West Craven Business Park West Craven Drive Earby Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 6JZ
Approved on 1 November 2023
Council decision: Prior Approval ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior Approval Notification (Solar Panels): Installation of photovoltaic solar panels to pitched roof areas.
- Received
- 17 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Pendle Borough Council
- Ward
- Earby & Coates
- Agent
- Pye Design Architects
- ReceivedReceived17 Aug
- ValidatedValidated22 Aug
- Consult.Consultation13 Sep
- TargetTarget Date3 Oct
- DecidedDecided1 Nov
Decided in 71 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at West Craven Business Park West Craven Drive Earby Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 6JZ. Pendle has handled 142 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Pendle's typical decision time. The site is in the Earby conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Earby & Coates. We hold 502 applications in total for the BB18 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
- BB18 6JZ
- Application type
- Prior App Solar Panels on Non-Dom Bdgs
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Earby Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 August 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 13 October 2023
- Consultation start
- 23 August 2023
- Consultation end
- 13 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 September 2023
- Last date for comments
- 13 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 3 October 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Pye Design Architects
- Agent address
- Pye Design Architects 29 Market Street Hindley Wigan Greater Manchester WN2 3AE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 22 September 2023
- Site notice end
- 13 October 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12395536
- Documents
- 18
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: EarbyPart 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 (21)
flood storage 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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Source: Pendle
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