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Application Details
Application number SMD/2015/0394 Application type Full Planning - Large scale MAJOR apps
Site address The Fields Farm, Draycott Cross Road, Brook Houses, Cheadle, Staffordshire, ST10 2NT Proposal Proposed Solar Farm of approximately 5MW of generating capacity comprising the installation of solar photovoltaic panels and associated infrastructure including electrical inverter and transformer cabins, switchgear and meter house, access tracks, fencing, CCTV, landscape planting and grid connection.
Applicant name Mr James Davis

Solstice Renewables Ltd
Agent name Mr James Iles

Terence O' Rourke Ltd
Applicant address Agent address Linen Hall, London, Greater London, W1B 5TE
Application status Consultations/Re-consultations issued
Received date 19/06/2015 Valid date 13/07/2015
Fee due 0.00 Fee paid 26984.00
Determination required date 12/10/2015 Agreed extended date
Case Officer Arne Swithenbank
Start of Public Consultation period 17/07/2015 End of Public Consultation period 23/12/2015
Referred to Secretary of State date Referral expiry date
Decision by Planning Committee Committee date 17/12/2015
Decision Planning Permission - Refused Decision Date 21/12/2015
Temp permission expiry date Permission expiry date
Legal Obligation ref.

Consultations
Name Address
Draycott Parish Council 155, Uttoxeter Road, Draycott In The Moors, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST11 9AB
Transport Development Management C/o Staffordshire County Council, 3rd Floor, 1Staffordshire Place, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, ST16 2DH
Lyndene, Quabbs Lane, Forsbrook, Staffordshire, ST11 9AY
Hillcrest, Quabbs Lane, Forsbrook, Staffordshire, ST11 9AY
Mount Pleasant Farm, Cheadle Road, Boundary, Staffordshire, ST11 9AX
Wayside Farm, Draycott Cross Road, Brook House, Cheadle, Staffordshire, ST10 2NT
The Fields Farm, Draycott Road, Brook Houses, Cheadle, Staffordshire, ST10 2NT
SCC Flood Risk Management Staffordshire County Council,
Policy Forward Plan,
Environmental Health Environmental Services,
Ecology/Public Right Of Way
Trees
Environment Agency The Environment Agency, Sentinel House, Wellington Crescent, Fradley Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 8RR
Severn Trent Water Ltd Network Development, Regis Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 8RU
Ecology/Public Right Of Way
Policy Forward Plan,
SCC Flood Risk Management Staffordshire County Council,
Trees
Environment Agency The Environment Agency, Sentinel House, Wellington Crescent, Fradley Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 8RR
Severn Trent Water Ltd Network Development, Regis Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 8RU
Transport Development Management C/o Staffordshire County Council, 3rd Floor, 1Staffordshire Place, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, ST16 2DH
Draycott Parish Council 155, Uttoxeter Road, Draycott In The Moors, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Moorlands, ST11 9AB
Environmental Health Environmental Services,

Attachments - Click the Description to view the attachment in a new window.
Date Description
20/07/2015 Environmental statement
20/07/2015 Non Technical summary
20/07/2015 Traffic management plan
20/07/2015 Access and Swept path
20/07/2015 Archaeology Geophysics Report
20/07/2015 Design and access statement
20/07/2015 statement of community involvement
20/07/2015 Supporting information
20/07/2015 Land use and appendices
20/07/2015 Cover letter
20/07/2015 Landscape planting plan
20/07/2015 Arboricultural Impact Assessment
20/07/2015 Application form
20/07/2015 Introduction
20/07/2015 Site description and the proposal
20/07/2015 figure 2.4- figure 2.8 plans
20/07/2015 Environmental issues and methodology
20/07/2015 Landscape and visual
20/07/2015 Landscape and Visual part 2
20/07/2015 Landscape and Visual part 3
20/07/2015 Landscape and Visual part 4
20/07/2015 DNO SubV1
20/07/2015 Ecological assessment
20/07/2015 Heritage Desk Based Assessment
20/07/2015 Framework Elevation Type 1
20/07/2015 CCTV technical drawing
20/07/2015 Inverter Transformer Station
20/07/2015 Substation weather station
20/07/2015 Storage building
20/07/2015 Fence
20/07/2015 Road Sections
20/07/2015 Gleed method statement
20/07/2015 Glossary
20/07/2015 Flood Risk assessment
20/07/2015 Layout plan
20/07/2015 Site location
20/07/2015 Appendix A Screening
30/07/2015 Neighbour comments
07/08/2015 Severn Trent Water Comments
10/08/2015 SCC Highway comments
10/08/2015 Environment Agency comments
11/08/2015 neighbour comments R Reynolds
11/08/2015 neighbour comments G Loftus
20/08/2015 Landscape & Ecology Management Plan
20/08/2015 Landscape & Ecology Masterplan
24/08/2015 Draycott Parish Council comments
09/09/2015 Neighbour Comments L W Elkin
01/10/2015 neighbour comments t beech
06/10/2015 1501005 - Fields Green Belt Final
12/10/2015 neighbour comments C Stevenson
14/10/2015 SCC Flood Risk comments
16/10/2015 SCC Archaeologist comments
16/10/2015 Conservation comments
10/11/2015 Alternative Site Search Assessment
10/11/2015 Green Belt Statement - Addendum
10/11/2015 Landscape and visual appraisal
10/11/2015 additional information
11/11/2015 Fields Panel Elevation Side View
11/11/2015 Fields Panel Elevation Front View
11/11/2015 Fields Farm Layout Plan Rev V
11/11/2015 neighbour comments g sharman
11/11/2015 neighbour comments p sharman
18/11/2015 Landscape & Ecology Management Plan
18/11/2015 Landscape & Ecology Masterplan
26/11/2015 SCC Highway revised comments
01/12/2015 SCC Flood Risk Team comments
16/12/2015 Agent Comment 1
16/12/2015 Agent Comment 2
16/12/2015 Agent Comment 3
16/12/2015 Agent Comment 4
16/12/2015 Agent Comment 5
17/12/2015 neighbour comments D Mulligan
21/12/2015 decision notice