Land Off The Balk Almholme Doncaster DN5 0LL
Approved on 10 October 2024
Council decision: Planning Permission GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation and operation of an Energy Storage System (ESS) including energy storage units and a Solar Farm with associated infrastructure including substation, site access, cable connection, acoustic fencing, security fencing, stock proof fencing, landscaping and other ancillary infrastructure
- Received
- 29 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bentley
- Agent
- RPS Planning & Development
- ReceivedReceived29 Nov
- ValidatedValidated29 Nov
- Consult.Consultation29 Aug
- TargetTarget Date21 Feb
- DecidedDecided10 Oct
Decided in 316 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land Off The Balk Almholme Doncaster DN5 0LL. Doncaster has handled 2,989 applications of this type. This one was decided in 316 days, 38 weeks longer than Doncaster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Bentley. We hold 1,300 applications in total for the DN5 postcode area.
90% of full applications at Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- DN5 0LL
- Application type
- Planning FULL Major
- Scale / size
- Large
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 29 August 2024
- Consultation start
- 8 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 29 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 December 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 December 2023
- Last date for comments
- 29 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 21 February 2024
- Decision issued
- 14 October 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RPS Planning & Development
- Agent address
- RPS Consulting UK & Ireland 3 Soverign Square Sovereign Street Leeds LS1 4DA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 84 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 14 December 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 4 January 2024
- Site notice start
- 15 December 2023
- Site notice end
- 5 January 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12423299
- Documents
- 115
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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