Land To The South Of South Elmsall Wakefield
Proposal
Installation of underground electricity cables and associated works to connect a proposed ground mounted photovoltaic farm and battery energy storage development (located within Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, application ref: 25/01535/FULM) to the electricity grid network.
- Received
- 26 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 November 2025
- Public comments
- 93
- Ward
- South Elmsall And South Kirkby
- ReceivedSubmitted26 Aug
- ValidatedValidated26 Aug
- Consult.Consultation24 Dec
- TargetTarget Date25 Nov
- DecidedDecided
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land To The South Of South Elmsall Wakefield. Wakefield has handled 3,784 applications of this type and approves 89% of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. It was submitted on 26 August 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across South Elmsall And South Kirkby.
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- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas and Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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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A listed building is on or next to this site.
- 3.1 miLeedsRTPI
- 7.6 miWakefieldRICS Regulated
- 8.2 miLeedsRTPI
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
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