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The Mcauley Catholic High School Lower Acacia Road Cantley Doncaster DN4 6NU

24/02087/PRIORPrior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 January 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification to determine if prior approval is required to supply and install 267 No PV solar panels with a maximum output of 118.815 kWp to be fitted on to the flat roofs of the school buildings

Received
11 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bessacarr
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 2 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at The Mcauley Catholic High School Lower Acacia Road Cantley Doncaster DN4 6NU. Doncaster has handled 1,752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Doncaster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Bessacarr. We hold 446 applications in total for the DN4 postcode area.

84% of outline 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
DN4 6NU
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2025
Target decision date
3 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
eEnergy
Agent address
20 St Thomas Street London SE1 9RS

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13540962
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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