Land To The North Of The Bay Gateway Heaton With Oxcliffe Lancashire Data via plota.co.uk

26/00715/VCN Awaiting decision

Proposal

Development of 200MW battery energy storage facility (BESS), along with ancillary development including regrading of land levels, landscaping, fencing, CCTV columns and new vehicular accesses (pursuant to the variation of conditions 2 and 7 on planning permission to amend the approved plans and to amend the wording of the condition to reflect the updated Battery Management Plan) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
10 Jul 2026
Consultation
14 Jul 2026
Decision
Awaiting decision

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Comments are open until 4 Aug 2026.

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Important details

Council
Lancaster
Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
10 Jul 2026
Target decision
9 Oct 2026

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15047099
Neighbours
14 Jul 2026
Consultation
14 Jul 2026
Press notice
23 Jul 2026
Lancaster
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#147 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Lancaster is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #84 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Lancaster decision performance
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #237 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #231 of 296
74%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #84 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #130 of 296
71%
Minor dwellings approved
45 decided (1-9 homes)
63%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
63%
Change of use approved
48 decided
717
Total decisions
122 refused in the year to March 2026