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Marchington Solar Farm Station Road Draycott in the Clay Staffordshire DE6 5GX

Granted East Staffordshire P/2018/00940 Planning Condition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

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, inverter cabin, comms building, substation, switchgear enclosure, CCTV columns and perimeter fencing without complying with Condition 7 of P/2015/00405 relating to the photovoltaic arrays and associated cabinets hereby permitted shall be dismantled and removed from the site and the land reinstated to its former condition as agricultural land by the 21st March 2056 or upon the permanent cessation of the operation of the solar farm, whichever is the sooner

As published by the council, reference P/2018/00940

Application record

Reference
P/2018/00940
Type
Planning Condition
Status
FINAL DECISION
Decision
Conditional Approval - Delegated
Received
19 Jul 2018
Validated
7 Aug 2018
Decided
10 Oct 2018
Ward
Crown
Parish
Draycott in the Clay, Marchington
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
DE6 5GX

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Jul 2018

    Received by East Staffordshire

  2. 7 Aug 2018

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 10 Oct 2018

    Decision issued: Conditional Approval - Delegated

  4. 22 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

5 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

East Staffordshire granted permission on 10 October 2018, 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.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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