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G E Energy Power Conversion Ltd Block 82 The Whittle Estate ( Alstom Site) Cambridge Road Whetstone LEICESTER LE8 6LH

21/0754/PT14JInstall or Alts of Solor Equ - Non DomApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 26 October 2021

Council decision: Prior Approval is Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for the installation of 400kW solar PV system

Received
4 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
North Whetstone
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.15 Oct
  4. Target19 Nov
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 32 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at G E Energy Power Conversion Ltd Block 82 The Whittle Estate ( Alstom Site) Cambridge Road Whetstone LEICESTER LE8 6LH. Blaby has handled 2,064 applications of this type. This one was decided in 144 days, 13 weeks longer than Blaby's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across North Whetstone. We hold 1,732 applications in total for the LE8 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
LE8 6LH
Application type
Install or Alts of Solor Equ - Non Dom
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whetstone Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2021
Consultation expiry
22 October 2021
Consultation start
24 September 2021
Consultation end
15 October 2021
Neighbour consultation start
1 October 2021
Neighbour consultation end
22 October 2021
Last date for comments
22 October 2021
Target decision date
19 November 2021
Permission expires
26 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Barnfield Crescent Exeter Devon EX1 1QT

Planning decision

Case officer
Clementyne Murphy-Nelson
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 September 2021
Site notice end
18 October 2021

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Blaby

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