Monitoring Works In A 4KM Radius Of The Proposed Roseacre Wood Site, Off Roseacre Road And Inskip Road, Roseacre And Wharles, Preston.

LCC/2014/0102Approved

Approved on 25 June 2015

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR MONITORING WORKS IN A 4 KM RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED ROSEACRE WOOD EXPLORATION SITE COMPRISING: THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND RESTORATION OF TWO SEISMIC MONITORING ARRAYS COMPRISING OF 80 BURIED SEISMIC MONITORING STATIONS AND 8 SURFACE SEISMIC MONITORING STATIONS. THE SEISMIC MONITORING STATIONS WILL COMPRISE UNDERGROUND INSTALLATION OF SEISMICITY SENSORS; ENCLOSED EQUIPMENT AND FENCED ENCLOSURES. THE SURFACE ARRAY WILL ALSO COMPRISE MONITORING CABINETS. THE APPLICATION IS ALSO FOR THE DRILLING OF THREE BOREHOLES, EACH INSTALLED WITH 2 MONITORING WELLS, TO MONITOR GROUNDWATER AND GROUND GAS, INCLUDING FENCING AT THE PERIMETER OF THE ROSEACRE WOOD EXPLORATION SITE.

Received: 17 June 2014
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Lancashire County Council
Ward: FYLDE EAST

ReceivedReceived17 Jun
ValidatedValidated17 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided25 Jun

Decided in 373 days

About this application

This is a planning application at MONITORING WORKS IN A 4KM RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED ROSEACRE WOOD SITE, OFF ROSEACRE ROAD AND INSKIP ROAD, ROSEACRE AND WHARLES, PRESTON.. Lancashire has handled 386 applications of this type. This one was decided in 373 days, 41 weeks longer than Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

Application details

Scale / size: Small
Parish: TREALES ROSEACRE & WHARLES
District: Fylde Borough Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 June 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address: THE ARUP CAMPUS BLYTHE GATE BLYTHE VALLEY PARK SOLIHULL B90 8AE

Appeal

Appeal date: 28 September 2015

Additional information

Documents: 83

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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: Lancashire

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