Planning application · Solar · North East Derbyshire

Land at Mansfield Road

Planning Permission Expired3.7 MWApplication CD4/0615/36Submitted 29 July 2015Granted 11 January 2016

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

The application

Application number: CD4/0615/36
Planning authority: North East Derbyshire
County or area: Derbyshire
Nation: England
Technology: Solar
Capacity: 3.7 MW
Status: Planning Permission Expired
Operator or applicant: Derbyshire County Council
Location: Land at Mansfield Road, Temple Normanton, S42 5DQ

Timeline

29 July 2015 Planning application submitted
11 January 2016 Planning permission granted
11 January 2019 Planning permission expired

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-1552, Fire starts in solar panels on commercial roof in Doncaster, 40 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-1552	2023	Fire starts in solar panels on commercial roof in Doncaster	40 km	Significant
EIR-1265	2024	Solar panels catch fire and destroy three buildings in Harby	48 km	Significant
EIR-1485	2026	Faulty solar panel wiring sparks house fire in Stoke-on-Trent	56 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 Land at Mansfield Road 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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