Giles Nursery And Infants School Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JQ
Approved on 2 January 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior approval for proposed solar PV systems consisting of approximately 255 panels with a total DC capacity across the roofs of approximately 110 kWp
- Received
- 17 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- Ward
- St Nicholas
- ReceivedReceived17 Nov
- ValidatedValidated20 Nov
- Consult.Consultation12 Dec
- TargetTarget Date4 Jan
- DecidedDecided2 Jan
Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Giles Nursery And Infants School Durham Road Stevenage Herts SG1 4JQ. Stevenage has handled 301 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 3 days quicker than Stevenage's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across St Nicholas. We hold 991 applications in total for the SG1 postcode area.
85% of outline applications at Stevenage Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- SG1 4JQ
- Application type
- Commercial Prior App. Solar PV
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- To Follow
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 13 December 2023
- Consultation start
- 21 November 2023
- Consultation end
- 12 December 2023
- Last date for comments
- 13 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 4 January 2024
- Permission expires
- 2 January 2027
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mr Thomas Frankland-Wells
- Statutory period
- 45 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 22 November 2023
- Site notice end
- 13 December 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Stevenage
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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