Battery storage system at Church Bank, Jarrow

“250408 Vacant Land (Formerly M H Southern) Land East of Church Bank Jarrow NE32 3DZ Applicants: AMG Utility Solutions Ltd. Proposal: Outline application for the installation of a Battery Energy Storage System and associated infrastructure, all matter reserved.”

“A site visit was conducted on the 6 th March 2026. The site visit was carried out with the prior approval of the Chair. The need for the site visit in advance was to view the site and consider the objections to the proposals.”

“A member queried the size of the archaeological trenches and why more details of this were not provided by the applicant at this stage. It was noted that due to the adjacent historical Jarrow Hall location, planning conditions were recommended regarding the submission of a scheme of archaeological trial trenching which would set out the scheme in detail.”

“It was proposed by Cllr P. Dean and seconded by Cllr Ford that the application be approved.”

“A vote was carried out with members voting unanimously that they were minded to grant planning permission subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement to secure a BNG monitoring contribution of £3770 and with the Senior Manager – Planning being authorised to issue the outline planning permission following completion of the Section 106 Agreement, subject to the recommended planning conditions below (and subject to any minor drafting or typographical amendments to…”

“To comply with Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. The reserved matters details to be submitted under condition 1 above, excluding any site access points to/from the site to the surrounding locality, shall include soft landscaped strips at least 10 metres wide to the entirety of the north, south and west application site boundaries, provide for the retention of existing habitat as shown on Figure 2 contained within the Futures Ecology Biodiversity…”

“No groundworks or development shall commence until a programme of archaeological fieldwork (to include evaluation and where appropriate mitigation excavation) has been completed. This shall be carried out in accordance with a specification provided by the Local Planning Authority.”