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Land Adj Hawkesyard Estate Rugeley Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire

Awaiting decision Lichfield 25/01221/FULM Full Application (Major)

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

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
Type
Full Application (Major)
Status
Pending Consideration
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 2 applications since 2023.

  • 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

    Decided 10 Oct 2023 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Oct 2025

    Received by Lichfield

  2. 16 Oct 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 22 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 15 January 2026, 13 weeks from validation under the statutory target. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Lichfield took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

112 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Lichfield for determination, against a statutory target of thirteen weeks. Over the last year Lichfield decided full applications in a median of 101 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

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