Planning application
Land Adj Hawkesyard Estate Rugeley Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) including associated infrastructure and landscaping
As published by the council, reference 25/01221/FULM
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01221/FULM
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve
- Received
- 2 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 16 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Armitage With Handsacre
- Parish
- Armitage With Handsacre
Site history
Applications at this address on the Lichfield register
This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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24/01085/FUL Granted
Land Adj Hawkesyard Estate Rugeley Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire
Installation of 5no. Test Huts and enabling works for 1no. additional hut, boundary treatments, landscaping, access and ancillary development
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23/01069/SCREE Decided
Land Adj Hawkesyard Estate Rugeley Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire
Screening Opinion : Installation of a Battery Energy Storage Scheme (BESS) development capable of exporting up to 100MW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Oct 2025
Received by Lichfield
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16 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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9 Oct 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Consideration.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
122 documents on file for this application
- Supports
- Landscape strategy plan 1020-rpc006-la01_v2.7 lsp.pdf
- 1020-rpc006-la04_v1 planting plan
- _staffordshire fire and rescue
- Addendum to pdas re nppf 2026
- _flood risk officer (staffs)
- _neighbour response
- Rpc006-pl10 additional information - cover letter.pdf
- Rpc006-pl09 addendum to pdas.pdf
- 319810_hawkesyard_bess_fra&ds_v-6.0.pdf
- 319810_hawkesyard_bess_fmp_v-4.0.pdf
- 20260615 - rugeley road bess - verification and compliance report issue a.docx
- 1020-rpc006-la11_v1 cross-sections.pdf
- 1020-rpc006-la07_v2.2 vp sheets.pdf
- _neighbour response
- _neighbour response
- _staffordshire county cllr
- _flood risk officer (staffs)
- _staffordshire fire and rescue service
- _ arboricultural officer - ldc
- _staffordshire county council
- Rugele_1.pdf
- Rpc006.pl03 (0.1) - rugeley road covering statement
- 319810-1002-4 - proposed suds layout
- 319810-1001-3 - proposed earthworks model
- 11841 hawkesyard bess ams v2
- Suds comment insufficient information
- Site plan with surrounding context
- _ arboricultural officer - ldc
- _ conservation officer - ldc
- Objects
- _staffordshire mineral and waste
- _armitage with handsacre
- Objects
- _severn trent
- _ spatial policy and delivery officer - ldc
- _staffordshire fire and rescue service
- Neighbour responses (53 letters)
- Neighbour responses (29 letters)
- Neighbour responses (41 letters)
- Mr duncan fisher
- _ arboricultural officer - ldc
- Objects
- _flood risk officer (staffs)
- _natural england
- Objects
- _ ecology manager - ldc
- _national gas transmission
- Objects
- _ staffordshire highways
- _ environmental health officer - ldc
- Objects
- Objects
- _neighbour response
- _cannock chase council
- _staffordshire fire and rescue service
- 1020-rpc006-la01_v1 lsp
- Objects
- _great crested newt officer
- _ archaeology officer - scc
- _natural england
- _national highways
- _ staffordshire county council rights of way
- _environment agency
- Applicationformredacted
- Rpc006-ar01 dba his (0.4)
- Rpc006-ar01-fg01 to fg11_part1
- Rpc006-ar01-fg01 to fg11_part2
- 319810_hawkesyard_bess_fra ds_v 3.0
- 319810_hawkesyard_bess_fmp_v 2.0
- Construction traffic management plan
- Final ts - hawkesyard estate armitage lane armitage s
- Rpc006 -te02 1.0 - ocemp rugeley road esf
- Outline battery safety management plan rugeley road esf - obsmp
- 319810 hawksyard bess clra phase 1 2.0_part2
- 319810 hawksyard bess clra phase 1 2.0_part1
- 25-019 rugeley road esf - noise assessment
- Rpc006.pl05 - rugeley road esf sci (1.0)
- 1020-rpc006-pl06-d01_v1 site location plan
- 1020-rpc006-te01-d01_v1 customer switchroom
- 1020-rpc006-te01-d02_v1 132kv substation elevation
- 1020-rpc006-te01-d03_v1 dno control room
- 1020-rpc006-te01-d05_v1 240000l water storage tank
- 1020-rpc006-te01-d06_v1 bess container elevation
- 1020-rpc006-te01-d07_v1 power conversion system
- 1020-rpc006-te01-d08_v1 spare parts container
- T11841 hawkesyard bess aia 1
- Appendix 1a - 23.01069.scree letter
- Appendix 1b - 23.01069.scree response letter
- Appendix 3 - rpc006.pl04 0.2 - hawkesyard bess gba
- 1020-rpc006-la04_v1 planting plan
- 1020-rpc006-la02-rp01_v1 lva
- Bng metric - rugeley road esf v1.0
- Rpc006-ec05 - great crested newt surveys - rugeley road esf v1.0
- Rpc006-ec09 - lemp - rugeley road esf v1.0
- Rpc006-ec08 - ecia - rugeley road esf - v1.0
- Rpc006.pl03 (0.2) - hawkesyard bess pdas.pdf
- Gs_32_sp sheet 4.pdf
- Gs_32_sp sheet 3.pdf
- Gs_32_sp sheet 2.pdf
- Gs_32_sp sheet 1.pdf
- 1020-rpc006-te01-d11_v1.1 site section drawing.pdf
- 1020-rpc006-te01-d10_v1.2 access track details.pdf
- 1020-rpc006-te01-d09_v2 gantry section drawing.pdf
- 1020-rpc006-te01-d04_v2 gate, fencing and cctv elevation.pdf
- 1020-rpc006-pl06-d02_v2 site layout plan part 2 of 2.pdf
- 1020-rpc006-pl06-d02_v2 site layout plan part 1 of 2.pdf
- 25 01221 fulm member call in form.rtf
- Appendix 3 - habitat condition assessment sheet - 67 - 79 beacon street, ws13 7a
- _national gas transmission
- _ joint waste officer-ldc
- Lvia / avrs
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