Planning application
Land at Green Lane Marchington Staffordshire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Construction of a Solar Farm with ancillary development including solar panels and frames, sub-station, comms building, inverter cabins, switchgear housing, security fencing and security cameras
As published by the council, reference P/2015/00791
Application record
- Reference
- P/2015/00791
- Type
- Detailed Planning Application
- Status
- Granted As published: FINAL DECISION
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved - Delegated
- Received
- 26 May 2015
- Validated
- 3 Jul 2015
- Decided
- 23 Sep 2015
- Ward
- Crown
- Parish
- Marchington
- Decision by
- Delegated
Site history
Applications at this address on the East Staffordshire register
This site has had 8 applications since 2015: 6 approved, 1 refused.
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P/2017/01479 Granted
Land at Green Lane Marchington Staffordshire
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the construction of a Solar Farm with ancillary development including solar panels and frames, sub-station, comms building, inverter cabins, switchgear housing, security fencing and security cameras without complying with Condition 8 of planning permission P/2015/00791 relating to the photovoltaic arrays and associated cabinets to be removed from the site following any 6 month period of non-operation or immediately following the expiration of 30 years from the date of first export of electricity on 30th March 2047 whichever is the sooner
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P/2017/00785 Granted
Land at Green Lane Marchington Staffordshire
Discharge of condition no 9 of planning permission P/2015/00791 relating to the Construction of a Solar Farm with ancillary development including solar panels and frames, sub-station, comms building, inverter cabins, switchgear housing, security fencing and security cameras
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P/2017/00665 Granted
Land at Green Lane Marchington Staffordshire
Construction of a Solar Farm with ancillary development including solar panels and frames, sub-station, comms building, inverter cabins, switchgear housing, security fencing and security cameras (Non-Material Amendment relating to P/2015/00791 for the reduction in number and size of solar panels and area included within the fence, reduction in number of inverter cabins and CCTV cameras, change from Balancing Equipment container to storage container and 2 Comms building and 1 switchgear enclosure to 1 Substation Housing, reduction in footprint of substation and inverter cabin, reduction in pole height of CCTV by 0.6m and siting of satellite dish)
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P/2015/01681 Granted
Land at Green Lane Marchington Staffordshire
Discharge of conditions 3 - 6 of planning permission P/2015/00791 relating to the construction of a Solar Farm with ancillary development including solar panels and frames, sub-station, comms building, inverter cabins, switchgear housing, security fencing and security cameras
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P/2015/01310 Refused
Land At Green Lane Marchington Staffordshire
Erection of a standby electricity generation plant & associated communications and welfare building, fuel tanks, control building, substation and acoustic fencing
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P/2015/00236 Decided
Land at Green Lane Marchington Staffordshire
Screening opinion
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P/2015/00113 Granted
Land at Green Lane Marchington Staffordshire
Screening Opinion
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 May 2015
Received by East Staffordshire
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3 Jul 2015
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Sep 2015
Decision issued: Approved - Delegated
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14 Sep 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
47 documents on file for this application
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East Staffordshire granted permission on 23 September 2015, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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