Land at, Stokeford Farm, East Stoke, BH20 6AN
Approved on 28 October 2015
Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee
Proposal
Construction of a 12 MW solar photovoltaic park with ground mounted photovoltaic arrays and ancillary equipment including substations, inverters, fencing and security cameras.
- Submitted
- 19 August 2015
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Wool Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted19 Aug
- ValidatedValidated19 Aug
- Consult.Consultation17 Sep
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided28 Oct
Decided in 70 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land at, Stokeford Farm, East Stoke, BH20 6AN. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 4 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,048 applications in total for the BH20 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- BH20 6AN
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- East Stoke
- District
- Purbeck
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 August 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 17 September 2015
- Consultation end
- 17 September 2015
- Committee meeting
- 28 October 2015
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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, conservation 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, 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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