Planning application
Site 1 Land East Of Hodgetts Lane Berkswell Solihull
Relates to PL/2023/02196/PPFL
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Non-material amendment following planning approval PL/2025/00934/VAR dated 05.08.2026 for 'Amendments to planning permission PL/2023/02196/PPFL dated 28 January 2025 (Allowed on appeal APP/Q4625/W/24/3348223) for installation of a flexible electricity storage facility to supplement the local electricity grid in order to stabilise and secure electricity supply.' Namely: refinement to the internal site layout and the addition of a secondary access route within the application boundary and the overall number of BESS modules reduced by two, from 26 to 24 and the number of AC units reduced from 13 to 6.
As published by the council, reference PL/2026/01532/NONMC
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2026/01532/NONMC
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 11 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 11 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Balsall & Berkswell
- Parish
- Berkswell Parish Council
Site history
Applications at this address on the Solihull register
This site has had 3 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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PL/2026/01427/DIS Awaiting decision
Site 1 Land East Of Hodgetts Lane Berkswell Solihull
Discharge condition no. 4 (LEMP) and 10 (hard and soft landscaping) following planning approval PL/2025/00934/VAR dated 05.08.2025 for 'Amendments to planning permission PL/2023/02196/PPFL dated 28.01.2025 (Allowed on appeal APP/Q4625/W/24/3348223) for installation of a flexible electricity storage facility to supplement the local electricity grid in order to stabilise and secure electricity supply.'
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PL/2026/00670/DIS Granted
Site 1 Land East Of Hodgetts Lane Berkswell Solihull
Discharge condition Nos. 5ii and 5iii (Archaeology) following planning application PL/2023/02196/PPFL for Installation of a flexible electricity storage facility to supplement the local electricity grid in order to stabilise and secure electricity supply. (Allowed on appeal APP/Q4625/W/24/3348223 28.01.2025).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Aug 2026
Received by Solihull
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20 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 October 2026, 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 106 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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PL/2023/02196/PPFL Refused
Land East Of Hodgetts Lane Berkswell Solihull
Installation of a flexible electricity storage facility to supplement the local electricity grid in order to stabilise and secure electricity supply.
- Application: PL/2025/00934/VAR (Decided)
Who's behind it
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Agent on file, registered in York
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3 documents on file for this application
- APPLICATION FORM REDACTED
- SITE LAYOUT
- SUPPORTING LETTER
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This application is with Solihull for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Solihull's median decision took 106 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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