Land To The North And East Of Great Wymondley Hertfordshire

21/02228/SOScreening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 September 2021

Council decision: Not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Screening Opinion: Proposed solar farm with associated battery storage containers, transformers stations, storage buildings, fencing etc including means of access.

Received: 21 July 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 4
Council: North Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Chesfield Ward Historic

ReceivedReceived21 Jul
ValidatedValidated21 Jul
Consult.Consultation26 Aug
TargetTarget Date1 Sep
DecidedDecided9 Sep

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land To The North And East Of Great Wymondley Hertfordshire. North Hertfordshire has handled 456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

86% of outline applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Wymondley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 July 2021
Consultation expiry: 26 August 2021
Consultation end: 26 August 2021
Last date for comments: 26 August 2021
Target decision date: 1 September 2021
Decision issued: 13 September 2021
Permission expires: 13 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Green belt: North Hertfordshire
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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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