Beechwood Embankment And Waste Lane Embankment

1. 26 May 2026

   Received by Solihull

2. 29 Jun 2026

   Decision issued: Approved

3. 23 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

• PL/2024/00338/HS2DIS Granted

  Land Northwest Of B4101 Waste Lane And Southeast Of Berkswell Station

  Plans and Specifications submission under Schedule 17 to the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 for works comprising: Earthworks relating to: Railway embankment (Beechwood Embankments) including engineering earthworks, landscape earthworks and retaining walls; a network of maintenance access strips; the realignment of Kenilworth Greenway; the realignment of an existing watercourse; construction of four drainage ditches; 2m cascades and three balancing ponds. Structures comprising retaining wingwalls serving Carol Green Rail Underbridge and drainage wingwalls and three culverts with wingwalls: Lanscombe Culvert at 54.5m in length; Truggist Culvert at 43.5m in length; and Beechwood Culvert at 114.1m in length; handrails (approximately 1.08m in height) above the culvert; and noise barriers between 2m - 4m in height (from top of rail). Security Fencing (1.8m in height) and boundary fencing (1.4m in height). Pedestrian access to the railway line: maintenance access staircase.

  Decided 27 Jan 2025

Solihull granted permission on 29 June 2026, 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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