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

18/00674/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 October 2018

Council decision: APPROVED Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Emergency standby electricity generation facility comprising: natural gas generator units (up to 10 in total), transformers, boundary treatment including acoustic screening, access improvements and associated works.

Received
10 August 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Wombourne North & Lower Penn
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated10 Aug
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target19 Oct
  5. Decided19 Oct

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at National Grid Penn Sub Station Penstone Lane Lower Penn South Staffordshire WV4 4XE. South Staffordshire has handled 1,353 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks 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.

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

Postcode
WV4 4XE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
LOWER PENN

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 August 2018
Consultation expiry
16 October 2018
Consultation start
25 September 2018
Consultation end
16 October 2018
Last date for comments
13 September 2018
Target decision date
19 October 2018
Committee meeting
16 October 2018
Permission expires
19 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Peter Brett Associates LLP 33 Bowling Green Lane Clerkenwell London EC1R 0BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 August 2018
Site notice end
13 September 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07187739
Documents
9
Constraints
1

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: South Staffordshire
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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2018
    20 Dec

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

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions18/00674/COND
  2. 2018
    10 Aug

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

    This applicationApprovedFull18/00674/FUL

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