANDCAPE STRATEGY
- AREAS 1 AND 2 PROPOSED LANDSCAPE STRATEGY
- AREA 4 PROPOSED LANDSCAPE STRATEGY
- AREA 5 PROPOSED LANDSCAPE STRATEGY
- METRIC
- COVER LETTER
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