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Land At Rownall Farm , Rownall Road , Wetley Rocks , Staffordshire , ST9 0BT

Refused Staffordshire Moorlands SMD/2023/0523 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 solar farm comprising ground mounted solar PV panels with a generating capacity of up to 49.99MW including mounting system, underground cabling, stock proof fence, CCTV, internal tracks and associated infrastructure, landscaping, biodiversity net gain and environmental enhancements for a temporary period of 40 years

As published by the council, reference SMD/2023/0523

Application record

Reference
SMD/2023/0523
Type
Full Planning - Large scale MAJOR apps
Status
Refused As published: FULL-REF
Decision
Refused As published: Planning Permission - Refused
Received
19 Oct 2023
Validated
17 Nov 2023
Decided
6 Mar 2025
Parish
34, The Walks, Leek, Staffordshire , ST13 8BY
Decision by
Planning Committee
Postcode
ST9 0BT

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Oct 2023

    Received by Staffordshire Moorlands

  2. 17 Nov 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 6 Mar 2025

    Decision issued: Planning Permission - Refused

  4. 22 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

507 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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