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Land At Sawgate Road Sawgate Road Burton Lazars

26/00806/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full

Proposal

Construction and operation of a solar photovoltaic farm and ancillary works, together with associated infrastructure including substation, ancillary equipment, security fencing, CCTV, highway access, internal access tracks, landscaping and biodiversity net gain.

Received
8 September 2026
Decision due
13 January 2027
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
0 · last counted 28 October 2026
Ward
Wymondham
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.9 Nov
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 9 November.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (54)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land At Sawgate Road Sawgate Road Burton Lazars. Melton has handled 559 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 8 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Wymondham.

93% of full applications at Melton Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Freeby

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2026
Consultation expiry
12 November 2026
Consultation start
16 October 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 October 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 November 2026
Last date for comments
12 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stephenson Halliday
Agent address
Parkhill Business Centre Walton Road Wetherby LS22 5DZ GB

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 October 2026
Advertisement expiry
12 November 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15112518
Documents
54
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Melton

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