Shirebrook Energy Park, Off Portland Drive, Shirebrook, NG20 8GB
Approved on 14 March 2019
Council decision: Approved subject to conditions
Proposal
Change of use application to Retain the Existing Buildings, Externally Sited Containerised Generator and Transformer, Photovoltaic Panels, Gas Meter Cabinet, Pipework, Ancillary, Equipment, Boundary Features and Landscaping and Change the Use of the Whole Site to an Electricity Generation Facility Fuelled by Natural Gas
- Received
- 20 November 2018
- Council
- Derbyshire County Council
- Ward
- Shirebrook and Pleasley
- ReceivedReceived20 Nov
- ValidatedValidated20 Nov
- Consult.Consultation23 Jan
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided14 Mar
Decided in 114 days (council typically 28)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Shirebrook Energy Park, Off Portland Drive, Shirebrook,NG20 8GB. Derbyshire has handled 82 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 12 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
- Major (Mineral)
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 November 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 14 March 2019
- Consultation end
- 23 January 2019
- Committee meeting
- 14 March 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Unit 10 Markham Vale Environment Centre, Markham Lane, Markham Vale, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44 5HY
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 14 March 2019
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
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.
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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20156 Feb
Retrospective planning application for the retention of a GRP switch container to house switch for methane…
ApprovedMinor (Mineral)CM5/0215/140 - 20143 Jul
Installation of a single containerised gas engine producing electricity using coal mine methane (CMM) and the…
ApprovedMinor (Mineral)CM5/0714/46
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