Planning application
Land South East Of Bank Bridge Tarleton Lancashire
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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 West Lancashire
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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.
West Lancashire took a median of 71 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Bretherton Energy Partnership-Roger Bracewell Applicant
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
143 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
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