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Application Details
Application number SMD/2022/0160 Application type Full Planning - Large scale MAJOR apps
Site address Upper Newton Farm, Draycott Road, Upper Tean, Staffordshire, ST10 4JN Proposal Installation of solar farm with battery storage facility and associated works.
Applicant name Novus Renewable Services Ltd

Agent name Miss Helen Donnelly

Corylus Planning & Environmental Ltd
Applicant address GL54 3LQ Agent address The Old Dairy, Yanworth, GL54 3LQ
Application status Consultations/Re-consultations issued
Received date 23/03/2022 Valid date 24/03/2022
Fee due 74195.00 Fee paid 74195.00
Determination required date 23/06/2022 Agreed extended date 01/02/2023
Case Officer Jane Curley
Start of Public Consultation period 29/03/2022 End of Public Consultation period 23/01/2023
Referred to Secretary of State date Referral expiry date
Decision by Planning Committee Committee date 26/01/2023
Decision Planning Permission - Approved Decision Date 01/02/2023
Temp permission expiry date Permission expiry date 31/01/2026
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,
The Owner / Occupier BLYTHE HOUSE FARM, RIVERSIDE ROAD, UPPER TEAN, ST10 4JW
The Owner / Occupier STABLE COTTAGE, BLYTHE HOUSE FARM, RIVERSIDE ROAD, UPPER TEAN, ST10 4JW
The Owner / Occupier BARN CONVERSION, UPPER NEWTON FARM, DRAYCOTT ROAD, UPPER TEAN,
The Owner / Occupier UPPER NEWTON FARM, DRAYCOTT ROAD, UPPER TEAN, ST10 4JN
The Owner / Occupier LOWER NEWTON FARM, DRAYCOTT ROAD, UPPER TEAN, ST10 4JN
The Owner / Occupier NEWTON HOUSE, DRAYCOTT ROAD, UPPER TEAN, ST10 4JN
The Owner / Occupier HIGHFIELDS FARM, RIVERSIDE ROAD, UPPER TEAN, ST10 4JW
The Owner / Occupier WATER SUPPLY AT HIGHFIELDS FARM, RIVERSIDE ROAD, UPPER TEAN,
The Owner / Occupier HORSESHOE BARN, HIGHFIELDS FARM, RIVERSIDE ROAD, UPPER TEAN, ST10 4JW
SCC (Planning) Staffordshire County Council, Planning Development Control, Stafford,
SCC (Minerals) Staffordshire County Council,
Environment Agency The Environment Agency, Sentinel House, Wellington Crescent, Fradley Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 8RR
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
SCC (Archaeolgy / Historic Environment) Staffordshire County Council, Environmental Team Historic Environment,
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 Mark Deaville Checkley ward,
Cllr Alan Hulme Checkley Ward,
Cllr Peter Wilkinson Checkley Ward,
Checkley Parish Council Great Wood Community Hall, Hollington Road, Upper Tean, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 4JY
Draycott Parish Council 3, The Island, Upper Tean, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST10 4JE
The Owner / Occupier THE OLD BARN, HIGHFIELDS FARM, RIVERSIDE ROAD, UPPER TEAN, ST10 4JW

Attachments - Click the Description to view the attachment in a new window.
Date Description
29/03/2022 315_Blythe_House_Farm_FRA_v1i_220225
29/03/2022 2109-041 - CTMP01 issue
29/03/2022 9440 Blythe Farm Solar and Battery Storage V3
29/03/2022 10450-AS
29/03/2022 10450-P-TC1
29/03/2022 241640_BlytheHouseFarm_HEDBA_FINAL
29/03/2022 Application Form
29/03/2022 BF - Design and Access Statement - 220316
29/03/2022 BF-315-5C Location Plan
29/03/2022 BF-315-16F PA LAYOUT
29/03/2022 BF-315-17-1 - PV Panel Details
29/03/2022 BF-315-17-2 - CCTV & Fence Details
29/03/2022 BF-315-17-3 - Battery Store Palisade Fence
29/03/2022 BF-315-17-4 - Battery Store Details
29/03/2022 BF-315-17-5 Battery Store Details - Auxiliary Transformer
29/03/2022 BF-315-17-6B - Customer Substation
29/03/2022 BF-315-17-7 - Spares Container Store
29/03/2022 BF-315-17-8 - Transformer
29/03/2022 BF-315-17-9A Electrical Infrastructure
29/03/2022 BF-315-17-10 DNO Substation
29/03/2022 BF-315-20 APPLICATION PLAN
29/03/2022 BF-315-21 LANDSCAPE PLAN
29/03/2022 Blythe House Farm LVIA - V3 - March 22
29/03/2022 BNG combined file
29/03/2022 Covering Letter
29/03/2022 KCC3028 ALC Feb 22
29/03/2022 Planning Statement
29/03/2022 RSE_5710b_R1_V2_EcIA Part 1
29/03/2022 RSE_5710b_R1_V2_EcIA Part 2
29/03/2022 RSE_5710b_R1_V2_EcIA Part 3
29/03/2022 RSE_5710b_R1_V2_EcIA Part 5
29/03/2022 RSE_5710b_R1_V2_EcIA Part 4
29/03/2022 RSE_5710b_R1_V2_EcIA Part 6
31/03/2022 Consultation response Ramblers ASS.
04/04/2022 Consultation response Severn Trent Water.
04/04/2022 Public comment Peak and Northern Footpath society.
06/04/2022 241641_Report Geophys
08/04/2022 consultation response env agency
11/04/2022 Public Comment Dave Wilson
12/04/2022 consultation response scc flood risk team
14/04/2022 Consultation Response SCC Highways
19/04/2022 Consultation response SCC PROW
20/04/2022 Consultation repsonse SCC Archaeology
26/04/2022 Consultation response SCC Planning Policy & Development Control.
03/05/2022 Public comment Emma Yates
04/05/2022 Public Comment Claire Weston
09/05/2022 Public Comment Alana Wheat Gaming Potion
12/05/2022 Consultation Response Checkley Parish Clerk
30/05/2022 Consultation Response SMDC Enviromental Health
06/06/2022 Public comment Mark Johnson Moorlands climate Change.
19/08/2022 Public comment Emma Cotton.
20/09/2022 Consultation Response Conservation Officer
23/09/2022 Consultation response Conservation Consultant
05/10/2022 Consultation Response Ryder Landscape Consultants
26/10/2022 Consultation Response Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
22/11/2022 15483_R01a_Bird Mitigation_JD_NC_21112022
22/11/2022 BF-315-16i PA LAYOUT
22/11/2022 BF-315-20B APPLICATION PLAN
22/11/2022 BF-315-21C LANDSCAPE PLAN
23/11/2022 consultation response staffs wildlife trust
12/01/2023 Public comment Emma Yates
13/01/2023 Public comment Claire Weston
13/01/2023 Public coment Kingsley Weston
13/01/2023 Public comment David Allen
13/01/2023 Public comment L Allen
17/01/2023 BF-315-16K PA LAYOUT raster
17/01/2023 BF-315-17-8A - Transformer
17/01/2023 BF-315-17-9B Electrical Infrastructure
17/01/2023 BF-315-21D LANDSCAPE PLAN (002)
01/02/2023 Decision
18/12/2023 Consultation response East staffordshire BC