Land either side of Chilton Trinity Water Resource Centre (Wessex Water) at Saltlands Avenue, Bridgwater TA6 3JS
Proposal
The installation of twin ground mounted solar photovoltaic renewable energy generators or solar parks of 3.345MWp and 5.542MWp installed capacity respectively (8.887MWp total installed capacity) across three fields formerly used as an inert household waste landfill. The solar parks will consist of numerous rows of solar panels supported on galvanised steel frameworks facing south tilted at thirty degrees with associated inverters, electrical cabling, switchgear substations, battery storage containers, CCTV masts, weather stations, and perimeter security fencing and gates. The site is assumed to be a brownfield site. A 40 year temporary planning consent is sought.
- Received
- 4 January 2022
- Decided
- 24 June 2022
- Council
- Somerset
- ReceivedSubmitted4 Jan
- ValidatedValidated4 Jan
- Consult.Consultation2 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided24 Jun
Decided in 171 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land either side of Chilton Trinity Water Resource Centre (Wessex Water) at Saltlands Avenue, Bridgwater TA6 3JS. Somerset has handled 8 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 171 days, 17 weeks longer than Somerset's median. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,325 applications in total for the TA6 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 20254 Jun
Discharge of Condition 1- Commencement
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSCC/3909/2022/cond1 - 202528 May
Discharge of condition 3 relating to Planning Permission SCC/3909/2022
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSCC/3909/2022/cond3 - 202524 Apr
Discharge of conditions: 4 – Construction Environmental Management Plan (Biodiversity) (CEMP), 5 - Landscape…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSCC/3909/2022/cond4,5,8&12 - 20224 Jan
The installation of twin ground mounted solar photovoltaic renewable energy generators or solar parks of…
This applicationApprovedFullSCC/3909/2022
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High 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.
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