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Application Details
Application number	SMD/2023/0059	Application type	Full Planning - Large scale MAJOR apps
Site address	Lower Tean Leys , Tean Leys , Lower Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4NS	Proposal	Installation of a 49.9MW solar photovoltaic array/solar farm with associated infrastructure (Cross boundary site with East Staffordshire Borough Council).
Applicant name	Miss Michelle Howson Lightrock Power	Agent name
Applicant address	Sheffield Digital Campus , Sheffield , S1 2BJ	Agent address
Application status	FULL-REF
Received date	30/01/2023	Valid date	30/01/2023
Fee due	126403.00	Fee paid	126403.50
Determination required date	01/05/2023	Agreed extended date	02/04/2024
Case Officer	Chris Johnston
Start of Public Consultation period	01/02/2023	End of Public Consultation period	19/05/2023
Referred to Secretary of State date		Referral expiry date
Decision by	Planning Committee	Committee date	28/03/2024
Decision	Planning Permission - Refused	Decision Date	02/04/2024
Temp permission expiry date		Permission expiry date
Legal Obligation ref.

Planning appeal information
Appeal reference	SMD/2023/0059/A
Appeal lodged date	01/10/2024
Planning Inspectorate reference	APP/B3438/W/24/3352966
Planning Inspectorate start date	22/01/2025
Agent/Solicitor company name
Agent/Solicitor name
Inquiry date
Hearing date
Appeal case officer	Chris Johnston
Appeal decision	Appeal Allowed
Appeal decision date	16/04/2025

Consultations
Name	Address
SCC (Minerals)	Staffordshire County Council,
The Owner / Occupier	Blythe House Farm, Riverside Road, Upper Tean, ST10 4JW
SCC (Flood Risk Management)	Staffordshire County Council, Flood Team,
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
East Staffordshire Borough Council	The Maltsters, Wetmore Road, Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1LS
Ramblers Association	48, Langtree Close, Cannock, Staffs, WS12 3TT
Peak & Northern Footpaths Society	48 Langtree Close, Cannock, 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 (Public Rights Of Way)	Staffordshire County Council,
Campaign To Protect Rural England (Staffs Branch)	Wedgwood Building, Block A, Tipping Street, Stafford, ST16 2DH
Natural England	Parkside Court, Hall Park Way, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4LR
Network Rail	Town Planning Team, Square One, 4 Travis Street, Manchester, M1 2NY
Police Liaison Crime Reduction Unit	Staffordshire Constabulary,

Health & Safety Executive	Planning Advice Term, Health and Safety Laboratory, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9JN
SMDC Environmental Health	Environmental Health,
SMDC Operational Services (Leisure / Recreation)
SMDC Regeneration - Economic Development	Moorlands House, Leek,
SMDC Service Commissioning team
SMDC Trees
SMDC Conservation	Conservation Officer, Town Hall, Buxton,
SMDC Environmental Health	Environmental Health,
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
SCC (Planning)	Staffordshire County Council, Planning Development Control, Stafford,

Attachments - Click the Description to view the attachment in a new window.
Date	Description
01/02/2023	4158_DR_P_0001 Planning Drawing 2_Indicative Site Layout
01/02/2023	4158_DR_P_0002 Planning Drawing 3_Landscape Mitigation Plan
01/02/2023	4158_DR_P_0003 Planning Drawing 4_Typical PV Panel Section
01/02/2023	4158_DR_P_0004 Planning Drawing 5_Inverter-Transformer
01/02/2023	4158_DR_P_0005 Planning Drawing 6_Security Fencing and CCTV
01/02/2023	4158_DR_P_0005 Planning Drawing 7_Security Gate
01/02/2023	4158_DR_P_0007 Planning Drawing 8_Access Track Cross Section
01/02/2023	4158_DR_P_0008 Planning Drawing 9_Container Storage Units
01/02/2023	4158_DR_P_0009 Planning Drawing 10_Substation Compound
01/02/2023	4158_DR_P_0010 Planning Drawing 11_Indicative Temporary Construction Compound
01/02/2023	4158_DR_P_0011 Planning Drawing 12_BESS Compound Component Elevations
01/02/2023	4158_Upper Leigh_PDAS_v2.4_MB__JM_20230123
01/02/2023	158-REP-034 Planning Drawing 1 Site Location Plan
01/02/2023	4158-REP-036 Planning Drawing 13 Public Rights of Way Plan
01/02/2023	Appendix 1 - 4158_LVA_2.3_LB_20230123_RED_compressed
01/02/2023	Appendix 2 - 10371A - Upper Leigh Solar Farm - Glint and Glare Study - 20Jan2023
01/02/2023	Appendix 3 - 4158_EcIA_v2.1_CW_20220628
01/02/2023	Appendix 4 - 4158_OIA_v2-1_MS_20220620
01/02/2023	Appendix 5 - 4158_BMA Report_v2.1_CW_20220623
01/02/2023	Appendix 6 - Part 1 - 4158_UpperLeighHIA_v2.0_HK_20220531_Red.
