Planning application · Solar · North Norfolk

Hall Farm, East Beckham

Operational10.2 MWApplication PF/13/0772Submitted 27 June 2013Granted 23 September 2013

In the evidence packnearest refused scheme •• kmShown in the pack

The application

Application number: PF/13/0772
Planning authority: North Norfolk
County or area: Norfolk
Nation: England
Technology: Solar
Capacity: 10.2 MW
Status: Operational
Operator or applicant: TGC Renewables
Location: Hall Farm, Land At Hall Farm, East Beckham, Holt, Norfolk, BR11 8GA
First operating: 2014

Timeline

27 June 2013 Planning application submitted
23 September 2013 Planning permission granted
31 March 2014 Operational

Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site

The pack for this site lists 89 comparable solar incidents in the United Kingdom, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-0764, Transformer smoking at solar farm in Burton Pedwardine, 102 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-0764	2024	Transformer smoking at solar farm in Burton Pedwardine	102 km	Minor
EIR-1155	2024	Rooftop solar fire contained on a Peterborough warehouse roof	103 km	Significant
EIR-1262	2024	Fire reported on solar-panel roof at Fitzwilliam College auditorium	107 km	Minor
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The first 3 rows as the pack shows them. The other 86 are in the pack, each with its distance, sources and the fire service guidance it bears on.

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Summary for this site

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In the full pack

What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

The pack is made for Hall Farm, East Beckham from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.

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