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Allowed11 September 20253360815

Rookery Farm, Granborough, Buckinghamshire, MK18 3NJ

Planning appeal 3360815 at Rookery Farm, Granborough, Buckinghamshire, MK18 3NJ (Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *) was allowed on 11 September 2025 by Inspector Plenty B, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the landscape character and the visual effects of the proposal, taking into consideration cumulative effects.

the development of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), connected directly to the National Grid, with associated infrastructure including access, drainage and landscaping

Authority
Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
utilities-energy · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Plenty B
Postcode
MK18 3NJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the landscape character and the visual effects of the proposal, taking into consideration cumulative effects
  • Whether material considerations would be of sufficient magnitude to outweigh any conflict found with the development plan

What decided it

The substantial weight attributed to the national and policy support for renewable energy/BESS infrastructure, combined with significant biodiversity net gain and grid connection benefits, outweighed the moderate landscape and visual harm identified.

The substantial benefits of renewable energy delivery, together with significant weight for biodiversity net gain and the grid connection agreement, were found to outweigh the moderate adverse landscape and visual harm and the resulting conflict with the development plan as a whole.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy C3Policy BE2Policy NE4Policy NE1Policy NE7Policy NE2Policy S5Policy RC2Policy RC3Policy B1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 187

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