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Orchard Farm Springhill Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4UH

22/00899/LUPCertificate of Lawfulness - proposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 December 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of solar panels and battery system to supply electricity to the property

Received
22 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wombourne North & Lower Penn
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Dec
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Orchard Farm Springhill Lane Lower Penn Staffordshire WV4 4UH. South Staffordshire has handled 477 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than South Staffordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Lower Penn conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 4UH
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
LOWER PENN

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2022
Consultation start
19 October 2022
Target decision date
2 December 2022
Permission expires
1 December 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11565723
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lower Penn Conservation Area Management Plan
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 16/1964Next to the site
  • Green belt: South Staffordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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.

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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© 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.

Source: South Staffordshire

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