3 Thickthorn Farm, Preston, Chippenham, SN15 4DY
Approved on 30 August 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required
Proposal
Installation of 106kWp of solar panels, located on existing roofs at the site.
- Submitted
- 5 July 2024
- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Ward
- Lyneham ED
- ReceivedSubmitted5 Jul
- ValidatedValidated5 Jul
- Consult.Consultation6 Aug
- TargetTarget Date30 Aug
- DecidedDecided30 Aug
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at 3 Thickthorn Farm, Preston, Chippenham, SN15 4DY. Wiltshire has handled 971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 909 applications in total for the SN15 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
- SN15 4DY
- Application type
- Prior approval Part 14 Class J: Installation or alteration etc of solar equipment on non-domestic premises
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lyneham and Bradenstoke CP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 6 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 6 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 30 August 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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