Land Intersecting Park Lane, To The North Of Lavender Hall Lane, Balsall Common

This site has had 5 applications since 2022: 4 approved, 0 refused.

• PL/2025/01783/HS2DIS Granted

  Land Intersecting Park Lane, To The North Of Lavender Hall Lane, Balsall Common

  Plans and Specifications submission under Schedule 17 to the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 for works comprising: Engineering earthworks to form a railway cutting (Park Lane Cutting); earthworks for the realignment of a section of Park Lane; earthworks to form maintenance access tracks (two of which will also support public footpath diversions) and vehicle parking turning areas; earthworks to support the realignment of Footpath M215; earthworks to form landscape bunds and earthen berms; earthworks to form six ecological ponds; earthworks to form a watercourse diversion, drainage ditches and land drainage; culvert headwalls; earthworks to form two Global System for Mobile Communications-Railway (GSM-R) compounds; two sets of access stairs adjacent to Footpath M215 Overbridge and one set of stairs north of Lavender Hall Lane; provision of a ditch crossing slab; provision of pole mounted wooden bat structures; and location of permanent, ecological and boundary fencing and vehicle restraint system (VRS).

  Decided 17 Mar 2026
• PL/2024/02665/HS2DIS Granted

  Land Intersecting Park Lane, To The North Of Lavender Hall Lane, Balsall Common

  Plans and Specifications submission under Schedule 17 to the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 for works comprising: Construction of a railway overbridge incorporating a dormouse truss (Footpath M214 Overbridge) and ancillary works including: Engineering earthworks to alter ground level on the approaches to the overbridge, supporting the vertical realignment of Footpath M214; maintenance access staircases below the overbridge with associated handrails; provision of two concrete benches; and permanent boundary fencing.

  Decided 20 Mar 2025
• PL/2024/00370/HS2DIS Granted

  Land Intersecting Park Lane, To The North Of Lavender Hall Lane, Balsall Common.

  Plans and Specifications under Schedule 17 to the High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Act 2017 for works comprising: Construction of Footpath M215 Overbridge to accommodate a realigned Public Right of Way (Footpath M215) as well as an accommodation farm access and maintenance access track, including landscaped earthworks.

  Decided 24 Oct 2024
• PL/2022/02340/HS2DIS Granted

  Land Intersecting Park Lane, To The North Of Lavender Hall Lane, Balsall Common

  Plans and Specifications submission under Schedule 17 to the High Speed Rail (london - West Midlands) Act 2017 for works comprising - Engineering earthworks to form a railway cutting and ancillary works including earthworks to form landscaping bunds; earthworks to form a watercourse diversion and drainage ditches; earthworks to form maintenance access tracks, one of which will also support a footpath diversion; earthworks to form a Global System for Mobile Communications - Railway (GSMR) compound; and location of permanent fencing and vehicle restraint barriers.

  Decided 24 May 2024

1. 16 Sep 2026

   Received by Solihull

2. 16 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 11 November 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 77 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Solihull for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Solihull's median decision took 77 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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