Sewage Disposal Works, Bradford Road, Trowbridge, BA14 9AX

PL/2022/08959Lawful development: Proposed useApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 January 2023

Council decision: Approve

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed Solar PV installation on operational land (All infrastructure is under 15m in height, no new buildings are proposed and kiosks or cabins will be under 29m3 in volume)

Submitted: 18 November 2022
Council: Wiltshire Council
Ward: Holt ED;Trowbridge Lambrok ED

ReceivedSubmitted18 Nov
ValidatedValidated18 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date13 Jan
DecidedDecided16 Jan

Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Sewage Disposal Works, Bradford Road, Trowbridge, BA14 9AX. Wiltshire has handled 971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,268 applications in total for the BA14 postcode area.

80% of outline applications at Wiltshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: BA14 9AX
Application type: Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Holt CP;Trowbridge CP

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 November 2022
Target decision date: 13 January 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 4

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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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Source: Wiltshire

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