Solar Farm Babelake Street Packington Leicestershire
Approved on 5 March 2024
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of ground mounted photovoltaic solar arrays and associated works approved under planning permission ref. 15/00228/VCIM without complying with Condition 19 so as to allow for an extended operational period of the development
- Received
- 19 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Ravenstone And Packington
- Agent
- Murray Planning Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived19 Sep
- ValidatedValidated21 Nov
- Consult.Consultation20 Dec
- TargetTarget Date8 Mar
- DecidedDecided5 Mar
Decided in 105 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Solar Farm Babelake Street Packington Leicestershire. North West Leicestershire has handled 3,199 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 16 weeks longer than North West Leicestershire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Ravenstone And Packington.
Application details
- Application type
- Retain Dev without complying with cond.
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Packington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 21 December 2023
- Consultation start
- 24 November 2023
- Consultation end
- 20 December 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 November 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 December 2023
- Last date for comments
- 21 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 8 March 2024
- Permission expires
- 5 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Murray Planning Associates Ltd
- Agent address
- Murray Planning Associates Ltd Gnd Floor Office Challenger House Rumbolds Hill Midhurst GU29 9BY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 108 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 29 November 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 20 December 2023
- Site notice start
- 30 November 2023
- Site notice end
- 21 December 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12425993
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Mease SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- SSSI: River Mease SSSIPart of the site
- Special Area of Conservation: River MeasePart of the site
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, 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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Source: North West Leicestershire
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