Land To East New Road Drax Selby North Yorkshire

2022/0711/EIAApplication submitted with EIAApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 August 2023

Council decision: PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Hybrid Planning Application comprising two parts: (Part 1) Outline planning application (all matters reserved) for the construction of a converter station at Drax, Selby; (Part 2) full planning application for the installation of high voltage direct current (HVDC) underground cables from the River Ouse to the converter station and high voltage alternating current (HVAC) underground cables from the converter station to the existing Drax Substation as well as all associated temporary works including compounds, accesses and bellmouths as part of the construction of Scotland-England Green Link 2 (SEGL2), a two gigawatt (GW) reinforcement of the electricity transmission system between Peterhead, Scotland and Drax, England. [Installation of underground HVDC cables from Mean Low Water Springs (MLWS) at Fraisthorpe, East Riding to the River Ouse and associated temporary works relating to land in an adjoining authority]

Received: 14 June 2022
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 23
Council: Selby
Ward: Camblesforth And Carlton

ReceivedReceived14 Jun
ValidatedValidated12 Aug
Consult.Consultation9 Jun
TargetTarget Date11 Aug
DecidedDecided11 Aug

Decided in 364 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land To East New Road Drax Selby North Yorkshire. Selby has handled 341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 423 days, 52 weeks longer than Selby's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Camblesforth And Carlton.

78% of outline applications at Selby were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Application submitted with EIA
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Long Drax Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 August 2022
Consultation expiry: 7 September 2023
Consultation start: 2 June 2023
Consultation end: 9 June 2023
Last date for comments: 9 June 2023
Target decision date: 11 August 2023
Committee meeting: 8 August 2023
Permission expires: 11 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: AECOM
Agent address: AECOM One Trinity Gardens Broad Chare Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 2HF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 364 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 17 August 2023
Advertisement expiry: 7 September 2023
Site notice start: 31 August 2022
Site notice end: 21 September 2022

Additional information

Documents: 130
Constraints: 69

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)

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

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2010
30 Mar
Retrospective application for the change of use of land to residential caravan site for 1No. gypsy family…
RefusedChange of Use2010/0319/COU

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