Battery storage land in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey

Use the ordinance number to request the latest record

The state register describes Ordinance 23-2026 as a proposed Chapter 225 amendment covering battery storage and prohibited uses. It records receipt of a draft on August 13, 2026 and still labels the review pending when checked October 4.

Ask the township clerk or planning office for any later adoption, effective date, revisions and application restrictions. A state tracking page can lag a local action. Do not infer either permission or a current ban solely from the pending entry.

Reference: New Jersey Pinelands Commission: municipal ordinance review register · Egg Harbor Township: municipal code and new-law directory

Ask specifically about privately owned land

A discussion of public-property projects does not establish eligibility for a privately owned parcel. Tell the reviewing office who owns the land, its block and lot and what use is proposed. Ask whether that specific type of application can be accepted under the current requirements.

If a developer says policy changes will make the property eligible later, ask what document supports that expectation and what remains uncertain. Do not treat an anticipated change as an existing right to develop.

Clarify whether another review layer applies

Ask whether the property and proposal require Pinelands review as well as township action. Provide the parcel location rather than assuming every site with an Egg Harbor Township address has the same approval route.

Have the developer list the reviewing offices and the decisions needed from each. Ask which work can be done now and which depends on a later policy or application decision. This gives you a more useful schedule than a general promise that permitting is underway.

A policy delay should not make the option unclear

Before reserving land, ask what you are paid while the developer waits or investigates. Find out how long the reservation lasts, who can extend it and when your land is released if an application cannot proceed.

Explain the uses you may postpone: selling, building, farming, leasing to a tenant or expanding a business. Ask whether those uses can continue during the option. A proposed zoning change does not answer these private agreement questions.

Keep the connection and footprint in view

Even if a land-use route becomes available, a battery still needs an electrical arrangement and a workable site plan. Ask what charging and export review has been done, where the connection would be and whose land the route crosses.

Ask for equipment, access and construction areas to be shown together. Send Sunland the location, block and lot if known and any proposal you have received. An inquiry can identify the next questions; it does not assume a current buyer, permit or eligible private parcel.