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Application Details
Application number SMD/2022/0076 Application type Full Planning - Small-scale MAJOR apps
Site address Land Off, Bemersley Road, Brown Edge, Staffordshire, Proposal Construction of a temporary 49.35MW battery storage facility, to include a compound, a DNO control room, a customer substation, security fencing, landscaping and other associated infrastructure.
Applicant name

Anesco
Agent name Mr Chris Atkinson

Barton Willmore
Applicant address Agent address 1st Floor, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 2HL
Application status Consultations/Re-consultations issued
Received date 10/02/2022 Valid date 04/03/2022
Fee due 8778.00 Fee paid 8778.00
Determination required date 03/06/2022 Agreed extended date 05/03/2024
Case Officer Jane Curley
Start of Public Consultation period 23/03/2022 End of Public Consultation period 07/03/2024
Referred to Secretary of State date Referral expiry date
Decision by Planning Committee Committee date 29/02/2024
Decision Planning Permission - Refused Decision Date 05/03/2024
Temp permission expiry date Permission expiry date 05/03/2027
Legal Obligation ref.

Consultations
Name Address
SCC (Highways) C/o Staffordshire County Council, 3rd Floor, 1Staffordshire Place, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, ST16 2DH
SCC (Flood Risk Management) Staffordshire County Council, Flood Team,
SCC (Minerals) Staffordshire County Council,
SCC (Flood Risk Management) Staffordshire County Council, Flood Team,
SCC (Planning) Staffordshire County Council, Planning Development Control, Stafford,
Police Liaison Crime Reduction Unit Staffordshire Constabulary,
Severn Trent Water Ltd Network Development, Regis Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 8RU
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust The Wolseley Centre, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford, ST17 0WT
SCC (Highways) C/o Staffordshire County Council, 3rd Floor, 1Staffordshire Place, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, ST16 2DH
Environment Agency The Environment Agency, Sentinel House, Wellington Crescent, Fradley Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 8RR
Stoke City Council Department Of Environment And Transport, PO Box 630, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke On Trent, ST4 1RF
Staffordshire Fire And Rescue Hanley Community Fire Station, Lower Bethesda Street, Stoke On Trent, ST1 3RP
Staffordshire Fire And Rescue Hanley Community Fire Station, Lower Bethesda Street, Stoke On Trent, ST1 3RP
SMDC Environmental Health Environmental Health,
SMDC Waste (Operational Services) LEEK
SMDC Service Commissioning team
SMDC Operational Services (Leisure / Recreation)
SMDC Regneration - Planning Policy Moorlands House, Leek,
SMDC Regeneration - Economic Development Moorlands House, Leek,
Cllr Geoff Bond Brown Edge and Endon Ward,
Cllr Joe Porter Brown Edge & Endon Ward,
Cllr Linda Lea Brown Edge & Edon Ward,
Brown Edge Parish Council 3 , The Island, Upper Tean, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST10 4JE
Coal Authority Planning And Local Authority Liaison, 200, Lichfield Lane, Berry Hill, , Mansfield,, Notts, NG18 4RG

Attachments - Click the Description to view the attachment in a new window.
Date Description
28/02/2022 Public comment Chris Bell
28/02/2022 Public comment Glenys Whiston
28/02/2022 Public comment Glenys Whiston
28/02/2022 Public comment B Critchley
10/03/2022 Heritage Desk-based Assessment
10/03/2022 Heritage Desk-based Assessment
10/03/2022 Flood Risk Assessment and Surface Water Drainage Strategy
10/03/2022 Coal Mining Assesment
10/03/2022 Coal Mining Assesment Part 2
10/03/2022 Coal Mining Assesment Part 3
10/03/2022 Coal Mining Assesment Part 4
10/03/2022 Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
10/03/2022 Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment Part 2
10/03/2022 Landscape Strategy Plan
10/03/2022 Alternative Sites Assessment
10/03/2022 Design and Access
10/03/2022 Planning Statement
10/03/2022 Ecological Impact Assessment
10/03/2022 Transport Statement
10/03/2022 Application Form
10/03/2022 Agricultural land quality survey
10/03/2022 Site Layout
10/03/2022 Location & Block Plan
10/03/2022 Container LV Sub Plan and Elevations
10/03/2022 Substation Plan and Elevations
10/03/2022 Plan
10/03/2022 Customer Substation Plan and Elevations
10/03/2022 Typical Fence Details
10/03/2022 Noise Assessment
10/03/2022 Biodiversity Metric
12/03/2022 Public Comment Steve Edwards
12/03/2022 Public Comment Deborah Ashby
13/03/2022 Public Comment Suzanne Pass
14/03/2022 Consultation Response STW
18/03/2022 Consultation Response Coal Authority
21/03/2022 Consultation Response Staffordshire Police
29/03/2022 Consultation response SCC Flood Risk Team
29/03/2022 Public comment Ian N Cuthbertson.
