Court Farm West Woodlands Frome BA11 5EN
Refused on 31 July 2014
Council decision: RefusalWard Member
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Proposal
Ground-based photovoltaic solar farm, access, grid connection and grid connection cable, substations, and associated works.
- Received
- 8 May 2014
- Decision level
- Ward Member
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Mendip
- Ward
- Beckington And Selwood
- Agent
- Parker Dann Limited
- ReceivedReceived8 May
- ValidatedValidated8 May
- Consult.Consultation18 Jun
- TargetTarget Date7 Aug
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Court Farm West Woodlands Frome BA11 5EN. Mendip has handled 2,969 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,499 applications in total for the BA11 postcode area.
93% of full 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
- BA11 5EN
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Selwood Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 May 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 25 June 2014
- Consultation start
- 28 May 2014
- Consultation end
- 18 June 2014
- Neighbour consultation start
- 28 May 2014
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 June 2014
- Target decision date
- 7 August 2014
- Decision issued
- 6 August 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Parker Dann Limited
- Agent address
- Suite S10 Waterside Centre North Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2PE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 June 2014
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 June 2014
- Site notice start
- 4 June 2014
- Site notice end
- 25 June 2014
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-02887139
- Documents
- 22
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201521 Sep
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 5 (landscape scheme), 7(external materials), 9…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2015/2199/APP - 20146 Nov
Ground-based photovoltaic solar farm, access, grid connection and grid connection cable, substations, and…
RefusedFull Application2014/2326/FUL
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Consultants on this application
- Parker Dann · Agent for this application
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