Skip to content

Central Electricity Generating Station Mop End Lane Mop End Buckinghamshire

PL/22/2179/FAFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 December 2022

Council decision: Conditional permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Extension to the existing Amersham National Grid substation, temporary laydown / welfare area and the upgrading of an access track around the north part of the substation.

Received
17 June 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Penn Wood & Old Amersham
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Dec
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 182 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Central Electricity Generating Station Mop End Lane Mop End Buckinghamshire. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 8,004 applications of this type. This one was decided in 182 days, 18 weeks longer than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address.

82% of full applications at Chiltern South Bucks were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Amersham

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2022
Consultation expiry
13 December 2022
Consultation start
5 December 2022
Consultation end
13 December 2022
Last date for comments
13 December 2022
Target decision date
9 December 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
National Grid
Agent address
National Grid House Warwick Technology Park Gallows Hill Warwick CV34 6DA

Planning decision

Statutory period
175 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 July 2022
Site notice end
11 August 2022

Additional information

Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.
  • Green belt: Buckinghamshire
  • Registered park and garden: Shardeloes
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    3 Mar

    Application for approval of details subject to condition 3 (Precautionary Method Statement) of planning…

    Condition AcceptedDischarge of conditionsPL/23/0734/CONDA
  2. 2022
    17 Jun

    Extension to the existing Amersham National Grid substation, temporary laydown / welfare area and the…

    This applicationApprovedFullPL/22/2179/FA

Source: Chiltern South Bucks

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address