Home Farm Hollesley Road Capel St Andrew Suffolk
Approved on 1 November 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior Notification - Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs of Non-domestic Buildings - Installation of 296 nos of 450 watt solar panels installed to the roof of agricultural building with an installed capacity of 133.2kWp
- Received
- 6 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Ward
- Deben
- Agent
- East Green Energy Limited
- ReceivedReceived6 Sep
- ValidatedValidated6 Sep
- Consult.Consultation16 Oct
- TargetTarget Date1 Nov
- DecidedDecided1 Nov
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Home Farm Hollesley Road Capel St Andrew Suffolk. East Suffolk has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Deben.
87% of outline applications at East Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Prior Approval Solar PV Non-Domestic
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Capel St Andrew
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 September 2024
- Last date for comments
- 16 October 2024
- Target decision date
- 1 November 2024
- Permission expires
- 1 November 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- East Green Energy Limited
- Agent address
- 2C Riverside Business Centre Dock Lane Melton Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1RA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 18
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National Landscape (AONB): Suffolk Coast & Heaths
- 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 (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, 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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