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Field At (Penn 1) Penstone Lane Lower Penn

22/00044/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 September 2022

Council decision: APPROVED Subject to ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed battery energy storage facility, new compound, with associated infrastructure, fencing, access road, drainage and landscaping (amended description)

Received
19 January 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
78
Ward
Wombourne North & Lower Penn
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Jun
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided28 Sep

Decided in 222 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Field At (Penn 1) Penstone Lane Lower Penn. South Staffordshire has handled 1,353 applications of this type. This one was decided in 252 days, 28 weeks longer than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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
18 February 2022
Consultation expiry
16 June 2022
Consultation start
26 May 2022
Consultation end
16 June 2022
Neighbour consultation start
28 September 2022
Last date for comments
28 September 2022
Target decision date
20 May 2022
Committee meeting
27 September 2022
Permission expires
28 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Harris Lamb 75-76 Francis Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 8SP

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 March 2022
Advertisement expiry
22 March 2022
Site notice start
23 February 2022
Site notice end
16 March 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10167067
Documents
40
Constraints
4

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2022
    28 Dec

    Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) pursuant to 22/00044/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)22/01193/VAR
  2. 2022
    19 Jan

    Proposed battery energy storage facility, new compound, with associated infrastructure, fencing, access road…

    This applicationApprovedFull22/00044/FUL

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