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Coleman Building Serbert Road Portishead

24/P/2237/SJAPrior App Part 14J non-domestic solarApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 January 2025

Council decision: Prior approval - required and grantDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Prior approval for the installation of 344no. roof mounted solar PV panels of total installed capacity 153.08kWp

Received
23 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Portishead East
Agent
Solarsense UK Ltd
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Jan
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Coleman Building Serbert Road Portishead. North Somerset has handled 683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Portishead East.

73% 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

Application type
Prior App Part 14J non-domestic solar
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Portishead

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2024
Target decision date
10 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Solarsense UK Ltd
Agent address
Unit 1A Tweed Road Clevedon BS21 6RR

Planning decision

Statutory period
79 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
12

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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