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Woodlands Farm Calcott Hill Sturry

CA//15/02599Variation of conditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 March 2016

Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Variation of condition 02 of planning permission CA/14/01189/VAR for the installation and operation of a solar farm and associated infrastructure; variations relating to alteration of drawings to the design, siting and specification of the scheme.

Received
3 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Sturry
Agent
Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Jan
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided21 Mar

Decided in 109 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Woodlands Farm Calcott Hill Sturry. Canterbury has handled 150 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Canterbury's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Sturry.

100% of conditions applications at Canterbury City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Variation of condition
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Sturry

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2015
Consultation expiry
8 January 2016
Consultation end
8 January 2016
Neighbour consultation end
8 January 2016
Last date for comments
8 January 2016
Target decision date
3 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd
Agent address
Level 7, 33 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HU

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 December 2015
Advertisement expiry
8 January 2016
Site notice end
8 January 2016

Additional information

Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Canterbury and surrounding area. Dated 25.02.2015 effective 25.02.2016
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2013
    13 Jun

    EIA screening opinion request in relation to an 8-10MW

    ApprovedEIA screeningCA//13/01122

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