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Mead Vale Primary Kestrel Drive Weston-super-Mare BS22 8RQ

25/P/1821/SJAPrior App Part 14J non-domestic solarApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 November 2025

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

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for the proposed installation of around 287no. solar panels (130kWp) on school roofs

Received
2 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
North Somerset
Ward
Weston-super-Mare South Worle
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Mead Vale Primary Kestrel Drive Weston-super-Mare BS22 8RQ. North Somerset has handled 683 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than North Somerset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Weston-super-Mare South Worle. We hold 638 applications in total for the BS22 postcode area.

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

Postcode
BS22 8RQ
Application type
Prior App Part 14J non-domestic solar
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Weston-super-Mare

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Target decision date
24 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Additional information

Documents
11

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 3: High 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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