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Area J1C Imperial Way Commerce Park Frome Somerset

2016/3124/PCSPrior App Inst/Alt/Rep Solar on Non-DomApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 February 2017

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification for Prior Approval for the installation of solar photovoltaic equipment on the roof of a non-domestic building with a power capacity of 40kWp

Received
14 December 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Mendip
Ward
Beckington And Selwood
  1. Received14 Dec
  2. Validated14 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Jan
  4. Target8 Feb
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Area J1C Imperial Way Commerce Park Frome Somerset. Mendip has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Mendip's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

77% of outline applications at Mendip were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Prior App Inst/Alt/Rep Solar on Non-Dom
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Berkley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 December 2016
Consultation expiry
30 January 2017
Last date for comments
30 January 2017
Target decision date
8 February 2017
Decision issued
8 February 2017
Permission expires
8 February 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
David Brain Partnership Ralph Allen's Town House 2 Church Street Bath BA1 1NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 January 2017
Site notice end
30 January 2017

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
2

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: 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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