Hallgate Farm Hallgate Lane Pilsley Chesterfield S45 8HN Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with an import/export capacity of up to 50MW and including associated infrastructure, engineering works, drainage, cabling, landscaping and access (Major Development/Affecting Public Rights of Way) (Amended Title) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 11 Dec 2025 · Committee · Last checked 14 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by North East Derbyshire Planning Committee on 9 Dec 2025.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because energy, biodiversity and other benefits outweighed limited landscape, heritage and agricultural harm.
- Residents and the parish council raised concerns about fire safety, noise, traffic, ecology, landscape, consultation and local benefits.
- The committee voted to approve the application subject to conditions and delegated the final wording to the planning manager.
Source: Plota analysis of North East Derbyshire's committee minutes of 9 Dec 2025.
Documents 55
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 12
Plans & drawings 32
Other documents 9
Site constraints 5
Checked on 2 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
- S45 8HN
- Received
- 26 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 26 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Pilsley And Morton Ward
- Parish
- Pilsley Parish
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 12 Dec 2025
- Decision
- CONDITIONALLY APPROVED
- Decision date
- 11 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 107 days from validation, about the council's usual 104 days. Approved, as 88% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by North East Derbyshire in the last twelve months, from validation. North East Derbyshire decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14200678
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14200678
- Neighbours
- 28 Nov 2025
- Consultation
- 27 Nov 2025
- Comments by
- 18 Dec 2025
- Site or press notice
- 29 Aug 2025
- Committee
- 9 Dec 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 25 Nov 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
10 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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