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Forum Packaging Limited, Mareham Road, Horncastle, Lincolnshire. LN9 6NG

S/086/00332/15Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 April 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Planning Permission - Installation of 918no. 240kW ground mounted photovoltaic arrays to a maximum height of 2.12m.

Received
23 February 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Horncastle Ward
Agent
Bowler Energy LLP,
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at FORUM PACKAGING LIMITED, MAREHAM ROAD, HORNCASTLE, LINCOLNSHIRE. LN9 6NG. East Lindsey has handled 3,956 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 3 weeks quicker than East Lindsey's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Horncastle Ward. We hold 1,095 applications in total for the LN9 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
LN9 6NG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horncastle

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2015
Consultation expiry
1 April 2015
Consultation start
9 March 2015
Consultation end
1 April 2015
Last date for comments
28 May 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bowler Energy LLP,
Agent address
Badger Farm,, Willowpit Lane,, HILTON,, Derbyshire., DE65 5FN

Publicity

Last advertised
4 March 2015
Advertisement expiry
1 April 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03997231
Documents
22

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)

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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Source: East Lindsey

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