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Unit 8, Europark, Watling Street, Newton, Rugby, CV23 0AL

R26/0540Non-domestic solar prior approvalApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 July 2026

Council decision: Required and ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior approval for installation of 132no. solar panels totalling 60.06kWp of sol

Received
28 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received28 May
  2. Validated28 May
  3. Consult.30 Jun
  4. Target23 Jul
  5. Decided7 Jul

Decided in 40 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at UNIT 8, EUROPARK, WATLING STREET, NEWTON, RUGBY, CV23 0AL. Rugby has handled 1 application of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 3 weeks quicker than Rugby's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,745 applications in total for the CV23 postcode area.

95% of all 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
CV23 0AL
Application type
Non-domestic solar prior approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 May 2026
Consultation expiry
30 June 2026
Consultation end
30 June 2026
Target decision date
23 July 2026
Application expires
6 July 2026
Permission expires
6 July 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
9 June 2026
Site notice start
9 June 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14968737
UPRN
10010517922
Documents
7

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: conservation areas and Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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.

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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