Planning application
Hill House Farm Coventry Road Berkswell Solihull CV7 7AZ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation and operation of a 20 MW battery energy storage system (BESS), including access and associated infrastructure.
As published by the council, reference PL/2025/00806/PPFL
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2025/00806/PPFL
- Type
- Minor Full Other
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 14 Apr 2025
- Validated
- 14 Apr 2025
- Ward
- Meriden & Arden
- Parish
- Berkswell Parish Council
- Postcode
- CV7 7AZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Apr 2025
Received by Solihull
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 June 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Solihull took a median of 70 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
RCA Regeneration Ltd Agent, registered in Worcester
Active · incorporated 2009 · Worcester
110 applications on PlanIndex · across 30 councils · 75% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
90 documents on file for this application
- UPDATED SMBC CONTAMINATED LAND COMMENTS
- DESIGNER RISK ASSESSMENT.
- SMBC HIGHWAYS COMMENTS
- SMBC POLICY COMMENTS
- SUPERSEDED SMBC HIGHWAYS COMMENTS
- SMBC HERITAGE COMMENTS
- SMBC - DRAINAGE & LLFA
- SMBC - HERITAGE ASSETS
- APPENDIX A- CARRINGTON APPEAL DECISION
- PHOTOMONTAGE
- DRAINAGE RESPONSE
- APPENDIX E- ESSEX APPEAL.
- APPENDIX C- HART DISTRICT APPEA
- AMENDED LAYOUT PLAN WITH ACCESS
- POLICY RESPONSE
- AMENDED PROPOSED DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- COMMUNITY BENEFITS
- APPENDIX H- BERKSWELL APPEAL
- PHASE 1 STUDY
- UPDATED HERITAGE STATEMENT
- ACCEPTANCE LETTER
- PROPOSED LEVELS STRATEGY
- STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC - REV A
- CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN
- APPENDIX F- NEWARK APPEAL
- APPENDIX D- SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE APPEAL
- APPENDIX B- WALSALL APPEAL DECISION
- AMENDED LOCATION PLAN WITH ACCESS ROAD
- SOFT LANDSCAPING PLAN
- BROAD LANE ALTERNATIVE SITES ASSESSMENT
- HYDRAULIC CALCULATIONS
- APPENDIX G- SOLIHULL APPEAL.
- GREENFIELD RUNOFF RATE ESTIMATION
- APPENDIX I- HALESOWEN APPEAL
- OVERLAND FLOW ROUTES
- SMBC LANDSCAPE COMMENTS
- SMBC ECOLOGY
- SMBC PUBLIC FOOTPATH OFFICER COMMENTS
- SMBC POLICY COMMENTS
- SMBC HERITAGE COMMENTS
- SMBC - DRAINAGE & LLFA
- AGRICULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS
- BROAD LANE VALIDATION CHECKLIST
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - REV2
- APPENDIX B - STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC
- LOCATION PLAN
- LAYOUT PLAN
- PROPOSED DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- GREENFIELD RATES
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY
- SMBC - CONTAMINATED LAND
- MINERAL RESOURCE ASESSMENT
- PROPOSED DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- LOCATION PLAN WITH ACCESS ROAD
- AMENDED PLAN
- APPENDIX B - STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY
- GREENFIELD RATES
- AGRICULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS
- UPDATED OUTLINE BATTERY SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN
- SMBC - PUBLIC PROTECTION
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- AGRICULTURAL LAND CLASSIFICATION ISSUE 1
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGY REPORT
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN REPORT - RE
- STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC - 18.10.24
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT - REV3
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- ARBORICULTRIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REV2
- SUPERSEDED LOCATION AT A1
- LOCATION PLAN
- LAYOUT PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PLANNING, DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- SOFT LANDSCAPING PLAN
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL
- 33KV DNO SUBSTATION (UKPN)
- SITE CABIN - LV SWITCHROOM
- SITE SUPPLY TRANSFORMER
- BESS TRANSFORMER AND INVERTERS
- BATTERY CLUSTER ELEVATIONS
- V-MESH FENCE DETAILS
- WATER TANKS
- SUPERSEDED OUTLINE BATTERY SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Solihull for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Solihull decided full applications in a median of 181 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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