Laughton Park Farm, Laughton BN8 6BU
Approved on 10 June 2013
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE RETENTION OF A SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT WITH A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 50KW (AMENDED LOCATION TO WD/2011/2394/FR).
- Received
- 28 January 2013
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Chiddingly & East Hoathly
- ReceivedReceived28 Jan
- ValidatedValidated3 May
- Consult.Consultation29 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided10 Jun
Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at LAUGHTON PARK FARM, LAUGHTON BN8 6BU. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 11 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 postcode area.
79% of amendment applications at Wealden District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BN8 6BU
- Application type
- Full - Retrospective
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Laughton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 May 2013
- Consultation expiry
- 3 June 2013
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 May 2013
- Committee meeting
- 6 June 2013
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 3 June 2013
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
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.
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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RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE RETENTION OF A SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT WITH A…
This applicationApprovedAmendmentWD/2013/0186/FR - 201128 Oct
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ApprovedFull - RetrospectivePart ofWD/2011/2394/FR
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Wealden
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