Vantec 1 Turbine Way Sunderland SR5 3NZ
Approved on 15 June 2023
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of roof mounted solar PV system (320.76 kwp), consisting of 703 solar modules alongside 2x 110KW inverters.
- Received
- 30 March 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Ward
- Washington North
- ReceivedReceived30 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Apr
- Consult.Consultation25 May
- TargetTarget Date15 Jun
- DecidedDecided15 Jun
Decided in 59 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Vantec 1 Turbine Way Sunderland SR5 3NZ. Sunderland has handled 2,511 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Sunderland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Washington North. We hold 109 applications in total for the SR5 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- SR5 3NZ
- Application type
- PCZ Other solar photovoltaics
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 April 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 26 May 2023
- Consultation start
- 4 May 2023
- Consultation end
- 25 May 2023
- Last date for comments
- 26 May 2023
- Target decision date
- 15 June 2023
- Permission expires
- 15 June 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr David Gardiner Gateway House Gateway West Newcastle NE15 8NX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 59 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 5 May 2023
- Site notice end
- 26 May 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12024797
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (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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