Land At E572391 N297113 Brook Lane Brookville Norfolk
Approved on 13 October 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee20 conditions
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Proposal
Construction, operation, maintenance and eventual decommissioning of up to a 15MW Solar Farm comprising the construction of solar panels mounted on metal frames, invertors, spares container, substation, auxiliary transformer, DNO substation, new access tracks, underground cabling, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, temporary construction compound, landscaping, and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated site works
- Received
- 23 June 2025
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 16
- Ward
- Methwold
- ReceivedReceived23 Jun
- ValidatedValidated9 Jul
- Consult.Consultation10 Oct
- TargetTarget Date8 Oct
- DecidedDecided13 Oct
Decided in 96 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land At E572391 N297113 Brook Lane Brookville Norfolk. Kings Lynn has handled 4,002 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 9 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Methwold.
90% of full applications at King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Full Application - Major Development
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Methwold
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 10 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 19 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 10 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 10 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 8 October 2025
- Committee meeting
- 6 October 2025
- Decision issued
- 14 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 14 October 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Jack Ellis Spaces 8th Floor The Programme Building The Pithay Bristol BS1 2NB United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 16 July 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 6 August 2025
- Site notice start
- 9 July 2025
- Site notice end
- 6 August 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14101338
- Documents
- 104
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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