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Application Details
Application number	SMD/2021/0695	Application type	Full Planning - Small-scale MAJOR apps
Site address	Land Adjacent Cellarhead Substation , Rownall Road , Wetley Rocks , Staffordshire ,	Proposal	Erection of a Flexible Energy Facility
Applicant name	C&S Energy Limited	Agent name	Mr Jake Stentiford Surface Planning
Applicant address		Agent address	155 , Grenoside , Sheffield , S35 8PN
Application status	Consultations/Re-consultations issued
Received date	29/10/2021	Valid date	03/11/2021
Fee due	16170.00	Fee paid	16170.00
Determination required date	02/02/2022	Agreed extended date	21/06/2022
Case Officer	Jane Curley
Start of Public Consultation period	04/11/2021	End of Public Consultation period	14/02/2022
Referred to Secretary of State date		Referral expiry date
Decision by	Planning Committee	Committee date	16/06/2022
Decision	Planning Permission - Refused	Decision Date	21/06/2022
Temp permission expiry date		Permission expiry date
Legal Obligation ref.

Consultations
Name	Address
SCC (Highways)	C/o Staffordshire County Council, 3rd Floor, 1Staffordshire Place, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, ST16 2DH
The Owner / Occupier	HOME FARM, ROWNALL ROAD, WETLEY ROCKS, ST9 0BT
SCC (Planning)	Staffordshire County Council, Planning Development Control, Stafford,
SCC (Minerals)	Staffordshire County Council,
Peak & Northern Footpaths Society	48 Langtree Close, Cannock, WS12 3TT
Ramblers Association	48, Langtree Close, Cannock, Staffs, WS12 3TT
Severn Trent Water Ltd	Network Development, Regis Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 8RU
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust	The Wolseley Centre, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford, ST17 0WT
SMDC Environmental Health	Environmental Health,
SMDC Operational Services (Leisure / Recreation)
SMDC Regeneration - Economic Development	Moorlands House, Leek,
SMDC Regneration - Planning Policy	Moorlands House, Leek,
SMDC Service Commissioning team
SMDC Trees
SMDC Waste (Operational Services)	LEEK
Cllr Michael Bowen	Cheddleton Ward,
Cllr Michael Worthington	Cheddleton Ward,
Cllr Sav Scalise	Cheddleton Ward,
Cheddleton Parish Council	34, The Walks, Leek, Staffordshire , ST13 8BY
The Owner / Occupier	DOVE COTTAGE, ROWNALL ROAD, WETLEY ROCKS, ST9 0BT
The Owner / Occupier	FLAT, ROWNALL HALL FARM, ROWNALL ROAD, WETLEY ROCKS, ST9 0BT
The Owner / Occupier	ROWNALL HALL FARM, ROWNALL ROAD, WETLEY ROCKS, ST9 0BT
The Owner / Occupier	ROWNALL LODGE, ROWNALL ROAD, WETLEY ROCKS, ST9 0BT
The Owner / Occupier	ROWNALL RIDGE, ROWNALL ROAD, WETLEY ROCKS, ST9 0BT
The Owner / Occupier	ROWNALL STABLES, ROWNALL ROAD, WETLEY ROCKS, ST9 0BT
SCC (Flood Risk Management)	Staffordshire County Council, Flood Team,

Attachments - Click the Description to view the attachment in a new window.
