Land At Cowpen Bewley Seal Sands Link Road Billingham

24/1403/SCOScreening OptionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 September 2024

Council decision: EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Screening opinion for proposed battery energy storage system.

Received: 9 August 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 5
Council: Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Ward: Billingham South

ReceivedReceived9 Aug
ValidatedValidated9 Aug
Consult.Consultation22 Aug
TargetTarget Date23 Aug
DecidedDecided9 Sep

Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At Cowpen Bewley Seal Sands Link Road Billingham. Stockton-on-Tees has handled 182 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Stockton-on-Tees's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Billingham South.

88% of outline applications at Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Screening Option
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Billingham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 August 2024
Consultation expiry: 22 August 2024
Consultation start: 12 August 2024
Consultation end: 22 August 2024
Last date for comments: 22 August 2024
Target decision date: 23 August 2024
Permission expires: 9 September 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period: 14 days

Additional information

Documents: 3
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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 (21)

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, 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.

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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.

Source: Stockton-on-Tees

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