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Application Details
Application number SMD/2025/0388 Application type Full Planning - Large scale MAJOR apps
Site address New Buildings Farm , Sandon Road , Sharpley Heath , Stone , Staffordshire , ST15 8SL Proposal Solar farm with ancillary infrastructure, security fence, access, landscaping and designed to allow continued agriculture.
Applicant name Mr Millan Dhir
New Buildings Solar Farm Limited
Agent name Mr Andrew Dowell
Third Revolution Projects
Applicant address 138 Holburn , London , EC1N 2SW Agent address Build Studios , London , SE1 7FR
Application status Consultations/Re-consultations issued

Received date 26/08/2025 Valid date 30/09/2025
Fee due 237765.00 Fee paid 237765.00
Determination required date 30/12/2025 Agreed extended date
Case Officer Chris Johnston
Start of Public Consultation period 08/10/2025 End of Public Consultation period 05/11/2025
Referred to Secretary of State date Referral expiry date
Decision by Delegated Decision Committee date
Decision Statutory consultation period Decision Date
Temp permission expiry date Permission expiry date
Legal Obligation ref.

Consultations
Name Address
East Staffordshire Borough Council The Maltsters, Wetmore Road, Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1LS
The Owner / Occupier LAND NORTH OF WILLOW COTTAGE, Sandon Road, Hilderstone,
Active Travel England
Canal And River Trust Strategy, Planning & Design, Fradley Junction, Alrewas, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 7DN
Coal Authority Planning And Local Authority Liaison, 200, Lichfield Lane, Berry Hill, , Mansfield,, Notts, NG18 4RG
SCC (Highways) C/o Staffordshire County Council, 3rd Floor, 1Staffordshire Place, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, ST16 2DH
SCC (Education) Principle School Organisation Officer, Staffordshire County Council, 6th Floor, Tipping Street, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 2DH
SCC (Minerals) Staffordshire County Council,
SCC (Public Rights Of Way) Staffordshire County Council,
SCC (Flood Risk Management) Staffordshire County Council, Flood Team,
SCC (Planning) Staffordshire County Council, Planning Development Control, Stafford,
Environment Agency The Environment Agency, Sentinel House, Wellington Crescent, Fradley Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 8RR
Staffordshire Fire And Rescue Hanley Community Fire Station, Lower Bethesda Street, Stoke On Trent, ST1 3RP
Peak & Northern Footpaths Society 48 Langtree Close, Cannock, WS12 3TT
Police Liaison Crime Reduction Unit Staffordshire Constabulary,
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
SMDC Environmental Health Environmental Health,
SMDC Trees
SMDC Waste (Operational Services) LEEK
SMDC Operational Services (Leisure / Recreation)
SMDC Service Commissioning team
SMDC Regeneration - Economic Development Moorlands House, Leek,
SMDC Regneration - Planning Policy Moorlands House, Leek,
SMDC Building Control Buxton Town Hall, Buxton,
Cllr Mark Deaville Checkley ward,
Cllr Alan Hulme Checkley Ward,
Cllr Peter Wilkinson Checkley Ward,
Draycott Parish Council 3, The Island, Upper Tean, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST10 4JE
The Owner / Occupier BROMLEY WOOD, Sandon Road, Cresswell, ST10 4PF
The Owner / Occupier BLAKELOW FARM, Sandon Road, Hilderstone, ST15 8SL
The Owner / Occupier MARLEY HOLLOWS FARM, Sandon Road, Hilderstone, ST15 8SL
The Owner / Occupier NEW BUILDINGS BUNGALOW, Sandon Road, Hilderstone, ST15 8SL
The Owner / Occupier NEW BUILDINGS FARM, Sandon Road, Hilderstone, ST15 8SL
The Owner / Occupier BIRD GROVE FARM, Sandon Road, Hilderstone, ST15 8SL
The Owner / Occupier BROMLEY WOOD FARM, Hill Lane, Morrilow Heath, ST10 4PF
The Owner / Occupier LOG CABIN, Hill Lane, Morrilow Heath,
The Owner / Occupier THE BARN, NEW BUILDINGS FARM, Sandon Road, Hilderstone, ST15 8SL
The Owner / Occupier WIND TURBINE, NEW BUILDINGS FARM, Sandon Road, Hilderstone,
The Owner / Occupier WATER SUPPLY AT BLAKELOW FARM, Sandon Road, Hilderstone,
The Owner / Occupier APPLICATION FOR WIND TURBINE, Sandon Road, Hilderstone,
The Owner / Occupier KENNELS, NEW BUILDINGS FARM, Sandon Road, Hilderstone, ST15 8SL
The Owner / Occupier WILLOW COTTAGE, Sandon Road, Hilderstone, ST15 8SL
The Owner / Occupier LAND EAST OF NEW BUILDINGS FARM, Sandon Road, Hilderstone,
Stafford Borough Council

Attachments - Click the Description to view the attachment in a new window.
Date Description
08/10/2025 General Plan
08/10/2025 Gate and fence details
08/10/2025 Soils and Agricultural Report
08/10/2025 Panel Elevations
08/10/2025 Inverter fixing details
08/10/2025 DNO Substation
08/10/2025 Transformer Station details
08/10/2025 Customer Substation
08/10/2025 CCTV details
08/10/2025 Access
08/10/2025 Arb Assessment Part 1
08/10/2025 Arb Assessment Part 2
08/10/2025 Arb Assessment Part 3
08/10/2025 Arb Assessment Part 5
08/10/2025 Arb Assessment Part 6
08/10/2025 Arb Assessment Part 8
08/10/2025 Transport
08/10/2025 FRA and Drainage
08/10/2025 GCN Survey E17376
08/10/2025 GCN Survey E17417
08/10/2025 Geophysical Survey Report
08/10/2025 Landscape Plan
08/10/2025 LVIA Report
08/10/2025 MAN305~1
08/10/2025 MAN3059002ECR001 PEA
08/10/2025 MAN3059002ECR002 BNG Calc Tool
08/10/2025 Topographical Survey 2D compressed.
08/10/2025 New Buildings Cultural Heritage Part 1
08/10/2025 New Buildings Cultural Heritage Part 2
08/10/2025 New Buildings Cultural Heritage
08/10/2025 PDAS
08/10/2025 New Buildings Solar Site Search
08/10/2025 New Buidlings Tree Schdule
08/10/2025 View point
08/10/2025 Viewpoint
08/10/2025 Viewpoint
08/10/2025 Part 7
08/10/2025 Part 8
08/10/2025 Part 9
08/10/2025 Part 10
08/10/2025 Application Form
08/10/2025 Statement of Community Involvement
08/10/2025 Site Location Plan
08/10/2025 Soils and Agricultural Report
08/10/2025 Solar Photovoltaic Glint and Glare Study
08/10/2025 Arb Assessment Part 4_Part2
08/10/2025 Arb Assessment Part 4_Part1
09/10/2025 Public comment by Brian Hamilton
09/10/2025 Consultation Response Active Travel England
09/10/2025 Consultation Response Canal & River Trust
10/10/2025 Consultation Response The Coal Authority
10/10/2025 Consultation Response Definitive Map and Spatial Information Officer
13/10/2025 Consultation Response SCC Education
23/10/2025 Consultation Response Staffordshire Police
23/10/2025 Consultation Response Staffordshire Fire and Rescue
24/10/2025 Consultation response SCC Highways
27/10/2025 Consultation Response SCC Flood Risk Managment

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