Planning

Statera Planning Application

There is a proposal to build a battery storage system in Granborough, which will be connected to the East Claydon electrical substation. It is called the East Claydon Battery Storage Scheme. The company behind the proposal is Statera Energy, who have recently been holding exhibitions of the proposed scheme in the Village Hall and in the Claydons.

The formal planning application was submitted to and published by Buckinghamshire Council on 15th December 2023 as planning application reference number 23/03875/APP. Buckinghamshire are the relevant Local Planning Authority and they will determine the application. A link to the planning application can be found below.

  Statera Planning Application 23/03875/APP

  Statement from Granborough Parish Council

Public Comments on Applications

Buckinghamshire Council plans to stop displaying public comments on planning applications, on their portal. They will still receive and consider your comments, but others including the Parish Council, will not see them. At this moment we do not know when this change will occur, but it is imminent.

In order that Granborough Parish Council are aware of your views when deciding our response to planning applications, please send your comments to the Parish Clerk by clicking on the Pen icon next to the planning applications below. We will not disclose your information to other parties.

Our Role in Planning

Granborough Parish Council is a Consultee only. We are notified of all new applications. We ensure they are considered at a Parish Council meeting. Residents can attend to tell us the relevant planning issues they would like the PC to include in its response. In the absence of public opinion, the Parish Council responds as they see fit.

Buckinghamshire Council will decide the outcome of the application, for more information on how they reach their decision, please read the Who Decides Leaflet, which is linked below.

  Who Decides Leaflet

Planning Enforcement

The job of planning enforcement is to ensure that any development takes place according to permission granted. If you think permission has been breached, planning enforcement can investigate. It is not possible for Planning Enforcement to investigate where planning permission has not yet been granted, under these circumstances you should contact the Planning Officer in charge of the application. Please visit the Planning Enforcement Page, which is linked below.

  Planning Enforcement at Buckinghamshire Council

Sending Comments to Planners

If you have strong views about a planning application, you should inform the Granborough Parish Council, but you may also record your response by accessing the Planning System. The link to the Aylesbury Vale Planning System is provided below.

  Planning System

Planning applications are decided on planning law, not opinion. As such the Planners will only take into account certain types of comment. This document below is issued by Buckinghamshire Council Planners for guidance. The Parish Council comments will comply with this guidance.

  Buckinghamshire Council Planners Guidance

Call In Process

The Parish Council is once again able to request that a Planning Application is Called In to the relevant planning committee, rather than being decided on delegated powers.

Within 28 days of being notified of the application, Granborough Parish Council must make the Planning Officer aware that they wish to Call In the Application to the relevant Planning Committee, and outline what the material planning reasons for the Call In are. A representative of the Parish Council will speak at committee if the request for Call In is agreed.

The Service Director of Planning and Environment (or their delegated officer), in consultation with the Chairman (or, in his absence, the Vice-Chairman) of the relevant planning committee, will determine whether or not the matter called-in by the Parish Council, should be considered by Planning Committee, or whether the exercise of delegated powers is appropriate.

Call In is appropriate for planning applications for full or outline consent, as well as applications for reserved matters. Other types of applications, consents, notifications will be determined under delegated powers.