Former Rugeley Power Station Armitage Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PR Data via plota.co.uk

25/01265/REMM - Approval of Reserved Matters (Major) Approved

Proposal

Approval of reserved matters (layout, scale, appearance and landscaping) for the erection of 547 dwellings (open market and affordable) comprising a mix of 1, 2, 3 and 4 bed units, alongside with associated infrastructure, landscaping and open space, pursuant to outline consent Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 11 Oct 2026, 06:37

Application progress

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Received

10 Oct 2025

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Validated

13 Oct 2025

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Consultation

18 Mar 2026

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Approved

30 Apr 2026

Approved on 30 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Documents 227

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Drawing register 25.01265.remm (23.04.26).pdf Decision Notice · 30 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Rem decision Decision Notice · 30 Apr 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 82

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Statement of Community Involvement · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF 333701660-stn-xx-xx-rp-aq-0001-p01 Air Quality Assessment · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Rugeley power station phase 1 25.130 p1 rm ps v2 Planning Statement · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 74

Application forms 1

PDF Applicationformredacted Application Form · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 31

PDF Name hidden Show Consultation Responses · 6 Nov 2025 View ↗

Associated applications 6

Part of

OutlineApproved14 Jan 2020council archive

Conditions 5, 24 awaiting decision
- Reserved mattersApproval of reserved matters (layout, scale, appearance and landscaping) for the erection…This application13 Oct 202525/01265/REMM
  Conditions 2, 3, 7, 8, 15 variation sought
  - VariationSection 73 application to vary condition 2 (drawing numbers), C3 (Ecology), C7 (Drainage…7 Sep 202626/01103/OUTMEI
- Show 3 more · 3 pending
  - AmendmentNon-material Amendment to amend the development description of the phase 1 reserved matters…21 Sep 202619/00753/AMD7
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 24 (External Lighting Scheme) (Sch1)24 Aug 202619/00753/DSCH37
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 5 (Phasing Scheme) (Sch1)29 Jul 202619/00753/DSCH36

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 10 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Lichfield
Application type: Approval of Reserved Matters (Major)
Postcode: WS15 1PR
Received: 10 Oct 2025
Validated: 13 Oct 2025
Ward: Armitage With Handsacre
Parish: Armitage With Handsacre
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Apr 2026
Decision: Approve
Decision date: 30 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Tara Dams

How this decision compares

Decided in 199 days from validation, 107 days slower than Lichfield's median of 92 for reserved matters. Approved, as 96% of reserved matters here are.

This one199d

Council92d

UK92d

27%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

12%go to committee

Plota live figures for reserved matters decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent reserved matters in Lichfield to go on. Lichfield decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 18 Mar 2026
Comments by: 8 Apr 2026
Site or press notice: 5 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry: 12 Jan 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

37 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Former Rugeley Power Station Armitage Road Armitage Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 1PR Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 227

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 82

Plans & drawings 74

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 31

Other documents 37

Associated applications 6

Site constraints 3

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