Former Williamthorpe Colliery Site Park Road Holmewood
Approved on 20 May 2024
Council decision: COMMENTSDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
CD4/0424/2 - County Matters application for Installation of ground mounted photovoltaic solar panels, inverter cabins, underground cabling, perimeter fence, CCTV and construction of internal temporary access road and construction site compound with associated landscaping to form Solar Farm
- Received
- 19 April 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Holmewood And Heath Ward
- ReceivedReceived19 Apr
- ValidatedValidated19 Apr
- Consult.Consultation23 May
- TargetTarget Date2 May
- DecidedDecided20 May
Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Former Williamthorpe Colliery Site Park Road Holmewood. North East Derbyshire has handled 98 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than North East Derbyshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Holmewood And Heath Ward.
93% of all applications at North East Derbyshire 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
- COUNTY MATTER
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Heath And Holmewood Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 April 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 23 May 2024
- Consultation start
- 2 May 2024
- Consultation end
- 23 May 2024
- Last date for comments
- 23 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 2 May 2024
- Permission expires
- 20 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Walton & Co
- Agent address
- 2 Queen Street Leeds LS1 2TW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 13 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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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Source: North East Derbyshire
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