St Nicholas Court Farm, Court Road, St Nicholas At Wade, Birchington, CT7 0NJ
Proposal
Change of use of land for use as a solar park including the installation of associated 2.8m high solar panels, inverter, substations and 2.4m high security fencing
- Received
- 15 February 2011
- Decided
- 21 April 2011 · Grant Permission
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Thanet District Council
- ReceivedSubmitted15 Feb
- ValidatedValidated22 Feb
- Consult.Consultation15 Mar
- TargetTarget Date19 Apr
- DecidedDecided21 Apr
Decided in 58 days (council typically 70)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at St Nicholas Court Farm, Court Road, St Nicholas At Wade, Birchington, CT7 0NJ. Thanet has handled 2,752 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 70 days. This one was decided in 65 days, 5 days quicker than Thanet's median. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 713 applications in total for the CT7 postcode area.
Application Details
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Additional Information
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20134 Nov
Erection of pitched roof agricultural building (2,326sq m), together with hardstanding
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/TH/13/0901 - 201323 Jul
Application for prior notification for the erection of an agricultural building
ApprovedAgricultural DeterminationAG/TH/13/0607 - 201315 Jul
Erection of anaerobic digestion plant and silage clamps, and formation of bunds and drainage ponds, together…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/TH/13/0587 - 201326 Mar
Erection of anaerobic digestion plant and silage clamps, and formation of bunds and drainage ponds, together…
RefusedFull Planning PermissionF/TH/13/0247 - 200510 Aug
Erection of a detached building for the processing; cooking; packing and wholesale distribution of vegetables
ApprovedOutline Planning PermissionOL/TH/05/1038
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: Birchington & Rural ED
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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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