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Application Details
Application number	SMD/2019/0695	Application type	Full Planning - Large scale MAJOR apps
Site address	Alton Towers , Farley Lane , Farley , Staffordshire , ST10 4DB	Proposal	Change of use of land for seasonal car parking together with associated surfacing, drainage, levelling and landscaping works and surfaced internal access route.
Applicant name	Alton T Merlin Attractions Operations Limited (Alton Towers Resort)	Agent name	Ms Hannah Whitney Lichfields
Applicant address		Agent address	14 Regents Wharf , London , N1 9RL
Application status	Consultations/Re-consultations issued
Received date	13/11/2019	Valid date	21/11/2019
Fee due	462.00	Fee paid	462.00
Determination required date	20/02/2020	Agreed extended date	08/04/2020
Case Officer	Jane Curley
Start of Public Consultation period	21/11/2019	End of Public Consultation period	08/04/2020
Referred to Secretary of State date		Referral expiry date
Decision by	Planning Committee	Committee date	12/03/2020
Decision	Planning Permission - Approved	Decision Date	08/04/2020
Temp permission expiry date		Permission expiry date	08/04/2023
Legal Obligation ref.

Consultations
Name	Address
Alton Parish Council	16 Villa Road, Cheddleton, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 7EA
Alton Parish Council	16 Villa Road, Cheddleton, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 7EA
SCC (Highways)	C/o Staffordshire County Council, 3rd Floor, 1Staffordshire Place, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, ST16 2DH
SCC (Planning)	Staffordshire County Council, Planning Development Control, Stafford,
Severn Trent Water Ltd	Network Development, Regis Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 8RU
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust	The Wolseley Centre, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford, ST17 0WT
SCC (Flood Risk Management)	Staffordshire County Council, Flood Team,
Heritage England	The Axis, 8th Floor East Wing, 10, Holliday Street, Birmingham, B1 1TG
Environment Agency	The Environment Agency, Sentinel House, Wellington Crescent, Fradley Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 8RR
SCC (Archaeolgy / Historic Environment)	Staffordshire County Council, Environmental Team Historic Environment,
SCC (Archaeolgy / Historic Environment)	Staffordshire County Council, Environmental Team Historic Environment,
SMDC Environmental Health	Environmental Health,
SMDC Trees
SMDC Waste (Operational Services)	LEEK
SMDC Regeneration - Economic Development	Moorlands House, Leek,
SMDC Regneration - Planning Policy	Moorlands House, Leek,
SMDC Conservation	Conservation Officer, Town Hall, Buxton,
Cllr Hayley Plimley	Alton Ward,
Farley Parish Council	74, Folly Lane, Cheddleton, Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST13 7DA
Farley Parish Council	74, Folly Lane, Cheddleton, Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST13 7DA

Attachments - Click the Description to view the attachment in a new window.
Date	Description
21/11/2019	Car Park P Location Plan
21/11/2019	Block Plan as Existing
21/11/2019	Block Plan showing Constraints
21/11/2019	Block Plan Proposed
21/11/2019	Site Plan SW as Existing
21/11/2019	Site Plan SW showing Constraints
21/11/2019	Site Plan SW Proposed
21/11/2019	Cut and fill areas
21/11/2019	Historic Fill Areas
21/11/2019	Ovelay Plans
21/11/2019	Site Sections AA to CC Existing
21/11/2019	Site Sections AA to CC Proposed
21/11/2019	Site Sections DD to EE Existing
21/11/2019	Site Sections DD to EE Proposed
21/11/2019	Site Sections FF to HH Existing
21/11/2019	Site Sections FF to HH Proposed
21/11/2019	Application Form
21/11/2019	ATR Car Park Flood Risk Assessment
21/11/2019	ATR Car Park P - Noise Assessment Repor
21/11/2019	ATR Car Park P - Report on Surfacing
21/11/2019	ATR Car Park P Arboricultural Report
21/11/2019	ATR Car Park P Archaeological DBA
21/11/2019	Car Park P Design and Access Statement
21/11/2019	Car Park P Drainage Statement Appendices
21/11/2019	ATR Car Park P- Ecological Assessment
21/11/2019	Car Park P Heritage Impact Assessment
21/11/2019	Landscape and Visual Appendices
21/11/2019	Landscape and Visual Impact Assessmen
21/11/2019	ATR Car Park P- Transport Statement
21/11/2019	ATR Car Park P- Ground Conditions Report
21/11/2019	Planning Application Cover Letter
21/11/2019	Car Park P Planting Schedule
22/11/2019	Consultation response Severn Trent Water
22/11/2019	Consultation response AES
22/11/2019	Consultation response SCC Minerals.
12/12/2019	consultation response alton parish council
06/01/2020	Consultation Response Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
09/01/2020	THL-0730 ATR Car Park Tree Constraints Plan
09/01/2020	THL-0730-2 ATR Arboricultural Impact Assessment
09/01/2020	THL-0730-3 ATR Tree Protection plan
09/01/2020	THL-0730b ATR Tree constraints plan 1
21/01/2020	Consultation Response Environment Agency
31/01/2020	Consultation response SCC Flood RIsk Management.
06/02/2020	Consultation Response Conservation Liaison Panel
10/02/2020	Consultation response SMDC Conservation officer.
13/02/2020	Consultation response SMDC Conservation officer.
20/02/2020	consultation response staffs wildlife trust.
25/02/2020	Tree Inspection � Alton Towers Resort Meadows (Baker Consultants)
02/03/2020	UPDATED 373_100_17A Cut and fill areas
05/03/2020	Consultation response SCC Rights of Way
06/03/2020	Consultation response SCC Highways
06/03/2020	Consultation response SMDC Tree Officer.
11/03/2020	Consultation Response Environmental Health
11/03/2020	Consultation Response Rural County
11/03/2020	Consultation response SCC Historic Environment
19/03/2020	03224-03 ATR Car Park P planting at 10.3.20 10-03-2020
19/03/2020	03224-03 373_100_19A 1881 overlay 10-03-2020
19/03/2020	03224-03 373_100_21 Site Sections AA to CC Proposed 10-03-2020
19/03/2020	Noise Assessment Technical Note ISSUE rev1.0 02.03.20
08/04/2020	Decision
30/04/2020	Consultation response SMDC Tree Officer