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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