01/02/2023	Appendix 6 - Part 2 - MSSK880 - Land at Low Tean Leys Farm Geophysical Survey Report Final 1.0
01/02/2023	Appendix 7 - 4158_FRA_2.0_ADCH_20220525_RED
01/02/2023	Appendix 8 - 4158_TS_TMP_v2.4_CR_20221108
01/02/2023	Appendix 9 - Upper Leigh SF ALC Report V2
01/02/2023	Appendix 10 - Upper Leigh - SCI - V1 Reviewed
01/02/2023	Appendix 11 - 4158_TreeProtectionPlan_ArbMethodStmt_JM_2.1_20230123
01/02/2023	Application Form
01/02/2023	Consultation Response SMDC Regeneration
02/02/2023	Consultation Response SCC Mineral & Waste Authority
02/02/2023	Public Comment Alan Bell
06/02/2023	consultation response peak and northern footpaths society
08/02/2023	Public Comment Christine Hooker-Myles
13/02/2023	Consultation Response Environmental Health
22/02/2023	Consultation response East Staffordshire Borough Council
27/02/2023	Consultation Response Checkley Parish Council
01/03/2023	Public Comment Matthew McCormack
02/03/2023	Consultation Response Environmental Health (2)
07/03/2023	Public Comment Gary Johnson
07/03/2023	Public Comment Ryszaer Kawak
07/03/2023	Public Comment Ryszard Jan Kawak Townsend and Renaudon
07/03/2023	Public Comment Gerald Warburton G & M E Warburton
07/03/2023	Public Comment Mary Warburton
08/03/2023	Public Comment Lionel Ingram
08/03/2023	Public Comment Jayne Ingram
08/03/2023	Public Comment Isabel Ufton
08/03/2023	Public Comment Rebecca Tracey
08/03/2023	Public Comment Charlotte Warburton
08/03/2023	Public Comment John Durose
08/03/2023	Public Comment Ruthe Turner
10/03/2023	Public Comment Steve Ingram
10/03/2023	Public Comment Neil Grocott
16/03/2023	Amended Location Plan - Alteration to blue line
16/03/2023	public comment n boot
16/03/2023	Consultation Response Natural England
21/03/2023	public comment r chesters
22/03/2023	public comment aj & sr nash
22/03/2023	consultation response staffordshire police
22/03/2023	Amended Plan to show footpath alteration
22/03/2023	Amended Plan 2 to show footpath alteration
22/03/2023	public comment s hughes
22/03/2023	public comment d hughes
23/03/2023	public comment i ingram (2)
23/03/2023	Consultation response Stafford Borough Council
24/03/2023	public comment sm kirkham
24/03/2023	Public Comment Nicholas Orchard
24/03/2023	Public comment Katherine Duckworth
24/03/2023	Public comment Mrs D and Mr M Jenkins
24/03/2023	Consultation Response Leigh Parish Council
27/03/2023	Public comment Isabel Ufton
27/03/2023	Public comment Paul Coates
27/03/2023	Public comment Louise Fletch Chard
27/03/2023	Public comment Teri Carroll.
