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Rushcliffe Arena Rugby Road West Bridgford Nottinghamshire NG2 7HY

26/00496/PA14JPrior Approval Part 14 Class JApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for installation of a 477kWp solar photovoltaic system on the roof of rushcliffe arena, including supply and fit of solar panels, safety access equipment, inverters, switching gear and associated cabling

Received
13 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Compton Acres
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided13 Apr

Decided in 31 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Rushcliffe Arena Rugby Road West Bridgford Nottinghamshire NG2 7HY. Rushcliffe has handled 420 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 5 weeks quicker than Rushcliffe's typical decision time. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Compton Acres. We hold 1,182 applications in total for the NG2 postcode area.

76% of outline applications at Rushcliffe Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NG2 7HY
Application type
Prior Approval Part 14 Class J
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Consultation expiry
5 May 2026
Consultation start
13 April 2026
Consultation end
5 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 March 2026
Last date for comments
5 May 2026
Target decision date
8 May 2026
Permission expires
13 April 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 March 2026
Site notice end
11 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
16

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.

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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    10 Nov

    Discharge conditions 4, 5, 9 and 23 of 14/01290/FUL

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions16/02892/DISCON
  2. 2016
    2 Nov

    Discharge conditions 6, 12, 14, 17 and 20 of planning permission 14/01290/FUL

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions16/02780/DISCON
  3. 2016
    30 Jun

    Discharge condition 3 of planning permission 14/01290/FUL

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions16/01639/DISCON
  4. 2016
    7 May

    Erect 3 x 10 metre high free standing flagpoles to front of building.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent16/01193/ADV
  5. 2016
    8 Mar

    Revision to condition 2 [Approved Plans] to alter the parking provision of 14/01290/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)16/00627/VAR
  6. 2016
    8 Mar

    Discharge of Condition 19 (Details of lighting/floodlighting) of planning permission 14/01290/FUL

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions16/00628/DISCON

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