2 Swallowtail Way Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 0GA
Approved on 17 February 2026
Council decision: Prior approval not required1 condition
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Proposal
Prior Approval Application for the installation of 270 no. solar PVs onto existing roof (Maximum total power output 140KW)
- Received
- 24 December 2025
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Harrogate
- Ward
- Knaresborough East
- ReceivedReceived24 Dec
- ValidatedValidated24 Dec
- Consult.Consultation29 Jan
- TargetTarget Date18 Feb
- DecidedDecided17 Feb
Decided in 55 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at 2 Swallowtail Way Knaresborough North Yorkshire HG5 0GA. Harrogate has handled 12,884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Knaresborough East. We hold 606 applications in total for the HG5 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- HG5 0GA
- Application type
- Prior Notif Solar Equip on non-domestic
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Knaresborough
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 29 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 29 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 29 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Avison Young
- Agent address
- Mr Tom Clift 6th Floor 1 City Square Leeds West Yorkshire LS1 2AL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14535192
- Documents
- 6
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. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
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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Source: Harrogate
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