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  • Application Number: 24/20/00007
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Application Registered:
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25/03/2020
Application Decided:
26/05/2020

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Type:
Full Planning Permission
Location:
Land (2) At, Ashlawn Farm, Pill Road, Rooksbridge, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26
Proposal:
Variation of Condition 11 of Planning Permission 24/14/00007 (Installation of Standalone Solar PV modules, grid connection and Associated Infrastructure) to increase the time period the solar farm is permitted to operate for from 25 to 40 years.
Case Officer:
Shanta Parsons
Registered Date:
18/02/2020
Applicant:
Ashlawn Solar Ltd
Agent:
Savills UK lts, Wessex House
Agent Address:
Wessex House Priory Walk East Borough Wimborne BH21 1PB
Consultation Start Date:
21/02/2020
Earliest Decision Date:
25/03/2020
Committee Date:
26/05/2020
Decision Level:
Committee
Decision:
Granted Permission
Decision Date:
26/05/2020

Conditions and Reasons

Number
Condition
Complied Date
1
The surface water drainage details and proposals relating to the watercourse(s) shall be maintained in accordance with the approved drainage strategy submitted to discharge condition no. 5 of consent 24/14/00007. Reason: The proposals could restrict the Board's (or the Riparian Owner's) ability to maintain the watercourse and continue their function as an effective drainage channel in a flood vulnerable area. The additional surface water runoff generated by this development will need to be controlled in a manner that does not increase flood risk elsewhere.
2
No goods, waste or other items or materials shall be stored or displayed in the open on the site (other than during the initial construction period) without the prior written approval of the local planning authority. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity
3
There shall be no artificial lighting of the site. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity, this is a countryside location.
4
All development associated with the hereby approved solar park including all solar panels/arrays, supporting structures, transformers, switch gear, inverters, substations, overground cabling, hard standings, road/tracks and fencing shall be dismantled and removed from the site and the land restored to its former condition no later than 40 years from the date that the development first started generating and/or exporting electricty to the grid. Alternatively, in the event that the development ceases to operate and/or the generation of electricity stops prior to the above date, all development associated with the hereby approved solar park including all solar panels/arrays, supporting structures, transformers, switch gear, inverters, substations, overground cabling, hard standings, roads/tracks and fencing shall be dismantled and removed from the site and the land restored to its former condition within 3 calendar months of operation ceasing. It is not a requirement of this condition for any planting or landscaping to be removed. Reason: The feasibility of this development is for a finite period, when this period comes to an end the development shall be removed and land restored to its pre-development condition in the interests of visual amenity.
5
Any entrance gates erected shall be hung to open inwards, shall be set back a minimum distance of 10 metres from the carriageway edge and shall thereafter be maintained in that condition at all times. Reason: In the interests of highway safety.
6
The landscaping management plan submitted to discharge condition no. 15 of consent 24/14/00007 shall be protected, maintained and retained thereafter during the lifetime of the development, dead or dying plants/trees shall be replaced to the satisfaction of the local planning authority. Reason: To minimise the visual and landscape impact of the proposed development in the interests of visual amenity.

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