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Bittering Quarry, Reed Lane, Bittering, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2QS

FUL/2023/0018Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 September 2023

Council decision: Permitted/Approved

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation for a temporary period 288 photovoltaic solar panels with surrounding 1.2 metre high post and wire fence within the plant site.

Submitted
12 April 2023
Ward
Necton & Launditch
  1. Received12 Apr
  2. Validated12 Apr
  3. Consult.2 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 145 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Bittering Quarry, Reed Lane, Bittering, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2QS. Norfolk has handled 101 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 12 weeks longer than Norfolk's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Necton & Launditch. We hold 1,669 applications in total for the NR19 postcode area.

87% of full applications at Norfolk County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NR19 2QS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Beeston with Bittering, Longham
District
Breckland

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 April 2023
Consultation expiry
2 June 2023
Consultation end
2 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Friday Cottage Mellis Road Thrandeston Diss Norfolk IP21 4BU

Additional information

Documents
40

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wensum SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    30 Oct

    Non-material amendment to planning permission C/3/2018/3009

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentNMA/2023/0003
  2. 2023
    22 Sep

    Discharge of condition 7 (badger walkover survey) of planning permission reference FUL/2022/0063

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditionsDIS/2023/0009
  3. 2023
    17 Mar

    Construction and Use of an additional Haulage Route to transport mineral and dried-out silt between the…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationFUL/2022/0063
  4. 2019
    15 Apr

    Discharge of condition 5 (Wildlife Survey and Management Plan) of permission reference C/3/2018/3009

    Conditions Partly DischargedDischarge of conditionsC/3/2019/3001
  5. 2018
    11 Oct

    Discharge of condition 3 (Archaeology) of C/3/2014/3008

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditionsC/3/2018/3013
  6. 2018
    30 Jul

    Variation of condition 1 of planning permission C/3/2010/3032

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)C/3/2018/3006

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