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Application Details
Application number SMD/2025/0331 Application type Full - MINOR
Site address Cauldon Cement Works , Cauldon , Staffordshire , ST10 3EQ Proposal Construction of a new 33kV control and switchroom container, concrete access road and fencing located within the existing Cauldon Cement Works
Applicant name
National Grid Electricity Distribution
Agent name Miss Lucy Davies
Dalcour Maclaren
Applicant address Victoria Road , Fenton , Stoke on Trent , ST4 2JA Agent address 4 , Twyning , Tewkesbury , GL20 6FF
Application status FULL-APP
Received date 09/07/2025 Valid date 09/07/2025
Fee due 1764.00 Fee paid 1764.00
Determination required date 03/09/2025 Agreed extended date 21/11/2025
Case Officer Arne Swithenbank
Start of Public Consultation period 23/07/2025 End of Public Consultation period 13/08/2025
Referred to Secretary of State date Referral expiry date
Decision by Delegated Decision Committee date
Decision Planning Permission - Approved Decision Date 21/11/2025
Temp permission expiry date Permission expiry date 20/11/2028
Legal Obligation ref.

Consultations
Name Address
SCC (Highways) C/o Staffordshire County Council, 3rd Floor, 1Staffordshire Place, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, ST16 2DH
SCC (Minerals) Staffordshire County Council,
Waterhouses Parish Council 33 Wetenhall Drive, Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST13 8HU
SMDC Environmental Health Environmental Health,
Cllr Edwin Wain Hamps Valley Ward,
Severn Trent Water Ltd Network Development, Regis Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 8RU

Attachments - Click the Description to view the attachment in a new window.
Date Description
15/07/2025 Location Plan
15/07/2025 Site Plan
15/07/2025 Design and Access Statement
15/07/2025 Application Form
15/07/2025 Elevations
15/07/2025 SUPERSEDED Site Layout
15/07/2025 Elevations
15/07/2025 Plans
15/07/2025 Plans
18/07/2025 SUPERSEDED Revised site layout plans
21/07/2025 Consultation Response Waterhouses Parish Council
31/07/2025 Consultation Response Severn Trent
31/07/2025 Consultation Response SCC Highways
05/08/2025 Consultation Response SMDC Environmental Health
22/08/2025 External lighting scheme
11/09/2025 Dwg 102-003 Rev 7
12/09/2025 Proposed drainage layout
06/11/2025 Consultation Response SCC Mineral & Waste
21/11/2025 Report
21/11/2025 Decision

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