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Westmount Education Centre 80 Folkestone Road Dover

20/01355Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 February 2022

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of a 264kW ground mounted photovoltaic solar array

Received
17 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
9
Ward
Town And Castle
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 442 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Westmount Education Centre 80 Folkestone Road Dover. Dover has handled 1,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 443 days, 55 weeks longer than Dover's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Town And Castle.

91% of full applications at Dover District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
DOVER

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2020
Last date for comments
16 December 2021
Target decision date
13 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Noble Green Energy
Agent address
Badger Farm Willowpit Lane Hilton Derby DE65 5FN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 March 2021

Appeal history

3262114
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 1 July 2021Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal
3261318
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 March 2021Dev Type: Change of useReason: Failure

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09262195
Documents
32

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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