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Optima Products, Mill Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset

23/00834/SOLPASolar Photovoltaics Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 May 2023

Council decision: APPROVEDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 303.60 kWp solar panels to two buildings at Mill Road. Installed via a pitched roof clamp system on the rooftops.

Received
2 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Radstock
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided4 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Optima Products, Mill Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,. Bath has handled 591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Bath's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Radstock.

86% of outline applications at Bath and North East Somerset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Solar Photovoltaics Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Radstock

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2023
Consultation expiry
3 April 2023
Consultation start
13 March 2023
Consultation end
3 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
13 March 2023
Target decision date
7 May 2023
Permission expires
4 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Barnfield Crescent Exeter Devon EX1 1QT

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

UPRN
010091548889
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: RadstockPart of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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