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St Marys R C High School Newbold Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8AG

CHE/15/00757/SOLPANPrior Approval for Solar PanelsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 January 2016

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Development is of a 280kWP Photovoltaic system on the site, roof mounted on school buildings.

Received
25 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Linacre
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.31 Dec
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided4 Jan

Decided in 40 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at St Marys R C High School Newbold Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8AG. Chesterfield has handled 330 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 3 weeks quicker than Chesterfield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Linacre. We hold 1,231 applications in total for the S41 postcode area.

91% of outline 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

Postcode
S41 8AG
Application type
Prior Approval for Solar Panels
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2015
Last date for comments
31 December 2015
Target decision date
23 December 2015
Permission expires
4 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mrs S Brailsford 104 Dunston Innovation Centre Dunston Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8NG

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

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

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2014
    11 Nov

    To upgrade the dirt track into a proper road running down to the Sports Hall and to increase the size of an…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationCHE/14/00799/FUL
  2. 2013
    20 Jun

    To extend the application of one anti-vandal steel unit and one portable jack leg building to be located next…

    ApprovedRetrospective ApplicationCHE/13/00378/RET
  3. 2011
    10 May

    Extension of the sixth form building

    ApprovedFull ApplicationCHE/11/00300/FUL
  4. 2011
    18 Feb

    Felling of T21 Ash

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderCHE/11/00119/TPO
  5. 2003
    7 Jan

    New sports hall and changing accommodation (reserved matters for CHE/0202/0075

    ApprovedReserved mattersCHE/0103/0018
  6. 2002
    5 Feb

    Variation of condition 2 & 3 of application CHE/1296/0629

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)CHE/0202/0075

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