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Cranford Lane, Hounslow, TW5 9QA

PA/2025/2359Prior Approval: Roof mounted solar PV on non-domestic buildingRefused

Refused on 25 September 2025

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Proposal

The proposed installation covers Unit B1, Parkway TE, Heston as shown within the site location and proposed PV roof layout plans. The proposed installation has been designed to minimise the visual impact to the surrounding area. The panels are on pitched roof areas and they are unlikely to be seen from ground level. All equipment other than the panels themselves will be installed out of sight. The roof areas will be utilised for the installation of panels with the following proposed system: 122kWp panels (approximately 268 panels) East and West facing system across the whole site, all of which will be mounted between 6 and a 10 degree pitch, and will not protrude more than 200mm from the roof plane. The panels will not come within 1.5 meters of the roofs edge. Drawings attached. The proposed use of installation is to generate renewable electricity for use within the building. The installation proposed will feed into one of the main supplies. The technology being installed aims to reduce carbon emissions and the impact of the building on the environment. The solar panels to be used in this project are dark blue/black, do not reflect light and have anti glare covering. In addition, the panels are static and have no moving parts, neither internally nor externally. The solar PV array will not generate noise. The proposed installation will be installed by a government certified (MCS) solar PV engineering contractor, who has undertaken numerous similar projects. The proposed installation will not alter or restrict the use of the building in any way whatsoever.

Submitted
31 July 2025
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Cranford Lane, Hounslow, TW5 9QA. Hounslow has handled 5 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Heston West. We hold 610 applications in total for the TW5 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
TW5 9QA
Application type
Prior Approval: Roof mounted solar PV on non-domestic building

Site constraints

Checking the site
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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Change of use or development that would result in new dwellings (Class MA/ZA)
  • Green belt: HounslowPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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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