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Land At Former Oxcroft Stocking Ground, East Of Woodthorpe Road Chesterfield Derbyshire

CHE/15/00477/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 December 2015

Council decision: Conditional permissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a temporary solar farm, to include the installation of solar panels with transformers, a District Network Operator (DNO) substation, security fence and gate (incorporating infra-red beam system) and other associated infrastructure - revised information received on 09/09/2015, 29/09/2015, 15/10/2015, 19/10/2015 and 10/11/2015

Received
22 July 2015
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
10
Ward
Lowgates And Woodthorpe
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.3 Sep
  4. Target19 Oct
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 127 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land At Former Oxcroft Stocking Ground, East Of Woodthorpe Road Chesterfield Derbyshire. Chesterfield has handled 1,592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 11 weeks longer than Chesterfield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

91% of full applications at Chesterfield Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Staveley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2015
Consultation start
13 August 2015
Last date for comments
3 September 2015
Target decision date
19 October 2015
Committee meeting
7 December 2015
Permission expires
8 December 2018

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Miss Jane Wildblood 3rd Floor 14 King Street Leeds LS1 2HL

Planning decision

Case officer
Sarah Kay
Statutory period
77 days

Additional information

Documents
59

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    5 Jan

    Discharge of condition 11 (noise) of CHE/15/00477/FUL

    Discharge of Planning ConditionsDischarge of conditionsCHE/16/00002/DOC
  2. 2015
    22 Jul

    Construction of a temporary solar farm, to include the installation of solar panels with transformers, a…

    This applicationApprovedFullCHE/15/00477/FUL

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