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Preston Farm, Wiveliscombe Road, Preston Bowyer

23/24/0041Full Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 22 July 2025

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Proposal

Engineering operations including the laying of underground electricity cables and associated infrastructure to connect the consented solar farm to the connection point with a 33kV overhead line on land at Preston Farm, Wiveliscombe Road, Preston Bowyer

Received
8 November 2024
Council
Taunton Deane
  1. Received8 Nov
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.17 Jan
  4. Target21 Mar
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 214 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Preston Farm, Wiveliscombe Road, Preston Bowyer. Taunton Deane has handled 2,154 applications of this type. This one was decided in 256 days, 29 weeks longer than Taunton Deane's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

91% of full applications at Taunton Deane were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Milverton

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2024
Consultation expiry
17 January 2025
Consultation start
27 December 2024
Consultation end
17 January 2025
Target decision date
21 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3RD FLOOR ST GEORGES HOUSE 13-14 AMBROSE STREET CHELTENHAM GL50 3LG

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
38

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Tone CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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 (21)

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, 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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