Your chance to vote on the forum’s stance re Current Development Proposals in Bramcote

The Bramcote Neighbourhood Forum is holding an online meeting this Thursday 22 February to discuss the appeal against the refusal of planning permission of the Battery Energy Storage System in green belt in Bramcote.

We will also consider an informal pre application consultation by two developers for housing in neighbouring Toton next to the tram terminus.

We have emailed members of the forum this information and will send a link to the Zoom meeting shortly.

If you live in Bramcote and are not yet a member of the forum please consider joining.

Membership of Bramcote Neighbourhood Forum is open to all residents over the age of 18 who live in Bramcote Ward. To join the Bramcote Neighbourhood Forum, please complete this form:

http://eepurl.com/b3LBK9

Paul Nathanail

Chair, Bramcote Neighbourhood Forum

Where is the proposed site?

This is walking easterly from Baulk Lane Bridge.

Everything to the left (north) of the wooden fences is to be reworked
with landscaping, trees, a new road and parking, a Toton-like
substation, and control buildings, to be screened by fencing and trees.

(From the public footpath.)

The second picture shows more of where the road, parking, compound, and
control buildings are to be sited.

The third picture shows part of the extent of the two battery compounds
themselves that comprise 104 full-size shipping containers on concrete
plinths (up to the green hedge cutting diagonal across the neighbouring
field.

The fourth picture was taken from the aspect of looking from the boundary of the heritage site westwards across to Stapleford.

This shows the main extent of the two battery compounds which covers
most of this view.

Thank you to Martin Lomas for providing photographs and giving a
summary description as understood from the planning application plans.

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2 Comments

  1. Hello. How can I get involved? I live locally but I’m a transport planner and graduated in town planning so might be able to provide some useful input here and there. Thanks.

    Ben King

    Ben.king@tetratech.com

    246 Derby Road, NG9 3JN

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  2. Following last week’s Bramcote Neighbourhood Forum meeting, the forum has replied to the appeal against refusal of planning permission for a battery energy storage system (BESS) on green belt in bramcote (APP/J3015/W/23/3326391).

    The forum decided to ask the inspector to reject the appeal and uphold the council’s refusal of planning permission for the following reasons:

    1. The BESS is not needed – there is over capacity both locally and nationally of similar and larger BESS
    2. The appellant has not demonstrated benefits to Bramcote
    3. The appelant has still not demonstrated the very special circumstances needed to allow what they accept is unacceptable development in green belt

    Thank you to those who attended the Forum meeting last Thursday.

    Comments in favour or against the appeal are still possible at:

    https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.aspx

    Paul Nathanail

    Chair, Bramcote Neighbourhood Forum

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