Unit 4 Harelaw Industrial Estate Harelaw Stanley DH9 8HN
Approved on 16 October 2023
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredFast Track
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Proposal
Prior notification for the installation of solar PV panels fixed to the roof inline
- Received
- 19 July 2023
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Annfield Plain (Historic)
- ReceivedReceived19 Jul
- ValidatedValidated31 Jul
- Consult.Consultation3 Oct
- TargetTarget Date25 Sep
- DecidedDecided16 Oct
Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Unit 4 Harelaw Industrial Estate Harelaw Stanley DH9 8HN. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the DH9 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
- DH9 8HN
- Application type
- Prior Notification Non Domes Solar Panel
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stanley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 July 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 4 October 2023
- Consultation start
- 12 September 2023
- Consultation end
- 3 October 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 October 2023
- Last date for comments
- 4 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 25 September 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Green Leaf Engineering
- Agent address
- The Arrow Fifth Avenue Team Valley NE11 0NG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 13 September 2023
- Site notice end
- 4 October 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12323596
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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