Gloucester Royal Hospital Great Western Road Gloucester GL1 3NN

21/00576/SOLARPrior Approval Solar PVSApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 July 2021

Council decision: Not Required Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application to determine whether prior approval is required as to the design or external appearance of the development: 161kW roof mounted solar Photo Voltaic array comprising 379 panels and 3 inverters over a total area of 812m² on two roofs of the Pathology buildings at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Received: 10 May 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Gloucester City Council
Ward: Kingsholm & Wotton
Agent: Vital Energi Solutions Limited

ReceivedReceived10 May
ValidatedValidated10 May
Consult.Consultation29 Jun
TargetTarget Date5 Jul
DecidedDecided5 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Gloucester Royal Hospital Great Western Road Gloucester GL1 3NN. Gloucester has handled 95 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Gloucester's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Kingsholm & Wotton. We hold 770 applications in total for the GL1 postcode area.

80% of outline applications at Gloucester City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: GL1 3NN
Application type: Prior Approval Solar PVS
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 May 2021
Consultation expiry: 29 June 2021
Neighbour consultation start: 8 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end: 29 June 2021
Last date for comments: 29 June 2021
Target decision date: 5 July 2021
Permission expires: 5 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Vital Energi Solutions Limited
Agent address: Century House Roman Road Blackburn BB1 2LD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09797136
Documents: 8

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Gloucester

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