Land To The North Of Pippin Street Burscough Lancashire
Withdrawn on 9 November 2015
Planning committee
Proposal
Installation and operation of a solar farm and associated infrastructure, including photovoltaic panels, mounting frames, inverters, transformers, substations, communications building, fence and pole mounted security cameras, for the life of the solar farm.
- Received
- 5 May 2015
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Burscough West
- Agent
- Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 May
- ValidatedValidated21 May
- Consult.Consultation22 Jun
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided9 Nov
Decided in 172 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land To The North Of Pippin Street Burscough Lancashire. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 188 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
87% of full applications at West Lancashire Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Burscough Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 May 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 22 June 2015
- Consultation start
- 1 June 2015
- Consultation end
- 22 June 2015
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 May 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 June 2015
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd
- Agent address
- Level 7 22 Holborn London EC1N 2HT
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-04163877
- Documents
- 33
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: West Lancashire
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Source: West Lancashire
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