29/03/2022 Public comment Jason Rhodes.
29/03/2022 Public comment Julie Hill.
29/03/2022 Public comment Siobhan Pepper.
29/03/2022 Public comment Glenys Whiston
29/03/2022 Public comment Diane Grocott.
30/03/2022 Public comment S Mcintyre
30/03/2022 Public comment Andrw Raynes
30/03/2022 Public comment Trevor.
30/03/2022 Public comment Aleksandra Greenhalgh
31/03/2022 Public comment C & A Durber.
31/03/2022 Public comment Robert Churchill.
31/03/2022 Public comment Angela Raynes
31/03/2022 Public comment Joshua Kirton
01/04/2022 Public comment Phillipa Dix
01/04/2022 Public comment Tim.
01/04/2022 Public comment Sylvia Carville.
01/04/2022 Public comment Kevin Carville.
03/04/2022 Public comment L and M Brookes
03/04/2022 Public comment L and M Brookes
04/04/2022 Public comment Carol Kilgariff
04/04/2022 Public comment David Cyples.
04/04/2022 Publlic comment Mr & Mrs Sherratt.
04/04/2022 Public comment Judith Machin
04/04/2022 Public comment Phil Woodward.
04/04/2022 Public comment D McGrath.
04/04/2022 Public comment Joss Mayer
04/04/2022 Public comment Joan Mayer
04/04/2022 Public comment Kerry Knight
04/04/2022 Public comment Adam Heath
04/04/2022 Public comment Robert Heath.
04/04/2022 Public comment Julie Heath.
04/04/2022 Public comment Janet Churchill.
04/04/2022 Public comment Clifford Bromley.
04/04/2022 Public comment Christine Bromley.
04/04/2022 Public comment L Daniels
04/04/2022 Public comment EUGENIU IONASCU
04/04/2022 Public comment VERONICA IONASCU
05/04/2022 Public comment Johann Price
05/04/2022 Public comment Gloria Lucena Cyples
06/04/2022 Public Comment Kathleen Lintern
06/04/2022 Public Comment Paul Metson
06/04/2022 Public Comment Hannah Metson
06/04/2022 Public Comment Linda & Mike Brookes
06/04/2022 public comment a mountford
07/04/2022 Consultee Comments NPD\Consultation response SCC Planning Policy Development control.
08/04/2022 Public comment Christine Morey
11/04/2022 Public comment Gillian Hancock.
11/04/2022 Public comment D McGrath
11/04/2022 Public comment A Russell.
11/04/2022 Public comment Rebecca Jones
11/04/2022 Public comment Daniel Edwards
11/04/2022 Public comment M Russell
11/04/2022 Public comment G Russell
11/04/2022 Public comment L Russell
11/04/2022 Public comment T Russell
11/04/2022 Public comment C Russell.
11/04/2022 Public comment Karen Leese
11/04/2022 Public comment Fred Trousdale
11/04/2022 Public comment Laura Mountford.
11/04/2022 Public comment Rachael Trousdale
11/04/2022 Public comment Judith Sherwin
11/04/2022 Public comment Steve Waters
11/04/2022 Public comment Christine Jackson.
