\n PL\/26\/07073\/EIASR | Request for an EIA Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for proposed development of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and Associated Infrastructure. | Land West Of Mop End Lane Mop End Buckinghamshire\n<\/p>\n
\n Voltis wants to install 320 battery containers on agricultural land west of Mop End Lane, within the green belt and Chilterns National Landscape.\n<\/p>\n
\n The proposed facility would have an export capacity of up to 500 megawatts and an operational life of 45 years.\n<\/p>\n
\n The site covers approximately 14.33 hectares, around 35 acres, with construction expected to take two years.\n<\/p>\n
\n The developer has reduced the number of battery containers from 480 under an earlier version of the scheme.\n<\/p>\n
\n Supporting infrastructure would include a substation compound, two transformers measuring 10.2 metres high, water storage tanks and acoustic fencing.\n<\/p>\n
\n The council\u2019s screening report records 37 representations, raising concerns including landscape harm, noise, fire safety, wildlife, construction traffic and potential water pollution.\n<\/p>\n
\n Public rights of way intersect the site, while Shardeloes\u2019 Grade II* registered park and garden lies approximately 55 metres away.\n<\/p>\n
\n Officers described the proposal as a \u201csubstantial development\u201d but concluded its low-level nature would result in localised impacts.\n<\/p>\n
\n The council said potential environmental effects could be addressed through supporting reports and planning conditions, without requiring an Environmental Impact Statement.\n<\/p>\n
\n The report, dated October 13, does not grant planning permission or determine whether the scheme is acceptable.\n<\/p>\n
\n It says a separate battery storage proposal at Mop End Farm is being appealed after its refusal. If that appeal succeeds, its cumulative effects with the Voltis scheme would need to be assessed.\n<\/p>\n
\n PL\/26\/06731\/RM | Generator, cabinet, AMF panel and all ancillary development | Telecommunications Site Bencombe Farm The Ridgeway Marlow SL7 3LQ\n<\/p>\n
\n Backup power equipment to help keep emergency services communications running during power cuts has been approved at a mobile phone mast near Marlow.\n<\/p>\n
\n EE secured prior approval from Buckinghamshire Council for a diesel emergency generator and associated equipment at Bencombe Farm, off The Ridgeway.\n<\/p>\n
\n The council\u2019s report says the works are principally connected with the Emergency Services Network and would help maintain the installation\u2019s operation during power failures, storm damage or vandalism.\n<\/p>\n
\n The generator would provide power when an interruption outlasts the site\u2019s existing battery backup capacity. It would not operate continuously.\n<\/p>\n
\n The equipment would be installed within the existing fenced telecommunications compound, with the generator standing approximately 1.2 metres high.\n<\/p>\n
\n The council granted prior approval for the development\u2019s siting and appearance on October 14.\n<\/p>\n
\n PL\/26\/06629\/PAPCR | Prior Notification under Class MA of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 – Change of use of Class E (Commercial, Business and Service use) building to Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) building to provide nine apartments (7 x 2-bed and 2 x 1-bed). | P And A House Alma Road Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 3HB\n<\/p>\n
\n Nine flats at Chesham\u2019s former printworks have secured prior approval despite parking objections, with separate habitats approval required before development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PL\/26\/07073\/EIASR | Request for an EIA Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-805414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}