Former Rugeley Power Station Armitage Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PR
Approved on 26 March 2025
Council decision: Screening OpinionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Screening Opinion: Development of a 200MW (Megawatt) Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Facility and associated works.
- Received
- 28 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Lichfield District Council
- Ward
- Armitage With Handsacre
- ReceivedReceived28 Feb
- ValidatedValidated3 Mar
- Consult.Consultation15 Mar
- TargetTarget Date24 Mar
- DecidedDecided26 Mar
Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application at Former Rugeley Power Station Armitage Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PR. Lichfield has handled 457 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lichfield's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Armitage With Handsacre. We hold 513 applications in total for the WS15 postcode area.
75% of outline applications at Lichfield District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- WS15 1PR
- Application type
- Screening Opinion
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Armitage With Handsacre
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 15 March 2025
- Consultation start
- 12 March 2025
- Consultation end
- 15 March 2025
- Last date for comments
- 15 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 March 2025
- Permission expires
- 26 March 2030
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Katherine Borton
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 0
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202621 Sep
Non-material Amendment to 19/00753/OUTMEI
PendingNon-material amendment19/00753/AMD7 - 20267 Sep
Section 73 application to vary Condition 2 (Approved drawings), 3 (Ecology), 7 (Drainage), 8 (Affordable…
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/01103/OUTMEI - 202624 Aug
Discharge of condition 24 (External Lighting Scheme) of permission 19/00753/OUTMEI
PendingDischarge of conditions19/00753/DSCH37 - 202629 Jul
Discharge of condition 5 (Phasing Scheme) of permission 19/00753/OUTMEI
WithdrawnDischarge of conditions19/00753/DSCH36 - 202513 Oct
Approval of reserved matters (layout, scale, appearance and landscaping) for the erection of 547 dwellings…
ApprovedReserved matters25/01265/REMM
Source: Lichfield
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