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Allowed7 May 20253351328

Land Off Bemersley Road, Brown Edge, Staffordshire, ST6 8UL

Planning appeal 3351328 at Land Off Bemersley Road, Brown Edge, Staffordshire, ST6 8UL (Staffordshire Moorlands District Council) was allowed on 7 May 2025 by Inspector Szymanski D, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

Construction of a temporary 49.35MW battery storage facility, to include a compound, a DNO control room, a customer substation, security fencing, landscaping and other associated infrastructure

Authority
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
utilities-energy · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Szymanski D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
  • the effect of the proposal upon the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular reference to noise and disturbance
  • the effect of the proposal upon the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The very significant weight attributed to the climate change, energy security and grid flexibility benefits of the battery storage facility outweighed the moderate harms identified.

the very significant benefits of carbon reduction, energy storage flexibility and security of supply, together with limited biodiversity and economic benefits, significantly outweighed the moderate harm to character and appearance, the moderate harm to living conditions from noise, and the minor harm from loss of BMV land and ridge and furrow

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
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National Planning Policy Framework
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