Land South Of The A606, Land To The East Of Stygate Lane And North Of The A606, West Of Pickwell Lane.
Approved on 20 May 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)38 conditions
Proposal
Cross Boundary application for a Ground mounted photovoltaic solar farm with a capacity of up to 49.99 MW together with associated equipment, infrastructure and ancillary works
- Received
- 23 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Rutland County Council
- Ward
- Whissendine Ward
- ReceivedReceived23 Oct
- ValidatedValidated12 Nov
- Consult.Consultation28 Jan
- TargetTarget Date11 Feb
- DecidedDecided20 May
Decided in 554 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land South Of The A606, Land To The East Of Stygate Lane And North Of The A606, West Of Pickwell Lane.. Rutland has handled 1,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 574 days, 75 weeks longer than Rutland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Whissendine Ward.
86% of full applications at Rutland County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Major - Full application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Whissendine Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 28 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 7 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 28 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 28 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 February 2025
- Committee meeting
- 20 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Stantec
- Agent address
- 2 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling ME19 4AQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 December 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 December 2024
- Site notice start
- 4 December 2024
- Site notice end
- 27 December 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13507483
- Documents
- 418
Site constraints
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.
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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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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