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Former Meaford Power Station Meaford Road Meaford Stone Staffordshire

Granted Stafford 21/35159/OUT Outline Application

Works: Demolition

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

Proposal

Outline planning application for the creation of development platforms and phased development comprising up to 96,932sqm of employment floorspace (Use Classes E(g)(iii)/B2/B8) including up to 2 hectares of battery storage (Use Class Sui Generis), ancillary office space, new internal site roads and the use of existing accesses (including western access onto Meaford Road for emergency access), parking, ecology and biodiversity enhancements, landscaping, drainage, ancillary works and associated infrastructure, involving demolition, site clearance and remediation (All Matters Reserved except access, in part).

As published by the council, reference 21/35159/OUT

Application record

Reference
21/35159/OUT
Type
Outline Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Allowed
Received
27 Oct 2021
Validated
28 Oct 2021
Decided
2 Nov 2023
Ward
Swynnerton And Oulton
Parish
Stone Rural
Decision by
Committee Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Stafford register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/40736/FUL Awaiting decision

    Former Meaford Power Station Meaford Road Meaford Stone Staffordshire

    Variation of condition 3 (approved plans) on 21/35159/OUT: Outline planning application for the creation of development platforms and phased development comprising up to 96,932sqm of employment floorspace (Use Classes E(g)(iii)/B2/B8) including up to 2 hectares of battery storage (Use Class Sui Generis), ancillary office space, new internal site roads and the use of existing accesses (including western access onto Meaford Road for emergency access), parking, ecology and biodiversity enhancements, landscaping, drainage, ancillary works and associated infrastructure, involving demolition, site clearance and remediation (All Matters Reserved except access, in part).

    Submitted 3 Jun 2025 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 27 Oct 2021

    Received by Stafford

  2. 28 Oct 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 2 Nov 2023

    Decision issued: Allowed

  4. 5 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

253 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Stafford granted permission on 2 November 2023, 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 outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

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