Skip to content

Unit 1 Seymour Link Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3FG

CHE/24/00451/SOLPANPrior Approval for Solar PanelsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 September 2024

Council decision: Conditional permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Proposed solar PV on-roof 1852.88 KWp. PV generator surface area 8,933.8 sqm, number of modules 4575. Number of invertors 15

Received
22 July 2024
Public comments
2
Ward
Staveley North
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.1 Sep
  4. Target17 Sep
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 49 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Unit 1 Seymour Link Road Woodthorpe Derbyshire S43 3FG. Chesterfield has handled 330 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 13 days 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 76 applications across Staveley North. 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
S43 3FG
Application type
Prior Approval for Solar Panels
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Staveley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2024
Consultation expiry
1 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
1 September 2024
Last date for comments
6 September 2024
Target decision date
17 September 2024
Permission expires
10 September 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Luz Solar
Agent address
Sidins House Sidins Court Lakeside Doncaster South Yorkshire England DN4 5NU

Planning decision

Case officer
EC
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Chesterfield

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near S43

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for solar panel and heat pump installations on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.