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Roper Rhodes Royal Portbury Dock First Avenue Portbury BS20 7XR

21/P/2373/SJAPrior App Part 14J non-domestic solarApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 October 2021

Council decision: Prior approval - required and grantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior approval for the installation of 2,000 Q Cell Solar panels with a total installed capacity of approximately 770kWp, located on existing buildings and roofs at the site

Received
16 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Gordano Valley
  1. Received16 Aug
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Oct
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Roper Rhodes Royal Portbury Dock First Avenue Portbury BS20 7XR. North Somerset has handled 683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Gordano Valley. We hold 1,578 applications in total for the BS20 postcode area.

74% of outline applications at North Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS20 7XR
Application type
Prior App Part 14J non-domestic solar
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Pill And Easton In Gordano

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2021
Target decision date
22 October 2021
Decision issued
21 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Quercus House Orchard Industrial Estate Toddington Cheltenham GL54 5EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
67 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: North Somerset

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