Land at Sparrow Lodge Farm Wicken Park Road Wicken MK19 6BZ

S/2019/2270/MAFFull Planning Permission (Major)Approved

Full

Approved on 8 March 2021

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of a ground mounted solar farm and associated infrastructure

Received: 8 November 2019
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: West Northamptonshire Council
Ward: Deanshanger

ReceivedReceived8 Nov
ValidatedValidated8 Nov
Consult.Consultation31 Jan
TargetTarget Date8 Mar
DecidedDecided8 Mar

Decided in 486 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land at Sparrow Lodge Farm Wicken Park Road Wicken MK19 6BZ. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 486 days, 59 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There have been 10 other applications at this address. We hold 1,337 applications in total for the MK19 postcode area.

89% of full applications at West Northamptonshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: MK19 6BZ
Application type: Full Planning Permission (Major)
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Wicken

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 November 2019
Last date for comments: 31 January 2020
Target decision date: 8 March 2021
Committee meeting: 4 March 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr Gareth Gardener Park House Greyfriars Road Cardiff CF10 3AF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 486 days

Additional information

Documents: 51

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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