Firs Farm Barston Lane Barston Solihull B92 0JP
Approved on 31 October 2014
Council decision: Full Plans ApprovalPlanning committee
Proposal
Installation of 200KW ground mounted photovoltaic array.
- Received
- 31 July 2014
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Bickenhill
- ReceivedReceived31 Jul
- ValidatedValidated31 Jul
- Consult.Consultation8 Sep
- TargetTarget Date25 Sep
- DecidedDecided31 Oct
Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Firs Farm Barston Lane Barston Solihull B92 0JP. Solihull has handled 4,519 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Bickenhill. We hold 2,282 applications in total for the B92 postcode area.
93% of full applications at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- B92 0JP
- Application type
- Minor Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Barston Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 July 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 12 September 2014
- Consultation start
- 18 August 2014
- Consultation end
- 8 September 2014
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 October 2014
- Last date for comments
- 8 September 2014
- Target decision date
- 25 September 2014
- Committee meeting
- 29 October 2014
- Permission expires
- 31 October 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Bowler Energy LLP Miss Claire Harness Badger Farm Willowpit Lane Hilton Derby DE65 5FN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 22 August 2014
- Site notice end
- 12 September 2014
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Solihull
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201521 Sep
Discharge condition No. 5 on planning approval PL/2015/50169/MINFOT
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPL/2015/52143/DIS - 20152 Mar
Siting of a mobile home for occupation by an agricultural worker.
ApprovedMinor Full OtherPL/2015/50169/MINFOT - 201430 Dec
Discharge condition nos. 3 and 4 on planning application 2014/1347
Discharge of Condition ApprovalDischarge of conditionsPL/2014/00245/DCON - 200318 Jun
Construction of a new residential vehicular / pedestrian access to provide alternative to farm access.
ApprovedMinor Full ApplicationPL/2003/01971/FULL
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- Firs Farm Barston Lane Barston Solihull B92 0JPPL/2014/00245/DCON · ConditionsApproved0.0 mi
- Firs Farm Barston Lane Barston Solihull B92 0JPPL/2015/52143/DIS · ConditionsApproved0.1 mi
- Firs Farm Barston Lane Barston Solihull B92 0JPPL/2015/50169/MINFOT · FullApproved0.1 mi
- The Granary Firs Farm Barston Lane Barston Solihull B92 0JPPL/2003/00045/CLD · AmendmentApproved0.1 mi
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