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Cable Between Ingham Solar Farm And UKPN Substation Compiegne Way Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

SE/13/0969/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 7 February 2014

Council decision: Approve applicationPlanning committee

Proposal

Planning Application - Provision of a single underground pilot/communications cable 6.87km in length between the proposed Ingham solar farm & the UKPN primary substation location alongside the A 143.

Received
2 August 2013
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Risby
  1. Received2 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.17 Sep
  4. Target4 Nov
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 186 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Cable Between Ingham Solar Farm And UKPN Substation Compiegne Way Bury St Edmunds Suffolk. West Suffolk has handled 2,535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 19 weeks longer than West Suffolk's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Risby.

94% of full 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
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Ampton, Little Livermere & Timworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2013
Consultation expiry
24 February 2014
Consultation start
3 February 2014
Consultation end
17 September 2013
Neighbour consultation end
24 February 2014
Target decision date
4 November 2013
Committee meeting
6 February 2014
Permission expires
7 February 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Engena Ltd The Old Stables Bosmere Hall Creeting St Mary Suffolk IP32 6AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 August 2013
Advertisement expiry
20 September 2013

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02783003
Documents
24

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. 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.

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