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The Robert Smyth School Burnmill Road Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7JG

23/01452/PDNPermitted Development NotificationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 9 January 2024

Council decision: Refuse

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification to determine if Prior Approval is required to supply and install 420 No PV solar panels with a maximum output of 170.1 kWp. The panels will be installed on the flat and pitched roofs of the school buildings.

Received
4 October 2023
Ward
Market Harborough Logan
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.30 Oct
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at The Robert Smyth School Burnmill Road Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7JG. Harborough has handled 676 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Harborough's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Market Harborough Logan. We hold 3,445 applications in total for the LE16 postcode area.

85% of outline applications at Harborough District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LE16 7JG
Application type
Permitted Development Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Market Harborough

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2023
Consultation expiry
30 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
30 October 2023
Target decision date
29 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Kevin Sweeney 20 St Thomas Street London SE1 9RS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    21 Sep

    Works to 10x lime trees, re-pollard cutting to previous pollard points (HDC TPO 213)

    PendingApplication26/01360/TPO
  2. 2024
    30 May

    Discharge of Conditions 4 (construction management plan), 6 (pitch specification) and 7 (materials schedule)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/00662/PCD
  3. 2024
    26 Feb

    Installation of 420 PV solar panels with a maximum output of 170.1 kWp

    ApprovedListed building consent24/00256/LBC
  4. 2024
    26 Feb

    Installation of 420 PV solar panels with a maximum output of 170.1 kWp

    ApprovedFull Application24/00255/FUL
  5. 2023
    20 Nov

    Discharge of Condition 5 (Community Use Agreement) of 20/00004/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/01645/PCD
  6. 2023
    16 Feb

    Erection of a two storey building to form new classrooms and science facilities

    ApprovedFull Application23/00258/FUL

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