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Castle Hill Solar Farm Willerby Low Road Cottingham East Riding Of Yorkshire HU16 5JQ

26/01795/PLFFull Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) compound with a 2.35m high palisade fence and a CCTV camera mounted to existing substation, a small extension to internal vehicular access road to BESS, realignment of an existing 2.4m high boundary fencing, partial relocation of ground mounted solar panels with associated infrastructure (Retrospective Application) and construction of attenuation basin and swale for surface water drainage to watercourse

Received
13 July 2026
Decision due
20 November 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
14
Ward
Cottingham South
  1. Received13 Jul
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.17 Sep
  4. Target20 Nov
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 17 September.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (64)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Castle Hill Solar Farm Willerby Low Road Cottingham East Riding Of Yorkshire HU16 5JQ. East Riding has handled 8,922 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Cottingham South. We hold 224 applications in total for the HU16 postcode area.

91% of full applications at East Riding of Yorkshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
HU16 5JQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Cottingham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2026
Consultation expiry
23 September 2026
Consultation end
17 September 2026
Last date for comments
23 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Chris Calvert 5th Floor (East) Russell Street Leeds West Yorkshire LS1 5SP

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Site notice end
23 September 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15035621
Documents
64

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO230Part of the site · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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© 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.

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

Source: East Riding

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