Billington Farm Billington Bank Billington Stafford Staffordshire

16/24163/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 14 July 2016

Council decision: AllowedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of ground mounted solar PV array

Received: 6 May 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 4
Council: Stafford Borough Council
Ward: Seighford And Church Eaton

ReceivedReceived6 May
ValidatedValidated19 May
Consult.Consultation14 Jun
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided14 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 91)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Billington Farm Billington Bank Billington Stafford Staffordshire. Stafford has handled 3,847 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks quicker than Stafford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Seighford And Church Eaton.

85% of full applications at Stafford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 13 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hyde Lea

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 May 2016
Consultation expiry: 17 June 2016
Consultation end: 14 June 2016
Last date for comments: 17 June 2016
Permission expires: 14 July 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO: Mr Nick Williams Willow House East Shrewsbury Business Park Shrewsbury SY2 6LG

Publicity

Site notice end: 17 June 2016

Additional information

Documents: 13

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)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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