Wakefield - Proposed Development
What is planned?
Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)
(England) Order 2015
Notice under Articles 13 and 36 of the Town and Country Planning
Construction and operation of a temporary battery energy storage system, formation of an access road, SuDS pond, landscape and ecological enhancements and associated works
I give notice that Harmony WB (JV) Limited having applied to Wakefield Council to construct and operate a temporary battery energy storage system within 7.2 hectares with an access road, SuDS pond, landscape and ecological enhancements and associated works is appealing to the Secretary of State against the decision of the Council
Any owner* of the land or tenant** who wishes to make representations about this appeal should write to: The Planning Inspectorate, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol, BS1 6PN
By 11th July 2025
If you decide to make representations you should make it clear that you are an owner of the appeal site or tenant of an agricultural holding on the site and you should give the site address.
*“owner” means a person having a freehold interest or a leasehold interest the unexpired term of which is not less than seven years, or in the case of development consisting of the winning or working of minerals, a person entitled to an interest in a mineral in the land (other than oil, gas, coal, gold or silver).
**“tenant” means a tenant of an agricultural holding any part of which is
comprised in the land.
Signed Matthew Sharpe On behalf of Harmony WB (JV) Limited, Date 19th June 2025
Statement of owners’ rights
The grant of planning permission does not affect owners’ rights to retain or dispose of their property, unless there is some provision to the contrary in an agreement or in a lease.
Statement of agricultural tenants’ rights
The grant of planning permission for non-agricultural development may affect agricultural tenants’ security of tenure.
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