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Alder Court Chessington Avenue Bristol BS14 9EW

26/10532/REPrior Notification - Renewable energyRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval REFUSED

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs of Non-domestic Buildings The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J - for the installation of up to approximately 100 kWp solar photovoltaic community-owned panels to a non-domestic building.

Received
9 February 2026
Ward
Hengrove & Whitchurch Park
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Alder Court Chessington Avenue Bristol BS14 9EW. Bristol has handled 1,217 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 10 days longer than Bristol's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 9EW
Application type
Prior Notification - Renewable energy
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stockwood, Hengrove And Whitchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
18 March 2026
Target decision date
6 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
18 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14691090
Documents
4
Constraints
2

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)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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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