Riverdale Paper Plc Earlsway Gateshead NE11 0RQ
Approved on 14 November 2022
Council decision: Prior approval required and approvedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Installation of PV system comprising of 526 x 410W panels with a total output of ~215.66 kW
- Received
- 9 September 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Lobley Hill And Bensham
- ReceivedReceived9 Sep
- ValidatedValidated17 Oct
- Consult.Consultation8 Nov
- TargetTarget Date12 Dec
- DecidedDecided14 Nov
Decided in 28 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application at Riverdale Paper Plc Earlsway Gateshead NE11 0RQ. Gateshead has handled 165 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 3 days longer 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 34 applications across Lobley Hill And Bensham. We hold 1,076 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 0RQ
- Application type
- Notification of Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 October 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 10 November 2022
- Consultation end
- 8 November 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 November 2022
- Last date for comments
- 14 November 2022
- Target decision date
- 12 December 2022
- Permission expires
- 14 November 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Advanced Renewable Power
- Agent address
- 18B Parsons Road Washington NE37 1EZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
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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