Fountain Lot Land At Bentham Bentham Lancaster LA2 7EY
Refused on 12 January 2016
Council decision: Refuse Permission
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Proposal
Development of a solar farm and ancillary infrastructure
- Received
- 21 October 2015
- Public comments
- 8
- Council
- Craven
- Ward
- Bentham
- Agent
- RPS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
- ReceivedReceived21 Oct
- ValidatedValidated21 Oct
- Consult.Consultation16 Nov
- TargetTarget Date16 Dec
- DecidedDecided12 Jan
Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Fountain Lot Land At Bentham Bentham Lancaster LA2 7EY. Craven has handled 2,886 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Craven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the LA2 postcode area.
94% of full applications at Craven were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- LA2 7EY
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- NCA
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 October 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 26 November 2015
- Consultation start
- 26 October 2015
- Consultation end
- 16 November 2015
- Target decision date
- 16 December 2015
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RPS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
- Agent address
- 2420 THE QUADRANT AZTEC WEST ALMONDSBURY BRISTOL CITY OF BRISTOL BS32 4AQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 November 2015
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 November 2015
- Site notice start
- 30 October 2015
- Site notice end
- 20 November 2015
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-04518421
- Documents
- 1
Site constraints
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.
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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