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Land East Of Hazelrigg Lane Hazelrigg Lane Scotforth Lancashire

23/00505/VCNVariation of a Condition ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 July 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Construction of a solar farm with associated access and infrastructure to include substation, inverter stations, cabling, landscaping, CCTV and boundary treatments (pursuant to the variation of conditions 2,4,9,13,18,20 and 22 of planning permission 21/01247/FUL to amend the approved layout, scale, landscaping detail, boundary treatment and agree details of construction)

Received
29 April 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
9
Ward
University And Scotforth Rural
Agent
CBRE Ltd
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated2 May
  3. Consult.14 Jul
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided18 Jul

Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Land East Of Hazelrigg Lane Hazelrigg Lane Scotforth Lancashire. Lancaster has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 4 weeks longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

91% of conditions applications at Lancaster City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Variation of a Condition Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Scotforth

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 May 2023
Consultation expiry
14 July 2023
Consultation start
22 June 2023
Consultation end
14 July 2023
Last date for comments
14 July 2023
Target decision date
27 July 2023
Committee meeting
17 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
CBRE Ltd
Agent address
10th Floor One St Peter's Square Manchester M2 3DE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
86 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 May 2023
Advertisement expiry
2 June 2023
Site notice start
22 May 2023
Site notice end
13 June 2023

Appeal history

3303160
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 May 2023Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
107

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: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    29 Apr

    Discharge of conditions 9,10,14,15,18,19,22,24 on approved application 23/00505/VCN

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  2. 2023
    23 Aug

    Discharge of condition 13 on approved application 23/00505/VCN

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/00153/DIS
  3. 2023
    29 Apr

    Construction of a solar farm with associated access and infrastructure to include substation, inverter…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)23/00505/VCN

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