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37 Churchill Way Nelson Lancashire BB9 6RT

23/0504/SPPPrior App Solar Panels on Non-Dom BdgsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 September 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required (Accept)Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior Approval Notification (Solar Panels): Installation of a 65.02kWp solar photovoltaic array to the existing roofs.

Received
25 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Fence & Higham
Agent
Watt Energy Saver Ltd
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated26 Jul
  3. Consult.16 Aug
  4. Target6 Sep
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at 37 Churchill Way Nelson Lancashire BB9 6RT. Pendle has handled 142 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Pendle's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Fence & Higham. We hold 1,401 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 6RT
Application type
Prior App Solar Panels on Non-Dom Bdgs
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Old Laund Booth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 July 2023
Consultation expiry
16 August 2023
Consultation start
26 July 2023
Consultation end
16 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
26 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
16 August 2023
Last date for comments
16 August 2023
Target decision date
6 September 2023
Decision issued
21 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Watt Energy Saver Ltd
Agent address
Watt Energy Saver Ltd Elizabeth House Latimer Way Sherwood Energy Village New Ollerton Newark Nottinghamshire NG22 9QW

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
17
Constraints
10

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 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.

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: Pendle

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