PLANS for a battery energy storage system to be built on fields at Moston have been recommended for approval.
Cheshire East’s planning officer believes councillors should give the scheme the green light arguing, even though it is in the open countryside ‘the benefits of energy storage outweigh the limited harm to the character and appearance of the local landscape character’.
Moston Parish Council has objected to the proposal, earmarked for the two hectare in site to the north of Dragons Lane, saying it will require extensive infrastructure and could have a significant effect on the nearby site of special scientific interest, Sandbach Flashes, as well as create highways issues.
The application, from Hydrock, is for the construction of a 12 MW battery storage facility with boundary fencing and access track from Dragons Lane.
The council’s planning officer…