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Lower Tean Leys , Tean Leys , Lower Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4NS

Refused Staffordshire Moorlands SMD/2023/0059 Full Planning - Large scale MAJOR apps

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Installation of a 49.9MW solar photovoltaic array/solar farm with associated infrastructure (Cross boundary site with East Staffordshire Borough Council).

As published by the council, reference SMD/2023/0059

Application record

Reference
SMD/2023/0059
Type
Full Planning - Large scale MAJOR apps
Status
Refused As published: FULL-REF
Decision
Refused As published: Planning Permission - Refused
Received
30 Jan 2023
Validated
30 Jan 2023
Decided
2 Apr 2024
Ward
Werrington Ward,
Parish
Great Wood Community Hall, Hollington Road, Upper Tean, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 4JY
Decision by
Planning Committee
Postcode
ST10 4NS

Site history

Applications at this address on the Staffordshire Moorlands register

This site has had 3 applications since 2016: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • SMD/2025/0282 Withdrawn

    Lower Tean Leys , Tean Leys , Lower Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4NS

    The construction and operation of a battery energy storage system

    Decided 13 Jun 2025
  • DOC/2016/0092 Awaiting decision

    Lower Tean Leys, Tean Leys, Lower Tean, Staffordshire, ST10 4NS

    Discharge of conditions 3 & 5 of SMD/2016/0295

    Submitted 16 Sep 2016 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 30 Jan 2023

    Received by Staffordshire Moorlands

  2. 2 Apr 2024

    Decision issued: Planning Permission - Refused

  3. 22 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

243 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Staffordshire Moorlands refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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