Battery Energy Storage Systems and Hazardous Substance Register
Battery Energy Storage Systems
Battery storage, or battery energy storage systems (BESS), are devices that enable energy from renewables, like solar and wind, to be stored and then released when the power is needed most.
The installation of a grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) is likely to require planning consent. In England and Wales, planning decisions on BESSs are determined by local planning authorities.
For sites and information regarding planning applications for BESS please use the link in the green button below, to view or comment on an application. Enter a key word, reference number, postcode or first line of the address. For a key word search we suggest you add ‘Battery Energy Storage System.’
Hazardous Substance Register
Hazardous Substance Consent is required when substances on a site are at, or in excess of the 'controlled quantity' as set out in the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2015.
Whilst the Council is the determining authority for Hazardous Substance Consent we will seek advice from the Health and Safety Executive. This advice, together with all other consultation responses and representations, will inform decision making.
Hazardous Substance Consent is not a planning application and therefore it is important to recognise there are different matters we must consider.
Section 28 of the Planning (Hazardous Substance) Act 1990 requires the Council to maintain a public register of sites at which hazardous substances are permitted to be located.
To view the hazardous substance register, kept for inspection, this can be viewed by searching the link in the green button below. Enter a key word, reference number, post code or first line of the address. In the advanced search option you can also search by application type ‘hazardous substance consent.
Further information in relation to Hazardous Substance Consents can be found on the Gov.uk website or the Health and Safety Executive website.