Merrydale Lower Shapridge Mitcheldean GL17 0ED
Approved on 18 March 2022
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of ground mounted photovoltaic panels.
- Received
- 12 January 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Newnham
- ReceivedReceived12 Jan
- ValidatedValidated24 Jan
- Consult.Consultation28 Feb
- TargetTarget Date21 Mar
- DecidedDecided18 Mar
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Merrydale Lower Shapridge Mitcheldean GL17 0ED. Forest of Dean has handled 4,443 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Forest of Dean's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Newnham. We hold 754 applications in total for the GL17 postcode area.
91% of full applications at Forest of Dean District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- GL17 0ED
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Littledean
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 January 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 2 March 2022
- Consultation start
- 7 February 2022
- Consultation end
- 28 February 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 28 January 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 February 2022
- Last date for comments
- 2 March 2022
- Target decision date
- 21 March 2022
- Permission expires
- 18 March 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 1st Floor Southgate House Southgate Street Gloucester GL1 1UD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 9 February 2022
- Site notice end
- 2 March 2022
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Source: Forest of Dean
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