Planning application
Land South Of A45 Coventry Road And East Of Pasture Farm (also Known As Hampton Hill Farmhouse), Diddington Lane, CV7 7HQ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Plans and Specifications submission under Schedule 17 to the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 for works comprising: Engineering earthworks associated with the creation of a new railway cutting (Diddington Cutting); Construction of a new highway overbridge (Diddington Lane Overbridge) to carry the realigned Diddington Lane over the HS2 Main Line; Engineering earthworks associated with the realignment of Diddington Lane and ancillary works including: Construction of Shadow Brook Diddington Lane Highway Culvert; construction of maintenance access stairs and handrails; earthworks to support Public Right of Way realignment and bridleway provision, and to form maintenance access tracks (MATs) and maintenance access strips (MAS); earthworks to form drainage ditches, swales and v-notch weirs, and to support a watercourse diversion; earthworks to support the provision of vehicle parking and turning areas; and location of permanent security, ecological and boundary fencing and vehicle restraint systems.
As published by the council, reference PL/2025/00286/HS2DIS
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2025/00286/HS2DIS
- Type
- HS2 Section 17 (DIS)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 13 Feb 2025
- Validated
- 13 Feb 2025
- Decided
- 27 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Bickenhill
- Parish
- Hampton In Arden Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CV7 7HQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Feb 2025
Received by Solihull
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27 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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8 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
47 documents on file for this application
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