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Lincoln Farm, Wainfleet Road, Irby In The Marsh, (Also Within The Parish Of Bratoft) Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 5AT

S/020/02242/13Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 October 2014

Planning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Planning Permission - To construct a solar farm comprising construction and operation over a 25 year period of 1042 solar PV panels with a maximum overall height of 2.4 metres together with support structures, temporary construction compound, access tracks, site substation, storage container, inverter-transformer stations, 63no. security cameras each 3.0 metres in height, fencing and gates and associated electrical cabling for the generation of 11.44 MW of renewable energy in accordance with amended plans received by the Local Planning Authority on 8th August, 15th and 16th September 2014.

Received
19 November 2013
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
26
Ward
Croft Ward
Agent
Ecus Ltd,
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated7 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 223 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at LINCOLN FARM, WAINFLEET ROAD, IRBY IN THE MARSH, (ALSO WITHIN THE PARISH OF BRATOFT) SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE, PE24 5AT. East Lindsey has handled 3,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 331 days, 38 weeks longer than East Lindsey's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Croft Ward. We hold 338 applications in total for the PE24 postcode area.

95% of full applications at East Lindsey District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PE24 5AT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bratoft

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 March 2014
Consultation expiry
17 October 2014
Consultation start
24 September 2014
Consultation end
17 October 2014
Last date for comments
6 June 2014
Committee meeting
16 October 2014
Decision issued
20 October 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ecus Ltd,
Agent address
3 Blackburn Road,, SHEFFIELD., South Yorkshire., S61 2DW

Publicity

Last advertised
19 March 2014
Advertisement expiry
17 October 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02955714
Documents
97

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2015
    22 Dec

    Non-Material Amendment to that previously approved under reference no. S/020/02242/13

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentS/020/02505/15
  2. 2013
    19 Nov

    Planning Permission - To construct a solar farm comprising construction and operation over a 25 year period…

    This applicationApprovedFullS/020/02242/13

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