19 comments

• Comment Link Tuesday, 06 February 2024 00:53 posted by Evon’e Mccallion

  We in Sunbury have enough to put up with the fumes from airport , the echo station , the M3 , it’s green belt land it’s not yours to decide to use it , a fire hazard and we don’t know how these batteries will react in the future more traffic more HGV ‘s.
  What about you build a site for our youth and ask them what they would like a club house , cricket pitches , racintrack for electric scooters but not these batteries , why is it you act as Sunbury is the only part of Surrey to use or is it Spelthorne does not care , well residents do deny this please
• Comment Link Monday, 05 February 2024 23:30 posted by Adrian Corti

  Everyone must make an official comment via the link to the planning application above, leaving comments here will make no difference - you must make an official comment for or against the proposal.
• Comment Link Monday, 05 February 2024 21:24 posted by Chantelle Walmsley

  I object to this BESS facility being put so close to a residential area and on green belt land in Sunbury. Not only will it be a massive eye sore, we already have the eco park causing local pollution and extra road use. This would only add to the problem. I am also concerned about the storage and use of lithium batteries which are highly dangerous particularly when exposed to moisture, at an industrial scale so close to a housing and major transport links.
  I would not ever however object if there had been a proposal for a wind farm or solar panels.
• Comment Link Monday, 05 February 2024 20:21 posted by Jason kiefer

  Living close to the proposed site would add additional hazards to health for the surrounding area. As we all know from the use of batteries in motor vehicles when they catch fire they cannot be put out and take a long time to become safe. They then have to be stored safely for long periods after. We already have enough in this area and this would be an added hazard .
• Comment Link Monday, 05 February 2024 20:12 posted by jill oates

  This looks monstrous and after the ugly Eco Park which was proposed for somewhere else in Surrey and we got landed it, I think this needs to go somewhere else, plus totally disagree with anything but open space on green belt land.
• Comment Link Monday, 05 February 2024 19:33 posted by Bonita KELSALL

  As a resident of charlton village I feel we have had more of our fair share of monstrous ugly buildings and this is one step to far so no we don’t want this !!
• Comment Link Monday, 05 February 2024 19:21 posted by Jeff McQueen

  I support the idea of building a BESS site to support the electrical grid, but given the fire risks and visual impact suggest that areas that are less suitable for urban development like the strips adjacent to the M3 be considered instead
  Fire risk must be mitigated by the use of battery gaseous emission sensors
• Comment Link Monday, 05 February 2024 19:11 posted by Penny Payton

  I don’t want this to be built near my home. We already have the Eco Park & CEMEX digging in the field.
• Comment Link Monday, 05 February 2024 16:45 posted by Jennifer Williams

  As a resident in Spelthorne I am very disappointed to see another wholly negative proposal of building a battery energy storage system next to the Eco Park. I fear there could be a significant fire risk, also the disruption involved in routing a high voltage cable across the M3 and through Charlton village on route to Staines. I vehemently opposed the Eco Park and now find another venture to worry about.