Old Warden Aerodrome, Old Warden Park, Old Warden, Biggleswade, SG18 9EP
Approved on 26 January 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval Notification - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior Approval of the Installation or replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics Equipment Roof Mounted only: Installation of solar panels at the pitch roof of Hangar 4, 4A & 5. The panel would not extend above 0.15m of the roof slope nor within 1m of the edge of the roof.
- Received
- 14 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived14 Dec
- ValidatedValidated15 Dec
- Consult.Consultation23 Jan
- TargetTarget Date9 Feb
- DecidedDecided26 Jan
Decided in 42 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Old Warden Aerodrome, Old Warden Park, Old Warden, Biggleswade, SG18 9EP. Central Bedfordshire has handled 10,116 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,018 applications in total for the SG18 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- SG18 9EP
- Application type
- P.Notif. Solar Photovoltaics
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Old Warden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 December 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 23 January 2024
- Consultation start
- 15 December 2023
- Consultation end
- 23 January 2024
- Target decision date
- 9 February 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 1 Highfield Court Highfield Road Oakley MK43 7TA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Central Bedfordshire
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