Guildford Grove, Southway, Guildford, GU2 8YD
Approved on 13 August 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs of Non-domestic Buildings. The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J, for the Installation of 145 No PV solar panels with a maximum output of 63.8 kWp. The panels will be installed on the flat and pitched roofs of the school building (amended plan received 16/07/24).
- Received
- 28 May 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Westborough
- ReceivedReceived28 May
- ValidatedValidated4 Jun
- Consult.Consultation29 Jun
- TargetTarget Date16 Aug
- DecidedDecided13 Aug
Decided in 70 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Guildford Grove, Southway, Guildford, GU2 8YD. Guildford has handled 7,095 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 2 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Westborough. We hold 831 applications in total for the GU2 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- GU2 8YD
- Application type
- Renewable Energy
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Westborough
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 June 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 29 June 2024
- Consultation start
- 7 June 2024
- Consultation end
- 29 June 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 June 2024
- Last date for comments
- 16 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 16 August 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- eEnergy
- Agent address
- 20 St Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 73 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 29 June 2024
- Site notice end
- 29 June 2024
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
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, 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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