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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