27/03/2023	Public comment John Haywood
27/03/2023	Public comment Jo Macpherson
27/03/2023	Public comment Emma Beaman
27/03/2023	Public comment Poppy Beaman
27/03/2023	Public comment Carlton Dickin
27/03/2023	Public comment Anthony Adams
27/03/2023	Public comment Justine Taylor
27/03/2023	Public comment Sarah Cheadle
27/03/2023	Public comment Emma Beaman
27/03/2023	Public comment H Kirkman
27/03/2023	Public coment John Beaman
27/03/2023	Public Comment Donna Almond
27/03/2023	Public Comment Arron Holloway
27/03/2023	Public Comment Neil Grocott (2)
27/03/2023	Public Comment Lesley Mills
27/03/2023	Public Comment Jayne Ingram(1)
27/03/2023	Public Comment J and G Smith
27/03/2023	Public Comment Jon Smith part 1
27/03/2023	Public Comment Helen Adams
27/03/2023	Public Comment Helen Adams
27/03/2023	Public Comment Emma Baggaley-Clay
27/03/2023	Public Comment JohnNa
27/03/2023	Public Comment John Carter
27/03/2023	Public Comment Neil Grocott 3
27/03/2023	Public Comment Carl Clay
28/03/2023	Public Comment Mr A and Mrs M Bellchambers
28/03/2023	Public Comment Jayne Gray
28/03/2023	Public Comment Hilary Marriott
28/03/2023	Public Comment David Marriott
28/03/2023	Public Comment Carole Cartwright
28/03/2023	Public Comment Jonathan Smithchebcon
28/03/2023	Public Comment Martin Graham
28/03/2023	Public Comment Neil Riley
28/03/2023	Public Comment Robert BackhouseRJ & LM Backhouse
28/03/2023	Public Comment Robert Backhouse
28/03/2023	Public Comment Donna Holding
28/03/2023	Public Comment Andrew Holding
28/03/2023	Public Comment Angharad Butler
28/03/2023	\Public Comment Natalie Roe
28/03/2023	Public Comment Simon Ratcliffe
28/03/2023	Public Comment J Ratcliffe
28/03/2023	Public Comment Janice Tarr
28/03/2023	Public Comment Alison Thompson
28/03/2023	Public Comment Karen Haycock
28/03/2023	Public Comment David Haycock
28/03/2023	Public Comment Scott Greenwood
28/03/2023	Consultation Response Checkley Parish Council
28/03/2023	Public Comment George Durose
28/03/2023	Public comment Mr and Mrs C Bessey
28/03/2023	Public comment Heidi
28/03/2023	Public comment M Bellchambers
28/03/2023	Public comment K WIlliams
28/03/2023	Public comment R Groves
28/03/2023	Public comment N Cooper
28/03/2023	Public comment W Humphreys
29/03/2023	Public comment W Durose
29/03/2023	Public Comment Gerald Warburton
29/03/2023	Public Comment Ian Humphreys
29/03/2023	Public Comment Jeremy Goodban
29/03/2023	Public Comment Andy Eccles & Helen Barber
29/03/2023	Public Comment Miss Siegert
29/03/2023	Public Comment Laura Tatham
29/03/2023	Public Comment Oliver Tatham
29/03/2023	Public Comment Andrew and Jacqui Mcintosh
29/03/2023	Public Comment Justine Taylor
29/03/2023	Public Comment Sharon Warburton
29/03/2023	Public Comment Christine Lyle
29/03/2023	Public Comment George Warburton
29/03/2023	Public Comment Trudi Cook
29/03/2023	Public Comment Michael Gaunt
29/03/2023	Public Comment Simon Darlington
29/03/2023	Public Comment Jill Haynes
29/03/2023	Public Comment Gemma
29/03/2023	Public Comment Andrew Raby
29/03/2023	Public Comment Phoebe Sumnall
29/03/2023	Public Comment Philip Whittinghamn
29/03/2023	Public comment Thomas Haynes
29/03/2023	Public comment Isabel Durose.
29/03/2023	Public comment Neil Warburton
30/03/2023	Public comment RW & GM Richardson
30/03/2023	Public comment Karen Haycock
30/03/2023	Public comment M Coates
30/03/2023	Consultation Response SCC Right of Way
12/04/2023	Amended Topographical drawings
12/04/2023	Amended topographical drawings
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12/04/2023	4
12/04/2023	5
12/04/2023	6
12/04/2023	7
12/04/2023	8
12/04/2023	9
12/04/2023	10
12/04/2023	11
12/04/2023	Consultation Response Conservation
14/04/2023	consultation response network rail
18/04/2023	Noise Impact Assessment
28/04/2023	Public Comment G Carr
05/05/2023	Consultation response SCC highways
05/05/2023	2023-05-02 - Highways Technical Note.
