Land To The East Of, Norheads Lane, Biggin Hill
Approved on 3 May 2024
Council decision: EIA REQUIREDDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
EIA Screening Request for a proposed solar farm together, battery energy storage system (BESS) with all associated works, infrastructure and equipment on land to the east and west of Norheads Lane to the west of Biggin Hill
- Received
- 12 April 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Bromley
- Ward
- Biggin Hill
- ReceivedReceived12 Apr
- ValidatedValidated12 Apr
- Consult.Consultation6 May
- TargetTarget Date6 May
- DecidedDecided3 May
Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land To The East Of, Norheads Lane, Biggin Hill. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Biggin Hill. We hold 2,970 applications in total for the TN16 postcode area.
77% of outline applications at London Borough of Bromley were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- TN16 3BE
- Application type
- Screening Opinion
- Scale / size
- Large
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 April 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 6 May 2024
- Consultation start
- 15 April 2024
- Consultation end
- 6 May 2024
- Last date for comments
- 6 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 6 May 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 24 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 145
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Water Trough Near Biggin Hill War Memorial at the Junction of Jail Lane and Main RoadOn or next to this site
- Brownfield land register: Site of Former 41 Sunningvale Avenue, Sunningvale Close, TN16 3BXRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Source: Bromley
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