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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
11/05/2024	Consultation Response The Ramblers Association