Date	Description
04/11/2021	00 CELLARHEAD-D-302-B-BATTERY STACKS
04/11/2021	00 CELLARHEAD-D-306-A-DNO GRP
04/11/2021	00 CELLARHEAD-D-307-A-SUBSTATION ELEVATION
04/11/2021	00 CELLARHEAD-D-307-A-SUBSTATION PLAN VIEW
04/11/2021	2021-10-21 Cellarhead LVA Appendices
04/11/2021	2021-10-22 Cellarhead LVA
04/11/2021	A3 RPA Plan Rownall Road Cheddleton
04/11/2021	A3 Tree Category Plan Rownall Road Cheddleton
04/11/2021	Application Form
04/11/2021	Battery Storage Facility Rownall Road FRA RevA
04/11/2021	BS5837 Tree Survey Rownall Road Cheddleton
04/11/2021	CELLARHEAD-D-101-B-SITE LOCATION
04/11/2021	CELLARHEAD-D-104-K-SITE LAYOUT
04/11/2021	CELLARHEAD-D-106-B-SITE ELEVATION
04/11/2021	CELLARHEAD-D-301-A-POWER STATION
04/11/2021	CELLARHEAD-D-303-B-Sht 1 of 2 ACOUSTIC FENCE SECTION
04/11/2021	CELLARHEAD-D-303-B-Sht 2 of 2 GATE
04/11/2021	CELLARHEAD-D-304-A-CONCRETE FIRE WALL
04/11/2021	CELLARHEAD-D-305-A-CUSTOMER SWITCHGEAR CONTAINERS
04/11/2021	CELLARHEAD-D-307-B-Sht 1 of 2 SUBSTATION ELEVATION
04/11/2021	Extended Phase 1 Habitat Survey Rownall Road Cheddleton
04/11/2021	LVA Figure 1 Site Location
04/11/2021	LVA Figure 2 Landscape Context
04/11/2021	LVA Figure 3 Landscape Character
04/11/2021	LVA Figure 4 ZTV
04/11/2021	LVA Figure 5 Localised Site Context
04/11/2021	LVA Figure 6 Landscape Mitigation Plan
04/11/2021	LVA Photomontages
04/11/2021	M5041-Avonug-CellarheadBatterySite-Envr1-v4-191021-rev1
04/11/2021	SPA_0101_Cellarhead Battery Planning Statement 04 10 2021
05/11/2021	Public comment Ian Podmore.
08/11/2021	Consultation response Ramblers Ass
08/11/2021	Consultation response Peak and Northern footpath society.
15/11/2021	Consultation Response Severn Trent Water
19/11/2021	Consultation Response Staffordshire County Council Highways
19/11/2021	Consultation Response Staffordshire County Council Planning Policy
22/11/2021	Consultation Response Cheddleton Parish Council
23/11/2021	Consultation Response Staffordshire Police
25/11/2021	Consultation response SCC Flood Risk team.
30/11/2021	Public Comment S Wilton
07/12/2021	Public Comment Ms D L Redman
16/12/2021	Consultation Response Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
05/01/2022	Public comment Pat and Ray Kirby
24/01/2022	00 CELLARHEAD-D-104-N-SITE LAYOUT
24/01/2022	Cellarhead Access Strategy and Construction Traffic Management Plan
24/01/2022	Cellarhead Biodiversity Impact Assessment
24/01/2022	Cellarhead BS5837 Tree Survey (Updated)
24/01/2022	Cellarhead Extended Phase 1 Habitat Survey (Updated)
24/01/2022	Cellarhead Flood Risk Assessment Rev B
24/01/2022	Consultation Response Flood Risk Management Team
26/01/2022	Public comment I Podmore
07/02/2022	Consultation response SCC Highways
21/02/2022	Consultation response Staffs Wildlife Trust.
21/02/2022	Public comment Ian Podmore
03/03/2022	Public comment Ian Podmore.
16/03/2022	Consultation response Staffs Wildlife Trust
09/05/2022	00 CELLARHEAD-D-101-C-SITE LOCATION
09/05/2022	Cellarhead Amended Certificate B 17 12 2021
17/05/2022	Response to EHO-140322
30/05/2022	Applicants Comments
01/06/2022	Desk based Heritage Assessment
06/06/2022	Biodiversity Offset and Mitigation assessment Cellarhead V2
06/06/2022	Appendix 1 biodiversity calculation cellarhead v2
08/06/2022	Consultation response Landscape and visual
08/06/2022	Consultation response SMDC Environmental Health Updated.
16/06/2022	C and S Energy Cellarhead - Information for Planning Committee.
16/06/2022	Consultation response Ryder Landscape Consultants
21/06/2022	Decision notice