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Land at NGR 297438 107982 (Old Pump House, Forces Farm) Butterleigh Devon

11/00902/FULLFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 31 August 2011

Council decision: Grant permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of ground-mounted photovoltaic units and associated plant machinery

Received
24 June 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Cullompton Outer 76
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.20 Jul
  4. Target19 Aug
  5. Decided31 Aug

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land at NGR 297438 107982 (Old Pump House, Forces Farm) Butterleigh Devon. Mid Devon has handled 1,674 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Mid Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

97% of full applications at Mid Devon District 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 Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Butterleigh 07

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2011
Consultation expiry
20 July 2011
Consultation start
29 June 2011
Consultation end
20 July 2011
Target decision date
19 August 2011
Committee meeting
21 September 2011
Permission expires
31 August 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
25
Constraints
11

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: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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

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