Wolverhampton West Sub Station Langley Road Lower Penn South Staffordshire
Approved on 21 October 2016
Council decision: APPROVE Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee
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Proposal
The development of a 49.99MW Battery Storage Facility and associated infrastructure.
- Received
- 20 August 2016
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 13
- Ward
- Wombourne North & Lower Penn
- ReceivedReceived20 Aug
- ValidatedValidated22 Aug
- Consult.Consultation19 Oct
- TargetTarget Date21 Nov
- DecidedDecided21 Oct
Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Wolverhampton West Sub Station Langley Road Lower Penn South Staffordshire. South Staffordshire has handled 1,353 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address.
88% of full 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
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- LOWER PENN
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 August 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 19 October 2016
- Consultation start
- 5 October 2016
- Consultation end
- 19 October 2016
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 October 2016
- Last date for comments
- 19 October 2016
- Target decision date
- 21 November 2016
- Committee meeting
- 18 October 2016
- Permission expires
- 21 October 2019
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 30 August 2016
- Advertisement expiry
- 20 September 2016
- Site notice start
- 30 August 2016
- Site notice end
- 20 September 2016
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-05424548
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 22/1965Protected tree on or next to this site
- Green belt: South Staffordshire
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.
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Associated applications
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ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)18/00197/VAR - 201718 Dec
Discharge of conditions 8 and 13
ApprovedDischarge of conditions16/00747/COND - 201620 Aug
The development of a 49.99MW Battery Storage Facility and associated infrastructure.
This applicationApprovedFull16/00747/FUL
Source: South Staffordshire
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