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Paulton House, Old Mills, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7SX

24/04376/SOLPASolar Photovoltaics Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 January 2025

Council decision: APPROVEDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval request for the installation of 410No. roof mounted solar PV panels of total installed capacity 186.55kWp.

Received
25 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Paulton
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.27 Dec
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Paulton House , Old Mills, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7SX. Bath has handled 592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Paulton. We hold 720 applications in total for the BS39 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
BS39 7SX
Application type
Solar Photovoltaics Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Paulton

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2024
Consultation expiry
27 December 2024
Consultation start
26 November 2024
Consultation end
27 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
26 November 2024
Target decision date
19 January 2025
Decision issued
14 January 2025
Permission expires
14 January 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 1A Tweed Road Clevedon BS21 6RR

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 December 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13590385
UPRN
200002910519
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    22 Sep

    Discharge of condition 3 of application 20/01962/FUL

    Condition Discharged/ObligationDischarge of conditions23/03555/COND
  2. 2020
    9 Jun

    Change of Use of part first floor from B1 Office Use to warehouse and enlargement of staff car park.

    ApprovedFull Application20/01962/FUL
  3. 2013
    15 Nov

    Prior approval request for change of use from Use Class B1 to Use Class C3 (58no. one bedroom…

    ApprovedOffice to Residential PD Notification13/05026/ODCOU
  4. 2012
    24 Apr

    Display of 1no. non-illuminated sign.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent12/01825/AR
  5. 2012
    9 Jan

    Display of 1no externally-illuminated v-shaped sign

    RefusedAdvertisement consent12/00265/AR
  6. 2011
    30 Aug

    Change of use from office to a gymnasium and soft play centre (Class D2 Assembly and Leisure) (Part of…

    RefusedFull Application11/03807/FUL

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