Central Electricity Generating Board Calow Lane Calow Chesterfield S44 5XH Data via plota.co.uk

25/01062/MFL - Major - Full Approved
Commercial & major worksTrees & landscapingUtility infrastructure

Proposal

Erection of a 400kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation including three super grid transformers, gantries, internal access roads, a GIS building, parking, drainage, diesel generator, lighting and CCTV, permanent access road from Calow Lane, earthworks, landscaping and biodiversity enhancement, and fencing the permanent realignment of footpaths NE5/25/1 and NE5/16/1 and felling of trees subject to TPO W1/171 (Major Development) (Affecting a Public Right of Way)(Departure from Development plan) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Dec 2025
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Approved
14 Aug 2026

Approved on 14 Aug 2026 · Last checked 18 Aug 2026

Planning committee

Decided by North East Derbyshire Planning Committee on 28 Jul 2026.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • Officers advised approval because public benefits outweighed landscape harm and policy conflicts.
  • Objectors, the applicant and the agent addressed the Committee.
  • Members were minded to grant permission, subject to conditions and further publicity checks.
Read how the committee decided The proposed infrastructure, site impacts, officer recommendation, public views, committee discussion and minded decision.

Source: Plota analysis of North East Derbyshire's committee minutes of 28 Jul 2026.

Documents

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Associated applications 5

Site constraints 5

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project: Chesterfield to Willington, at pre-application; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 3 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
North East Derbyshire
Application type
Major - Full
Postcode
S44 5XH
Received
22 Dec 2025
Validated
22 Dec 2025
Ward
Sutton Ward
Parish
Calow Parish
Case officer
Show
Decision
CONDITIONALLY APPROVED
Decision date
14 Aug 2026
Agent
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 235 days from validation, 196 days slower than North East Derbyshire's median of 39 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 95% of tree and landscaping works here are.

86%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
109decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by North East Derbyshire in the last twelve months, from validation. North East Derbyshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14488162
Planning Portal ref
PP-14488162
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

4 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
EIA Screening Opinion for a new 400kV substation at land adjoining existing National Grid…
24/00287/EIA
2024 Approved
EIA Screening Opinion for a new 400kV substation at land adjoining existing National Grid…
24/00287/EIA
2016 Refused
Energy storage system comprising of battery storage containers, ancillary buildings, secu…
16/00845/FL
2016 Refused
Energy storage system comprising of battery storage containers, ancillary buildings, secu…
16/00845/FL
North East Derbyshire
Planning Authority Score
4.6/10
Below average
#168 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

North East Derbyshire ranks #166 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
North East Derbyshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #89 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #133 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #166 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #181 of 296
87%
Minor dwellings approved
45 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
28 decided
532
Total decisions
42 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings