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Unit 8 Devonshire Industrial Hamlet Station Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JU

CHE/20/00069/SOLPANPrior Approval for Solar PanelsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 March 2020

Council decision: Unconditional permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of a 38.7kW solar pv system (119 JA Solar 325 watt panels) on the south facing roof of the building

Received
3 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brimington South
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Unit 8 Devonshire Industrial Hamlet Station Road Brimington Derbyshire S43 1JU. Chesterfield has handled 330 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 5 weeks quicker than Chesterfield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Brimington South. We hold 1,226 applications in total for the S43 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
S43 1JU
Application type
Prior Approval for Solar Panels
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brimington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2020
Last date for comments
4 March 2020
Target decision date
16 March 2020
Permission expires
2 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
164 Buxton Road Furness Vale High Peak SK23 7PH

Planning decision

Case officer
Sarah Kay
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

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.

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