Victrex Plant Hillhouse International Works Fleetwood Road North Thornton Cleveleys Lancashire FY5 4QD
Approved on 27 September 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior approval for proposed installation of 393kWp solar canopy under Schedule 2, Part 14, Class OA of the GPDO
- Received
- 5 August 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Wyre Borough Council
- Ward
- Bourne
- ReceivedReceived5 Aug
- ValidatedValidated6 Aug
- Consult.Consultation10 Sep
- TargetTarget Date28 Sep
- DecidedDecided27 Sep
Decided in 52 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Victrex Plant Hillhouse International Works Fleetwood Road North Thornton Cleveleys Lancashire FY5 4QD. Wyre has handled 364 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 10 days quicker than Wyre's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Bourne. We hold 605 applications in total for the FY5 postcode area.
71% of outline applications at Wyre Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- FY5 4QD
- Application type
- Class OA (PA Solar canopy)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 August 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 13 September 2024
- Consultation start
- 20 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 10 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 September 2024
- Target decision date
- 28 September 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- RenEnergy
- Agent address
- Blofield Business Centre Woodbastwick Road Blofield Heath Norwich Norfolk NR13 4RR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 53 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 23 August 2024
- Site notice end
- 13 September 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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)
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 Oct
Lawful development certificate for proposed fuel cell.
PendingCertificate of lawfulness - proposed26/00869/LAWP - 20224 Mar
New steel portal frame industrial manufacturing building within the existing Hillhouse industrial site, to…
ApprovedFull Application22/00226/FUL - 201910 Jun
Variation of condition 01 on application 18/00382/FUL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)19/00573/FUL - 201811 Apr
Retention of temporary storage building
ApprovedFull Application18/00382/FUL
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