Land To North East Of Woodlands Farm Calcott Hill Sturry Kent

CA/25/00025EIA screeningApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 February 2025

Council decision: NO OBJECTION

Proposal

EIA Screening opinion request in relation to installation and operate a 227.5MW Battery Energy Storage System.

Received: 6 January 2025
Council: Canterbury City Council
Ward: Sturry
Agent: Neo Environmental Development

ReceivedReceived6 Jan
ValidatedValidated6 Jan
Consult.Consultation28 Jan
TargetTarget Date27 Jan
DecidedDecided17 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land To North East Of Woodlands Farm Calcott Hill Sturry Kent. Canterbury has handled 290 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Canterbury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Sturry.

93% of outline applications at Canterbury City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: EIA screening
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Sturry

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 January 2025
Last date for comments: 28 January 2025
Target decision date: 27 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Neo Environmental Development

Planning decision

Statutory period: 21 days

Additional information

Documents: 11

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Article 4 direction: Canterbury and surrounding area. Dated 25.02.2015 effective 25.02.2016
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Canterbury

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