Co Operative Food Store, Mulberry Close, Stotfold, Hitchin, SG5 4NL
Approved on 29 May 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior Approval for the Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the roofs of non-domestic buildings: Installation of Photovoltaics - 108 kWp rooftop solar PV array comprising of 216 x 500Wp PV panels.
- Received
- 10 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived10 Apr
- ValidatedValidated23 Apr
- Consult.Consultation21 May
- TargetTarget Date18 Jun
- DecidedDecided29 May
Decided in 36 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Co Operative Food Store, Mulberry Close, Stotfold, Hitchin, SG5 4NL. Central Bedfordshire has handled 10,116 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,991 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- SG5 4NL
- Application type
- P.Notif. Solar Photovoltaics
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stotfold
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 April 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 21 May 2025
- Consultation start
- 23 April 2025
- Consultation end
- 21 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 June 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Sunbeam House Broombank Road Chesterfield S41 9QJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20235 Sep
Installation of three rapid electric vehicle charging stations from six existing parking spaces, with…
ApprovedFull ApplicationCB/23/02931/FULL - 202220 Oct
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed Rear single storey extension
ApprovedLawful Development Cert - ProposedCB/22/04127/LDCP - 202224 Aug
New front porch under existing roof canopy
ApprovedFull ApplicationCB/22/03424/FULL - 202216 Jun
Erection of a two storey rear extension and new front porch under existing roof canopy
WithdrawnFull ApplicationCB/22/02481/FULL
Source: Central Bedfordshire
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