National Grid Penn Sub Station Penstone Lane Lower Penn South Staffordshire WV4 4XE
Approved on 6 August 2015
Council decision: APPROVEDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
The erection of a combined hard flood defence and perimeter fence to a height of 3.4m, which will be set inside the existing perimeter fence; The erection of a pedestrian flood gate with access pathway to the existing Energis Compound to the north;The erection of a pedestrian flood gate to the west; The erection of a 3.5m wide flood gate to the south; andA raised kerb to the eastern site boundary, inside the existing fence line.
- Received
- 28 July 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Wombourne North & Lower Penn
- ReceivedReceived28 Jul
- ValidatedValidated30 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date24 Sep
- DecidedDecided6 Aug
Decided in 7 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at National Grid Penn Sub Station Penstone Lane Lower Penn South Staffordshire WV4 4XE. South Staffordshire has handled 477 applications of this type. This one was decided in 9 days, 7 weeks quicker than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 437 applications in total for the WV4 postcode area.
74% of outline applications at South Staffordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- WV4 4XE
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness - proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- LOWER PENN
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 July 2015
- Target decision date
- 24 September 2015
- Decision issued
- 7 August 2015
- Permission expires
- 7 August 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- WYG Arndale Court Headingley Leeds West Yorkshire LS6 2UJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-04366323
- Comments
- 0
- Documents
- 0
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: South Staffordshire
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201820 Dec
Emergency standby electricity generating facility comprising: Natural gas generators, transformers, acoustic…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions18/00674/COND - 201810 Aug
Emergency standby electricity generation facility comprising: natural gas generator units (up to 10 in…
ApprovedFull Application18/00674/FUL - 20185 Jun
Emergency standby electricity generation facility comprising: natural gas generator units (up to 10 in…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions17/00854/COND
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