11/04/2022 Public Comment Mr S & Mrs J Gething_Page_1
11/04/2022 Public Comment Mr S & Mrs J Gething_Page_2
11/04/2022 Public Comment Mr S & Mrs J Gething_Page_3
11/04/2022 Public Comment Mr S & Mrs J Gething_Page_4
11/04/2022 Public Comment Jonathan Hancock
11/04/2022 Public Comment Ruth McGrath
11/04/2022 Public Comment Barry Fisher
14/04/2022 Public Comment Rachel Macpherson
14/04/2022 Public Comment Angela Jones
19/04/2022 Public Comment Dean Dickerson
20/04/2022 Consultation response Brown Edge Parish Council
22/04/2022 Consultation Response SCC Highways
25/04/2022 Public Comment Barbara Hurley
25/04/2022 Public Comment R Hill
25/04/2022 Public Comment Rebecca Hill
25/04/2022 Public Comment D Norburn
26/04/2022 Public Comment Peter Hurley
26/04/2022 Public comment R Hill
29/04/2022 Public comment Tracey Kirton
03/05/2022 Public comment Cllr Dave Evans
05/05/2022 Consultation Response SMDC Environmental Health Officer
06/05/2022 Public Comment Jonathon Gullis MP Page 1
06/05/2022 Public Comment Jonathon Gullis MP Page 2
10/06/2022 Construction traffic management plan
05/07/2022 Consulation Response Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
13/07/2022 410.05075.00157_Ball Green BESS_SCC response_Let01_220708
20/07/2022 Consultation Response SCC Flood Risk Team
26/07/2022 Consultation response SCC Flood RIsk Team
31/07/2022 Public Comment D Kirton
09/08/2022 Consultation Response Environmental Agency
11/08/2022 Access track section samples
11/08/2022 Site Levelling Elevations REV A
17/08/2022 410.05075.00157_Ball Green BESS_SCC response_Let01_220708
17/08/2022 MCA2212 - Ball Green Farm - Noise Note - P02
17/08/2022 MCA2212_Ball Green Farm_Additional Works_Technical Note_P01
23/08/2022 Public comment Ian Cuthbertson
23/08/2022 Public comment Julie Hill
27/08/2022 Public Comment David McGrath
28/08/2022 Public Comment Scott McGrath
30/08/2022 Public Comment Sharon Lesley Doodson
06/09/2022 Public Comment Linda & Mike Brookes
07/09/2022 Consultation Response SCC Highway Letter
10/09/2022 Public Comment Tracey Kirton
10/09/2022 Public Comment Mr D Kirton
10/09/2022 Public Comment Sylvia Carville
10/09/2022 Public Comment C Russell
10/09/2022 Public Comment Kevin Carville
10/09/2022 Public Comment Rebecca Jones
10/09/2022 Public Comment Janet Churchill
10/09/2022 Public Comment Liz Mills
11/09/2022 Public Comment Julie Heath
12/09/2022 Public Comment S McIntyre
13/09/2022 Public Comment Lorraine Butler
13/09/2022 Public Comment Chris Cartwright
13/09/2022 Public Comment Gillian Hancock 2
13/09/2022 Public Comment Veronica Ionascu 2
16/09/2022 Public Comment Annette Bennett
20/09/2022 Public Comment Christopher Bell
29/09/2022 Public Comment Glenys Whiston 4
18/10/2022 internal response env health
03/11/2022 33489 LN-LP-07 Rev C Landscape Strategy Plan-A3
20/12/2022 Consultation response SCC Flood Risk Team
09/01/2023 Consultation Response SCC Flood Risk Management Team
24/01/2023 Consultation Response Arboricultural Officer
24/01/2023 Consultation Response Arboricultural Officer highlighted view points
24/01/2023 Consultation Response Arboricultural Officer VP.1
24/01/2023 Consultation Response Arboricultural Officer VP.2
24/01/2023 Consultation Response Arboricultural Officer VP.3
24/01/2023 Consultation Response Arboricultural Officer VP.4
24/01/2023 Consultation Response Arboricultural Officer VP.5
28/02/2023 SLR drainage strategy 30th November 2022
28/02/2023 Ball Green stream photos
23/03/2023 Consultation Response EHealth
29/03/2023 33489.A5.HW.CA.lw.FINALASA.
11/04/2023 33489.A5.KC.LocationalSupportLetter
25/04/2023 Public Comment Response K McGrath
10/05/2023 nick.pleasant@stantec.com>
10/05/2023 C0002462_07 SLD RevB
10/05/2023 C0002462_02_PL Site Layout RevE
22/05/2023 Public Comment Darren Kirton
22/05/2023 Public Comment Tracey Kirton
14/07/2023 Public comment Russell
24/10/2023 Ball Green Farm BESS
24/10/2023 Biodiversity Net Gain SEI report
24/10/2023 Ball Green Farm BESS - Noise Assessment
31/01/2024 Consulation Response SMDC Environmental Health
15/02/2024 Visibility splays
15/02/2024 Updated Landscape Strategy Plan 33489 Rev D
16/02/2024 Consultation Response Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Services
20/02/2024 Consulation Response SMDC Arboriculture
22/02/2024 C0002462_02_PL Site Layout RevF
05/03/2024 Decision