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Land East Of Hodgetts Lane Berkswell Solihull

PL/2023/02196/PPFLMajor Full OtherRefused
Full

Refused on 28 March 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of a flexible electricity storage facility to supplement the local electricity grid in order to stabilise and secure electricity supply.

Received
18 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Meriden & Arden
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.22 Mar
  4. Target24 Jan
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 155 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land East Of Hodgetts Lane Berkswell Solihull. Solihull has handled 4,519 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 15 weeks longer than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 161 applications across Meriden & Arden.

93% of full applications at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Major Full Other
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Berkswell Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2023
Consultation expiry
22 March 2024
Consultation start
23 February 2024
Consultation end
22 March 2024
Neighbour consultation start
25 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
16 November 2023
Last date for comments
22 March 2024
Target decision date
24 January 2024
Permission expires
28 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 November 2023
Advertisement expiry
27 November 2023
Site notice start
7 November 2023
Site notice end
29 November 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/2024/00031/REF
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

3348223
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 January 2025Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12538816
Documents
58

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Solihull

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas and Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Solihull

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