Wellfield Community School North Road East Wingate TS28 5AX
Approved on 13 September 2018
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredFast Track
Proposal
Installation of 480 solar panels on the roof to generate 129.6 kWp of electricity.
- Received
- 27 July 2018
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Wingate
- ReceivedReceived27 Jul
- ValidatedValidated6 Aug
- Consult.Consultation6 Sep
- TargetTarget Date30 Sep
- DecidedDecided13 Sep
Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Wellfield Community School North Road East Wingate TS28 5AX. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 374 applications in total for the TS28 postcode area.
89% of outline applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- TS28 5AX
- Application type
- Prior Notification Non Domes Solar Panel
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wingate
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 August 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 6 September 2018
- Consultation start
- 16 August 2018
- Consultation end
- 6 September 2018
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 August 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 September 2018
- Last date for comments
- 6 September 2018
- Target decision date
- 30 September 2018
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 August 2018
- Site notice end
- 6 September 2018
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20196 Jun
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Discharge of condition 6 on planning permission DM/18/00130/FPA
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/18/00392 - 201816 Jan
Conversion of agricultural land to form new external sports pitches with engineering works and associated…
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/18/00130/FPA - 20112 Dec
Single storey substation and lv switchroom
ApprovedApplication5/PL/2011/0514 - 20117 Feb
Extension and refurbishment of existing 2 storey school, demolition of single storey entrance and erection of…
ApprovedOther5/PL/2011/0051 - 200623 Jun
Single storey building for use as a skills training unit
ApprovedApplication5/PLAN/2006/0504 - 20055 Jan
I. T. Suite
ApprovedApplication5/HIST/2005/0316
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