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Land south of Copston Lane, Copston Magna, Rugby, LE10 3HE

R24/0113EIA ScreeningApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 February 2024

Council decision: Opinion IssuedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

EIA screening opinion - Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017: Request for a screening opinion in respect of a proposed development for a Solar Farm and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS).

Received
31 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wolvey & Shilton
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Feb
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 23 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land south of Copston Lane, Copston Magna, Rugby, LE10 3HE. Rugby has handled 2,733 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 6 weeks quicker than Rugby's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Wolvey & Shilton. We hold 474 applications in total for the LE10 postcode area.

93% of outline applications at Rugby Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LE10 3HE
Application type
EIA Screening
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Copston Magna

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2024
Target decision date
21 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

UPRN
MAN000000000213603
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Rugby
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas and Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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: Rugby

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