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The Knoll Nursing Home 33 Preston Road Yeovil Somerset BA21 3AE

24/01414/PAPVPrior Approval Solar Photovoltaics (PV)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 August 2024

Council decision: Application Permitted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification for prior approval for the Installation of 49kW solar PV.

Received
18 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Somerset
Ward
YEOVIL SOUTH
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Sep
  5. Decided27 Aug

Decided in 33 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at The Knoll Nursing Home 33 Preston Road Yeovil Somerset BA21 3AE. South Somerset has handled 637 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 4 weeks longer than South Somerset's typical decision time. The site is in the Yeovil The Park conservation area. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across YEOVIL SOUTH. We hold 1,640 applications in total for the BA21 postcode area.

88% of outline applications at South Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BA21 3AE
Application type
Prior Approval Solar Photovoltaics (PV)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yeovil

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2024
Target decision date
19 September 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13163290
Comments
0
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Yeovil The Park
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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, 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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Planning history at this site

16 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    2 Oct

    Notification of intent to Fell No 5 Tree's and remove shrubs within a conservation area T12 young twin-stem…

    PendingApplication26/02355/TCA
  2. 2026
    1 Jul

    Notification of intent to Fell No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area. Felling of tree T5 Mountain Ash on…

    ApprovedApplication26/01524/TCA
  3. 2025
    16 Oct

    Notification of intent to Fell No. 3 Trees and No. 2 Groups of Trees within a Conservation Area. T6 - Silver…

    ApprovedWork to Trees25/02532/TCA
  4. 2023
    30 Oct

    Notification of intent to Fell No. 1 Tree within a Conservation Area.

    ApprovedWork to Trees23/02745/TCA
  5. 2023
    16 May

    Discharge of Conditions No. 3 (Materials), No. 4 (Eaves and Verges), No. 8 (Tree Planting Scheme), No. 9…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions23/01291/DOC1
  6. 2022
    14 Dec

    Construction of a detached garden room building to rear garden area

    Application Permitted with ConditionsFull Application22/03489/FUL

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