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Woodlands Farm Calcott Hill Sturry Kent CT3 4NB

CA/25/00418Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 May 2026

Council decision: GRANTED21 conditions

Proposal

Construction and operation of up to a 227.5MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), comprising battery container units; inverter-transformer skid units, electrical substation buildings; substation compound; access roads; water storage tanks; fencing; CCTV; landscaping, and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works.

Received
10 March 2025
Ward
Sturry
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 442 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Woodlands Farm Calcott Hill Sturry Kent CT3 4NB. Canterbury has handled 2,757 applications of this type. This one was decided in 442 days, 55 weeks longer than Canterbury's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Sturry. We hold 2,038 applications in total for the CT3 postcode area.

96% of full 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

Postcode
CT3 4NB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Sturry

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2025
Consultation expiry
4 April 2025
Last date for comments
25 April 2025
Target decision date
9 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Neo Environmental
Agent address
Spaces 8th Floor The Programme Building The Pithay Bristol BS1 2NB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Vic Hester
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 April 2025

Additional information

Documents
77

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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