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Land East Of Halfway House Lincoln Hill Humshaugh Northumberland

22/03978/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 July 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction/operation of 1 Megawatt (2100no 540w panels in 13 rows) solar array, associated energy storage project with works including installation of ancilary equipment.

Received
26 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
28
Ward
Humshaugh
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 221 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land East Of Halfway House Lincoln Hill Humshaugh Northumberland. Northumberland (County) has handled 5,584 applications of this type. This one was decided in 261 days, 30 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Humshaugh.

89% of full applications at Northumberland County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Humshaugh

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2022
Consultation expiry
18 July 2023
Consultation start
14 July 2023
Consultation end
18 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
5 December 2022
Neighbour consultation end
26 December 2022
Last date for comments
18 July 2023
Target decision date
14 July 2023
Permission expires
14 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Energy Workshop
Agent address
32 Park Cross Street Leeds LS1 2QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
221 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 January 2023
Site notice end
15 February 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11643365
Documents
65
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, 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.

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Source: Northumberland (County)

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