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Campbell House Colston Fort Montague Place Bristol BS6 5UB

23/04434/REPrior Notification - Renewable energyApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 December 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval GIVENDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for proposed installation of Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the roof(s) of a non-domestic building: install 69 monocrystalline photovoltaic panels to the inner courtyard facing part of the roof (on south facing roof planes of the west and centre of the building to optimise solar gains and on the west facing roof plane to the east wing of the building).

Received
15 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cotham
  1. Received15 Nov
  2. Validated15 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Jan
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 36 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Campbell House Colston Fort Montague Place Bristol BS6 5UB. Bristol has handled 1,217 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 6 days quicker than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Kingsdown conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 96 applications across Cotham. We hold 585 applications in total for the BS6 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
BS6 5UB
Application type
Prior Notification - Renewable energy
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishopston, Cotham And Redland

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 November 2023
Consultation expiry
20 December 2023
Target decision date
10 January 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
20 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12596092
Documents
6
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, 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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