Hele Barton Farm Boyton Launceston Devon PL15 9RH
Approved on 20 January 2012
Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Solar photovoltaic panels on roof of agricultural buildings (Retrospective)
- Received
- 14 October 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Torridge District Council
- Ward
- Broadheath
- ReceivedReceived14 Oct
- ValidatedValidated28 Nov
- Consult.Consultation29 Dec
- TargetTarget Date23 Jan
- DecidedDecided20 Jan
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Hele Barton Farm Boyton Launceston Devon PL15 9RH. Torridge has handled 2,880 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Torridge's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Broadheath. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the PL15 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
- PL15 9RH
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- St Giles On The Heath
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 November 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 4 January 2012
- Consultation start
- 20 January 2012
- Consultation end
- 29 December 2011
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 December 2011
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 December 2011
- Last date for comments
- 4 January 2012
- Target decision date
- 23 January 2012
- Application expires
- 20 December 2011
- Permission expires
- 20 January 2015
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 15 December 2011
- Advertisement expiry
- 4 January 2012
- Site notice start
- 15 December 2011
- Site notice end
- 4 January 2012
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-01664688
- Documents
- 12
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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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20219 Dec
Steel framed building and roof to cover dairy cow collection yard for parlour (frame and roof only)
ApprovedAgricultural Notification1/1380/2021/AGR - 201621 Jun
Steel framed building to cover feed yard
ApprovedFull Application1/0610/2016/FUL - 201621 Jun
Steel framed building to cover existing dung store
ApprovedFull Application1/0607/2016/FUL - 201424 Nov
Steel frame building to cover existing yard area
ApprovedFull Application1/1228/2014/FUL - 201424 Nov
Steel frame building to house dairy cows
ApprovedFull Application1/1227/2014/FUL - 20149 Oct
Steel Frame Building to House Dairy Cows
ApprovedFull Application1/1038/2014/FUL
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