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Nelson And Colne College Scotland Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7YT

23/0312/CEACert of Lawful Use/Operation - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 September 2023

Council decision: CLUD IssuedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Use (S.192 Proposed Development): Installation of roof mounted solar array, insertion of boreholes to the rear car parking area (with associated pipe system) to support a ground source heat pump; erection of a plant room to accommodate battery storage.

Received
15 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bradley
Agent
Hillside Environmental Services
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated19 Jul
  3. Consult.10 Aug
  4. Target30 Aug
  5. Decided13 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Nelson And Colne College Scotland Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7YT. Pendle has handled 142 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 10 weeks longer than Pendle's typical decision time. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Bradley. We hold 1,403 applications in total for the BB9 postcode area.

83% of outline applications at Pendle Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BB9 7YT
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Nelson Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 July 2023
Consultation expiry
10 August 2023
Consultation start
20 July 2023
Consultation end
10 August 2023
Last date for comments
10 August 2023
Target decision date
30 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hillside Environmental Services
Agent address
HI Group Ltd Unit 10 Stevenson Court Stevenson Way Newark nottinghamshire NG24 2TQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12154750
Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part 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 (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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    13 Oct

    Certificate of Lawful Use (S.192 Proposed Development): Installation of a transformer within the grounds of…

    ApprovedCert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed25/0671/CEA
  2. 2024
    25 Jun

    Non- Material Amendment: Removal of gap between the ASHP Slab and the Electrical asset platform of Planning…

    ApprovedNon-material amendment24/0419/NMA
  3. 2024
    29 Jan

    Full: Installation of air source heat pumps and a thermal and battery storage to replace the existing carbon…

    ApprovedFull Application24/0056/FUL
  4. 2022
    25 Oct

    Advertisement Consent: Display of a single sided digital LCD screen.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent22/0721/ADV
  5. 2022
    14 Sep

    Advertisement Consent: Display of Non-illuminated vinyl sticker to front elevation of building.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent22/0622/ADV
  6. 2021
    30 Nov

    Full: Installation of rooftop mounted air-handling plant (Height greater than 1.5m).

    ApprovedFull Application21/0944/FUL

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