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King Edwards School, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HY

23/01547/SOLPASolar Photovoltaics Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 June 2023

Council decision: APPROVEDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of solar PV array on roof of Sports Hall.

Received
26 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bathwick
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated26 Apr
  3. Consult.9 Jun
  4. Target20 Jun
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at King Edwards School, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HY. Bath has handled 591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Bath's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 218 applications across Bathwick. We hold 3,428 applications in total for the BA2 postcode area.

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

Postcode
BA2 6HY
Application type
Solar Photovoltaics Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 April 2023
Consultation expiry
9 June 2023
Consultation end
9 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
21 June 2023
Target decision date
20 June 2023
Permission expires
20 June 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Victoria Grove Bedminster Bristol BS3 4AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 May 2023
Site notice start
12 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12102276
UPRN
100120048592
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (17)

flood storage areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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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