08/05/2023	Public Comment Caroline Amos
08/05/2023	Public Comment Victoria Barker
08/05/2023	Public Comment Daniel Amos
08/05/2023	Public Comment Richard Cooper
09/05/2023	Public Comment JP Dowling Checkley Cricket Club
09/05/2023	Public Comment Carl Jackson
17/05/2023	Public Comment C Stevens
17/05/2023	Public Comment Alan Woods Checkley Cricket Club
18/05/2023	Public comment Ian Robinson Checkley Cricket Club
18/05/2023	Public Comment R Chesters2
23/05/2023	Landscape Consultant Report
23/05/2023	Consultation Response SMDC Environmental Health Officer
05/06/2023	Public Comment Gerald & Mary Warburton
29/06/2023	Consultation Response SCC Flood Authority
13/07/2023	Review of Landscape Assessment
28/07/2023	2023-05-02 - Highways Technical Note
12/09/2023	Public Comment Stephen Hughes
17/11/2023	Consultation Response Highways
31/01/2024	Amended landscaping drawing
14/02/2024	Consultation Response National Highways
07/03/2024	Public Comment Dominic Salt
20/03/2024	Consultation Response Checkley Parish Council 3
21/03/2024	Consultation Response HPBC Arboriculture
02/04/2024	Decision
23/01/2025	Appeal Form
23/01/2025	2024-09-17 Transport Appeal Statement
23/01/2025	L003v1 PL - Covering letter to SMDC 1.10.24
23/01/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final
23/01/2025	R001v4 Landscape Statement - FINAL
23/01/2025	R002v1 Landscape Statement Summary
23/01/2025	R002v4 PL Upper Leigh Planning SOC 18.9.24 FINAL
23/01/2025	TEA1 - 15 Aug 24 - LRP007-LMP-01_rev14
23/01/2025	TEA1 - 15 Aug 24 - LRP007-PL-01_rev14
23/01/2025	TEA1 - 23 Aug 24 - LRP007-SP-01_rev01 Site Location Plan
23/01/2025	Appeal Start Letter
29/01/2025	Appeal Questionnaire
07/02/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final._Part1
07/02/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final._Part2
07/02/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final._Part3
07/02/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final._Part4
07/02/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final._Part5
07/02/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final._Part6
07/02/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final._Part7
07/02/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final._Part8
07/02/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final._Part9
07/02/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final._Part10
07/02/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final._Part11
07/02/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final._Part12
07/02/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final._Part13
07/02/2025	Landscape Statement Appendices - Final._Part14
10/02/2025	R004v3 Upper Leigh Planning Supplemental 10.2.25 FINAL
27/02/2025	01.Upper Leigh Solar farm appeal_ESBC and SMDC Statement of Case
27/02/2025	02.Upper Leigh Solar farm appeal_Appendices to LPA Statement of Case.
27/02/2025	03. FFC Landscape and visual statement.
27/02/2025	04. FFC Appendix 1- Mitigation Review Plan - FFC01
27/02/2025	05. FFC Appendix 2 - FFC Receptors and Viewpoints
27/02/2025	06. FFC Appendix 3 - Composite plan of cumulative developments
27/02/2025	07. FFC Appendix 4 - Receptor schedule 1.6 annotated
05/03/2025	Third Party Representation Checkley Parish Council
05/03/2025	Third Party Representation Cllr P Wilkinson
06/03/2025	Statement of Common Ground
24/03/2025	10371C - Upper Leigh Solar Farm - Glint and Glare Technical Note V2
24/03/2025	CD4.27 Infrastructure Order 2025
24/03/2025	CD4.28 Infrastructure Order Explanatory Memo
24/03/2025	CD9.33 Appeal Decision Burcot Farm
24/03/2025	R005v2 Upper Leigh Landscape Rebuttal - FINAL
27/03/2025	R001 v3_HT Heritage Assessment
03/04/2025	Third Party Representation D Smith
17/04/2025	Appeal Decision
17/04/2025	Costs Decision
17/04/2025	Appeal Decision Cover Letter