Solar Farm At Grid Reference 242473 089615 Broadwoodwidger Devon
Approved on 27 July 2023
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed Solar Park (Variation of condition 3 of Planning Application 1/1054/2012/FULM)
- Received
- 27 April 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Broadheath
- ReceivedReceived27 Apr
- ValidatedValidated27 Apr
- Consult.Consultation2 Jun
- TargetTarget Date19 May
- DecidedDecided27 Jul
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Solar Farm At Grid Reference 242473 089615 Broadwoodwidger Devon. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Broadheath. We hold 114 applications in total for the PL16 postcode area.
91% of full applications at Torridge District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- PL16 0JJ
- Application type
- Full Application Major
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Broadwoodwidger
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 April 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 10 June 2023
- Consultation start
- 27 July 2023
- Consultation end
- 2 June 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 May 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 10 June 2023
- Target decision date
- 19 May 2023
- Permission expires
- 27 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Glenavon House Salcombe Road Sidmouth EX108PU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 22 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 17 May 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 June 2023
- Site notice start
- 12 May 2023
- Site notice end
- 5 June 2023
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Source: Torridge
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