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ASTLEY SIGNS Unit 4 Redforrest House Queens Court North Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0BU

DC/16/00631/NPANotification of Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 August 2016

Council decision: Prior approval required and approvedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of solar panels on roof (amended 25/07/16).

Received
23 June 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lobley Hill And Bensham
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target17 Aug
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 50 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at ASTLEY SIGNS Unit 4 Redforrest House Queens Court North Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0BU. Gateshead has handled 165 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 13 days quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Lobley Hill And Bensham. We hold 1,075 applications in total for the NE11 postcode area.

92% of outline applications at Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NE11 0BU
Application type
Notification of Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2016
Last date for comments
25 July 2016
Target decision date
17 August 2016
Permission expires
12 August 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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.

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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