Shirebrook Energy Park, Off Portland Drive, Shirebrook, NG20 8GB
Approved on 2 October 2014
Council decision: Approved subject to conditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of a single containerised gas engine producing electricity using coal mine methane (CMM) and the change of use of the existing CMM fuelled generator engines to stand-by back-up power/power response electricity generation fuelled by natural gas
- Received
- 3 July 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Derbyshire County Council
- Ward
- Shirebrook and Pleasley
- ReceivedReceived3 Jul
- ValidatedValidated3 Jul
- Consult.Consultation28 Aug
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided2 Oct
Decided in 91 days (council typically 28)
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Shirebrook Energy Park, Off Portland Drive, Shirebrook,NG20 8GB. Derbyshire has handled 158 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 9 weeks longer than Derbyshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 311 applications in total for the NG20 postcode area.
95% of all applications at Derbyshire County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 4 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- NG20 8GB
- Application type
- Minor (Mineral)
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 July 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 2 October 2014
- Consultation end
- 28 August 2014
- Committee meeting
- 2 October 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Unit 10 Markham Vale Environment Centre, Markham Lane, Markham Vale, Chesterfield, S44 5HY
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 2 October 2014
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
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 and heritage coasts.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201820 Nov
Change of use application to Retain the Existing Buildings, Externally Sited Containerised Generator and…
ApprovedMajor (Mineral)CM5/1118/72 - 20156 Feb
Retrospective planning application for the retention of a GRP switch container to house switch for methane…
ApprovedMinor (Mineral)CM5/0215/140
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