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Blends Ltd Overbrook Lane Knowsley Business Park Knowsley L34 9FB

23/02809/PDSPrior Notification - Solar PVApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 January 2024

Council decision: prior approval required and grantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ROOF MOUNTED SOLAR PHOTOVOLATICS (PV) TO EXISTING ROOF

Received
8 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Prescot North
  1. Received8 Dec
  2. Validated8 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Feb
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Blends Ltd Overbrook Lane Knowsley Business Park Knowsley L34 9FB. Knowsley has handled 164 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Knowsley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Prescot North. We hold 134 applications in total for the L34 postcode area.

94% of outline applications at Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
L34 9FB
Application type
Prior Notification - Solar PV
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Knowsley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 December 2023
Target decision date
1 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Photon Energy
Agent address
8 Windsor Square Silver St Reading RG1 2TH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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