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Kelston Precision Gearings Hawkfield Way Bristol BS14 0BD

22/01588/REPrior Notification - Renewable energyApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 June 2022

Council decision: Prior Approval NOT REQUIREDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for proposed installation of 2,439 solar panels each of 410W, to make a total system size of 999kW (or 0.99MW). Panels will be installed to the roof with aluminium rail and seam clamps and no more than 200mm above the plane of the roof. DC cables will be marshaled in a dedicated plant room below the roof and connected in parallel with the building's main electrical supply.

Received
29 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hengrove & Whitchurch Park
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.14 Jun
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided27 Jun

Decided in 90 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Kelston Precision Gearings Hawkfield Way Bristol BS14 0BD. Bristol has handled 1,217 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 7 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Hengrove & Whitchurch Park. We hold 256 applications in total for the BS14 postcode area.

83% of outline applications at Bristol City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS14 0BD
Application type
Prior Notification - Renewable energy
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stockwood, Hengrove And Whitchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2022
Consultation expiry
14 June 2022
Neighbour consultation end
14 June 2022
Target decision date
24 May 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11157005
Documents
4
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1329Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Car Park Parkview Former Office Campus Whitchurch Lane Whitchurch Bristol BS14 0LARegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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 and heritage coasts.

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