Solar Pv System Livermere Drift Fornham St Martin Suffolk
Approved on 24 June 2015
Council decision: EIA not required
Proposal
EIA Screening Opinion under Regulation 5 (1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2011 on the matter of whether or not the proposed development is an EIA development - 50kW Ground Mounted Solar Photovoltaic (GMPV) Array
- Received
- 4 June 2015
- Council
- West Suffolk Council
- Ward
- The Fornhams And Great Barton
- ReceivedReceived4 Jun
- ValidatedValidated4 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date25 Jun
- DecidedDecided24 Jun
Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Solar Pv System Livermere Drift Fornham St Martin Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 399 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 5 weeks quicker than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across The Fornhams And Great Barton.
82% of outline applications at West Suffolk Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- EIA - Screening
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Fornham St. Martin Cum St.Genevieve
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 June 2015
- Target decision date
- 25 June 2015
- Permission expires
- 24 June 2020
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 6
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. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
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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