Land Adjacent To Weir Blandford Forum Dorset

2/2012/1455/PLNGFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 1 February 2013

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of an Archimedes Screw hydropower turbine adjacent to the weir on the Crown Estate at Deer Park weir for the generation of renewable electricity.

Submitted: 10 December 2012
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: Blandford Old Town Ward

ReceivedSubmitted10 Dec
ValidatedValidated10 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided1 Feb

Decided in 53 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent To Weir Blandford Forum Dorset. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 11 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Blandford St Mary and Bryanston conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address.

92% of full applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Blandford Forum
District: North Dorset

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 December 2012

Additional information

Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Blandford St Mary and Bryanston Conservation Area

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2012
31 Jul
Installation of an Archimedes Screw hydropower turbine.
WithdrawnFull Planning Application2/2012/0899/PLNG

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