CHESHIRE East has given the go-ahead for a battery energy storage system to be built on fields north of Dragon’s Lane at Moston.
Hydrock UK hopes to start building the facility, which will include 12 battery containers, an on-site substation, boundary fencing and CCTV, in the spring.
Planning officer Gareth Taylerson told the council’s southern planning committee on Wednesday, although the application site is in the open countryside, certain planning policies support public infrastructure developments.
“Obviously this would be by one of the energy companies to provide energy to support the grid, then clearly it meets that criteria,” said Mr Taylerson.
He added: “Because it’s a renewable energy project, it is supported by many of the renewable energy policies.”
Mr Taylerson told councillors there were no real impacts with respect to design, and a…