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Land North East Of Avenue Farm Back Road Yelverton Norfolk

2014/0411FullApproved

Approved on 31 October 2014

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsPlanning committee

Proposal

Installation and operation of a solar farm and associated infrastructure, including photovoltaic panels, mounting frames, inverters, transformers, substations, communications building, fence and pole mounted security cameras, for the life of the solar farm (revised proposal).

Received
28 February 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
42
Ward
Rockland
Agent
Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd
  1. Received28 Feb
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target3 Jun
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 241 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land North East Of Avenue Farm Back Road Yelverton Norfolk. South Norfolk Broadland has handled 7,102 applications of this type. This one was decided in 245 days, 28 weeks longer than South Norfolk Broadland's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across Rockland.

94% of full applications at South Norfolk District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Yelverton

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2014
Consultation expiry
9 September 2014
Consultation start
26 August 2014
Consultation end
9 September 2014
Neighbour consultation start
26 August 2014
Neighbour consultation end
9 September 2014
Target decision date
3 June 2014
Committee meeting
17 September 2014
Permission expires
31 October 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd
Agent address
Level 5 20 Old Bailey London London EC4M 7AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 June 2014
Advertisement expiry
10 July 2014
Site notice start
19 June 2014
Site notice end
10 July 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03220353
Documents
66
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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