The Robert Smyth School Burnmill Road Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7JG
Approved on 9 July 2024
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of 420 PV solar panels with a maximum output of 170.1 kWp
- Received
- 26 February 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Harborough District Council
- Ward
- Market Harborough Logan
- ReceivedReceived26 Feb
- ValidatedValidated27 Mar
- Consult.Consultation29 Apr
- TargetTarget Date22 May
- DecidedDecided9 Jul
Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at The Robert Smyth School Burnmill Road Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7JG. Harborough has handled 1,830 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 11 weeks longer than Harborough's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. 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.
91% of full 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
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Market Harborough
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 March 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 7 June 2024
- Consultation end
- 29 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 June 2024
- Target decision date
- 22 May 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- eEnergy
- Agent address
- 20 St Thomas Street London London SE1 9RS United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 May 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12739722
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (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
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
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