Middlesbrough Football Club Rockliffe Park Hurworth Place Darlington DL2 2DU
Approved on 20 March 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior approval application for the installation of 280 No. roof mounted solar panels
- Received
- 4 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- Ward
- Hurworth
- Agent
- IC Planning
- ReceivedReceived4 Feb
- ValidatedValidated20 Feb
- Consult.Consultation17 Mar
- TargetTarget Date13 Apr
- DecidedDecided20 Mar
Decided in 28 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Middlesbrough Football Club Rockliffe Park Hurworth Place Darlington DL2 2DU. Darlington has handled 73 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Hurworth. We hold 888 applications in total for the DL2 postcode area.
94% of outline applications at Darlington Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- DL2 2DU
- Application type
- Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hurworth Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 March 2025
- Consultation start
- 24 February 2025
- Consultation end
- 17 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 March 2025
- Last date for comments
- 17 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 13 April 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- IC Planning
- Agent address
- Portland House - Block D New Bridge Street West Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8AL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- 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 (21)
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, 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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