Land Between Priory Farm And Wymondley Substation Blakemore End Road Little Wymondley Hertfordshire

24/02333/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved

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Approved on 9 July 2025

Council decision: Conditional PermissionPlanning committee9 conditions

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Proposal

Electrical connection between the approved Priory Farm Solar Array (application reference: 21/03380/FP) and Wymondley Substation, Blakemore End Road, St Ippolyts (as amended by plans and documents received 11th and 17th March 2025).

Received: 31 October 2024
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 9
Council: North Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Graveley, St Ippolyts And Wymondley Ward

ReceivedReceived31 Oct
ValidatedValidated31 Oct
Consult.Consultation2 Jul
TargetTarget Date9 May
DecidedDecided9 Jul

Decided in 251 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land Between Priory Farm And Wymondley Substation Blakemore End Road Little Wymondley Hertfordshire. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 251 days, 29 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Graveley, St Ippolyts And Wymondley Ward.

92% of full 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: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: St Ippolytts Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 October 2024
Consultation expiry: 2 July 2025
Consultation end: 2 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 18 April 2025
Last date for comments: 19 April 2025
Target decision date: 9 May 2025
Committee meeting: 19 June 2025
Permission expires: 9 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Mr Jonathan Maginness
Agent address: Camellia House 76 Water Lane Wilmslow SK9 5BB

Planning decision

Case officer: Paul Chaston
Statutory period: 190 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 19 April 2025
Site notice end: 18 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13479164
Documents: 37

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
Green belt: North HertfordshirePart of the site · +1 more

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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.

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