Planning application
Land West Of Lions Den Hammerwich Burntwood Staffordshire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Development of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with ancillary infrastructure, security fence, access, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements
As published by the council, reference 24/01169/FULM
Application record
- Reference
- 24/01169/FULM
- Type
- Full Application (Major)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve
- Received
- 28 Oct 2024
- Validated
- 19 Dec 2024
- Decided
- 24 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Hammerwich With Wall
- Parish
- Hammerwich
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Oct 2024
Received by Lichfield
-
19 Dec 2024
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
24 Jul 2025
Decision issued: Approve
-
8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
71 documents on file for this application
- Ful decision
- Supplementary committee report with speakers 21 july 25.pdf
- Planning committee reports 21 july 2025.pdf
- Committee report (21/07/2025)
- Supplementary committee report (21/07/2025)
- Supplementary committee report (30/06/2025)
- Committee report (30/06/2025)
- Gg104 risk assessment (amended)
- Typical substation
- Planning committee 30 june 2025.pdf
- Gg104 safety risk assessment, dated 23.05.25
- Transport technical note (revised)
- Revised bess planning checklist of developer
- Site layout
- Site landscape plan
- _ staffordshire highways
- _ archaeology officer - scc
- _midlands expressway p1
- _midlands expressway p2
- _midlands expressway p3
- _ flood risk officer - scc
- _ conservation officer - ldc
- _ spatial policy and delivery officer - ldc
- Mrs vivien wang
- _ ecology manager - ldc
- _ environmental health officer - ldc
- Mr duncan fisher
- _highways england
- _highways england
- _ arboricultural officer - ldc
- _ flood risk officer - scc
- _ staffordshire highways
- _highways england
- _highways england
- Scc mineral and waste
- Scc mineral and waste
- _great crested newt officer
- National grid
- _ joint waste officer-ldc
- _ staffordshire county council rights of way
- Applicationformredacted
- 1289-lionsden-002revj-240926-(lions den bess layout)
- Elgin-bess fence and cctv-001reva_230821-(elgin general bess fence and cctv deta
- Elgin-bess-001reva_230220-(elgin battery storage unit sections)
- Elgin-bess-002reva_230220-(elgin bess pcs unit sections)
- Elgin-bess-003_230124-(elgin site storage container sections)
- Elgin-sub-004-(substation 132kv)
- Lions_den_v03-topo_a1
- Lions den bess ear
- Lions den bess hra
- The_statutory_biodiversity_metric_calculation_tool
- Lions den bess appendix 4_bmp
- 001-planning-statement-p22-2415-250924-final
- 2023.3.10 agricultural land classification issue 1
- 2791 lions den - bs5837 tree survey and arb impact assessment
- 001-consultation-statement-p22-2415_250924-final
- Lion-bwb-zz-xx-rp-cd-0001_tn_s2_p01
- P22-2415 tr01_ctmp_aug24_issue
- R001v5-in_p22-2415-fra and surface water drainage strategy
- Shf.706.003 lions den bess - obsmp
- Lions den noise v1.0 160424
- P22_2415_r001_lvia_lions den_v3_23092024_lr
- Lions den bess - heritage desk-based assessment - april2024
- R001v6-in_p22-2415-fra & surface water drainage strategy.pdf
- P22-2415_sk21_fire alt access.pdf
- P22-2415_en_08a planning slp.pdf
- P22-2415_en_07d landscape strategy plan.pdf
- Elgin-bess fencecctv-001r.pdf
- Bess planning checklist for developer - lion's den.docx
- 1289-lionsden-004 substation.pdf
- 1289-lionsden-002revk- layout.pdf
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Lichfield granted permission on 24 July 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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