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Lanyon Farm Gwinear Lane Gwinear Hayle Cornwall TR27 5LA

PA13/07812Full applicationRefused
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Refused on 25 November 2013

Council decision: Refusal one reasonPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 12.8MW solar photovoltaic farm with associated infrastructure (sub-station & inverter buildings, meter & control buildings, site security fencing & security system and temporary site contractors' compound and access tracks) and the construction of a car park for The Gwinear Community Primary School.

Received
4 September 2013
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
51
Ward
Gwinear-Gwithian And St Erth
Agent
Maria Bailey Planning
  1. Received4 Sep
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.19 Nov
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided25 Nov

Decided in 82 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Lanyon Farm Gwinear Lane Gwinear Hayle Cornwall TR27 5LA. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 5 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,350 applications in total for the TR27 postcode area.

94% of full applications at Cornwall Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TR27 5LA
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Gwinear-Gwithian

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2013
Consultation expiry
19 November 2013
Consultation start
30 October 2013
Consultation end
19 November 2013
Neighbour consultation start
8 November 2013
Neighbour consultation end
27 September 2013
Target decision date
4 December 2013
Committee meeting
21 November 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
Maria Bailey Planning
Agent address
Old Post Office Chambers 74A High Street Bideford Devon EX39 2AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 September 2013
Advertisement expiry
10 October 2013
Site notice start
19 September 2013
Site notice end
10 October 2013

Appeal

Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Withdrawn

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02844301
Documents
120
Constraints
43

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: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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