Donington Park Service Area Junction 23A Ashby Road Castle Donington Derby DE74 2TN
Approved on 12 May 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee
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Proposal
The construction and operation of a ground-mounted solar farm with a generation capacity of 7.15MW together with access, landscaping and associated infrastructure
- Received
- 27 December 2023
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Long Whatton & Diseworth
- Agent
- Rapleys LLP
- ReceivedReceived27 Dec
- ValidatedValidated22 Jan
- Consult.Consultation13 Feb
- TargetTarget Date18 Mar
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 476 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Donington Park Service Area Junction 23A Ashby Road Castle Donington Derby DE74 2TN. North West Leicestershire has handled 566 applications of this type. This one was decided in 502 days, 64 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 12 applications across Long Whatton & Diseworth. We hold 259 applications in total for the DE74 postcode area.
93% of full applications at North West Leicestershire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- DE74 2TN
- Application type
- Full Application Major
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Long Whatton & Diseworth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 January 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 13 February 2025
- Consultation start
- 30 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 13 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 28 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 July 2024
- Last date for comments
- 13 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 March 2024
- Committee meeting
- 8 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 12 May 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Rapleys LLP
- Agent address
- York House York Street Manchester M2 3BB United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 17 July 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 7 August 2024
- Site notice start
- 17 July 2024
- Site notice end
- 7 August 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12654530
- Documents
- 140
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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 (22)
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, 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.
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Source: North West Leicestershire
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