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Tesco Supermarket Portholme Road Selby YO8 4QQ

2019/1204/PASPrior Approval SolarApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 January 2020

Council decision: Permitted DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for the installation, alteration or replacement of other solar photovoltaics (PV) equipment on roofs of non-domestic buildings

Received
18 November 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
Selby
Ward
Selby East
Agent
Steag Solar Energy Solutions (UK) Ltd
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.13 Dec
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Tesco Supermarket Portholme Road Selby YO8 4QQ. Selby has handled 341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Selby East. We hold 2,343 applications in total for the YO8 postcode area.

78% of outline applications at Selby were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
YO8 4QQ
Application type
Prior Approval Solar
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Selby Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2019
Consultation expiry
26 December 2019
Consultation start
22 November 2019
Consultation end
13 December 2019
Neighbour consultation start
22 November 2019
Neighbour consultation end
13 December 2019
Last date for comments
26 December 2019
Target decision date
13 January 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Steag Solar Energy Solutions (UK) Ltd
Agent address
Steag Solar Energy Solutions (UK) Ltd 2A Chequers Court Huntingdon PE29 3LJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
54 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 December 2019
Site notice end
26 December 2019

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
63

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Brownfield land register: Former Civic Centre, Portholme Road, SelbyRegister site at or near this address

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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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