Highlands Buncton Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5RE
Refused on 11 July 2011
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of 12 Solar Panels in an area of unused garden This is an application to establish whether the development is lawful: this will be a legal decision where the planning merits of the proposed use cannot be taken into account.
- Received
- 3 May 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mid Sussex District Council
- Ward
- Bolney
- Agent
- XS Homes Energy Ltd
- ReceivedReceived3 May
- ValidatedValidated16 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date11 Jul
- DecidedDecided11 Jul
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Highlands Buncton Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5RE. Mid Sussex has handled 485 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,686 applications in total for the RH17 postcode area.
90% of outline applications at Mid Sussex District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- RH17 5RE
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate -Proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bolney
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 May 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 10 June 2011
- Target decision date
- 11 July 2011
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- XS Homes Energy Ltd
- Agent address
- 1000 Lakeside North Harbour Western Road Portsmouth HANTS PO6 3EZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 June 2011
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
- Ancient woodland: Bolney WoodPart of the site · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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