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National Grid Penn Sub Station Penstone Lane Lower Penn South Staffordshire WV4 4XE

18/00674/CONDDischarge of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 February 2019

Council decision: Approved by Letter

Proposal

Emergency standby electricity generating facility comprising: Natural gas generators, transformers, acoustic screening, access improvements and associated works. Discharge Condition 4,5,10,14,17

Received
20 December 2018
Ward
Wombourne North & Lower Penn
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at National Grid Penn Sub Station Penstone Lane Lower Penn South Staffordshire WV4 4XE. South Staffordshire has handled 536 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer 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.

97% of conditions 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
Discharge of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
LOWER PENN

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2018
Target decision date
15 February 2019
Permission expires
27 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
49 York Place Edinburgh EH1 3JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2018
    20 Dec

    Emergency standby electricity generating facility comprising: Natural gas generators, transformers, acoustic…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions18/00674/COND
  2. 2018
    10 Aug

    Emergency standby electricity generation facility comprising: natural gas generator units (up to 10 in…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of18/00674/FUL

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