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Central Electricity Generating Board Calow Lane Calow Chesterfield Derbyshire

CHE/26/00009/CPOConsultation with DCC and LA'sDecided
Outline / PiP

Decided on 23 January 2026

Council decision: Other Council no obj with commentsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

(NEDDC Consultation) Erection of a 400kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation including three super grid transformers, gantries, internal access roads, a GIS building, parking, drainage, diesel generator, lighting and CCTV, permanent access road from Calow Lane, earthworks, landscaping and biodiversity enhancement, and fencing the permanent realignment of footpaths NE5/25/1 and NE5/16/1 and felling of trees subject to TPO W1/171

Received
5 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 18 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Central Electricity Generating Board Calow Lane Calow Chesterfield Derbyshire. Chesterfield has handled 330 applications of this type. The site is in a conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

91% of outline applications at Chesterfield Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Consultation with DCC and LA's
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2026
Target decision date
26 January 2026
Permission expires
23 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Graeme Cooper
Applicant company

National Grid Electricity Transmission plc

Company number 02366977

Status
Active
Type
Public limited company
Incorporated
1 Apr 1989 (37 years old)
Nature of business
Transmission of electricity

5 other planning applications by this company in Rotherham and Buckinghamshire.

  • RB2026/1441 · Rotherham · land off Long Lane Whiston 9999
  • RB2026/1433 · Rotherham · Land at Long Lane Whiston 9999
  • RB2026/1249 · Rotherham · Land at Long Lane Whiston 9999
  • RB2026/1266 · Rotherham · Land at Long Lane Whiston 9999
  • PL/26/05954/CMPA · Buckinghamshire · New Denham Quarry Denham Road Denham Buckinghamshire UB9 4EH
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.

Source: Chesterfield

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