Coursers Farm Coursers Road Colney Heath St Albans AL4 0PG
Approved on 24 January 2012
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of 222 x 225w solar panels on west side roof of grain store.
- Received
- 21 November 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Ward
- Shenley
- ReceivedReceived21 Nov
- ValidatedValidated30 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date25 Jan
- DecidedDecided24 Jan
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Coursers Farm Coursers Road Colney Heath St Albans AL4 0PG. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Shenley. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 postcode area.
90% of full applications at Hertsmere Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- AL4 0PG
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ridge Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 November 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 29 December 2011
- Consultation start
- 9 December 2011
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 December 2011
- Target decision date
- 25 January 2012
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Fisher German
- Architect profile
- FISHER GERMAN LIMITED
- Agent address
- The Grange 80 Tamworth Road Ashby De La Zouch Leicestershire LE65 2BY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 29 December 2011
- Site notice start
- 13 December 2011
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Hertsmere
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201322 May
Construction of farm building to enclose an existing horse riding menage (Additional information received…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionTP/13/1214 - 20123 Feb
Proposed construction and operation of an Anaerobic Digestion facility (HCC Consultation).
ApprovedHerts County County ConsultationTP/12/0262 - 201013 Sep
Lean-to storage shed to house equipment, machinery and crops (Application for Determination on Agricultural…
ApprovedAgricultural Prior Deter.with detailsTP/10/1821
Source: Hertsmere
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