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Beacon Hill House, Bolters Lane, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4JU

2011/2198Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 4 November 2011

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

To install flat photo-voltaic solar panels on south-facing roof valley, which will not be visible from any angle at ground level.

Received
25 August 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Cranmore, Doulting And Nunney
  1. Received25 Aug
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Nov
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a solar installation at Beacon Hill House, Bolters Lane, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4JU. Mendip has handled 575 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 469 applications in total for the BA4 postcode area.

82% of heritage applications at Mendip were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BA4 4JU
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Doulting Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2011
Consultation expiry
22 September 2011
Target decision date
4 November 2011
Permission expires
4 November 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 September 2011

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Beacon FarmhouseOn this site · +1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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