Aco Technologies Plc, Hitchin Road, Meppershall, Shefford, SG17 5TE
Approved on 2 December 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Notification - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior Approval for the Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the roofs of non-domestic buildings: Installation of a roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) array with a total capacity of 245kWp on the new warehouse/distribution center at ACO Technologies, Shefford.
- Received
- 16 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived16 Sep
- ValidatedValidated16 Oct
- Consult.Consultation26 Nov
- TargetTarget Date11 Dec
- DecidedDecided2 Dec
Decided in 47 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Aco Technologies Plc, Hitchin Road, Meppershall, Shefford, SG17 5TE. Central Bedfordshire has handled 10,116 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 711 applications in total for the SG17 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- SG17 5TE
- Application type
- P.Notif. Solar Photovoltaics
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Meppershall
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 26 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 16 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 26 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- ACO Business Park Hitchin Road Bedfordshire SG17 5TE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 23
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Central Bedfordshire
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