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Weston Island Bus Depot, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9ES

Granted Bath and North East Somerset 23/00481/SOLPA Solar Photovoltaics Prior Approval

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Prior Approval request for the installation of non-domestic 99.2kw roof mounted solar PV installation.

As published by the council, reference 23/00481/SOLPA

Application record

Reference
23/00481/SOLPA
Type
Solar Photovoltaics Prior Approval
Status
Approve
Decision
APPROVE
Received
6 Feb 2023
Validated
22 Feb 2023
Decided
5 Apr 2023
Ward
Newbridge
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
BA2 9ES

Site history

Applications at this address on the Bath and North East Somerset register

This site has had 5 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00472/FUL Awaiting decision

    Weston Island Bus Depot , Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9ES

    Proposed Electrification works including 6 overhead charging gantires - demolition of existing service lane building and relocation of Bus wash externally

    Submitted 6 Feb 2026 Full applications
  • 25/03758/COND Decided

    Weston Island Bus Depot , Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9ES

    Discharge of condition 4 (Scheme for Containment of Potentially Contaminated Surface Water Run Off (Pre-Commencement)) of application 25/01398/FUL (Proposed electrification works including 4 overhead charging gantries - 6No. GRP housings for infrastructure and other ground mounted chargers).

    Decided 27 Oct 2025 Conditions
  • 25/03657/COND Decided

    Weston Island Bus Depot , Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9ES

    Discharge of condition 3 (Biodiversity Net Gain Plan (Pre-commencement)) of application 25/01398/FUL (Proposed electrification works including 4 overhead charging gantries - 6No. GRP housings for infrastructure and other ground mounted chargers).

    Decided 27 Oct 2025 Conditions
  • 25/03658/COND Decided

    Weston Island Bus Depot , Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9ES

    Discharge of conditions 5 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) of application 25/01398/FUL (Proposed electrification works including 4 overhead charging gantries - 6No. GRP housings for infrastructure and other ground mounted chargers)

    Decided 27 Oct 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Feb 2023

    Received by Bath and North East Somerset

  2. 22 Feb 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 5 Apr 2023

    Decision issued: APPROVE

  4. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

10 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Bath and North East Somerset granted permission on 5 April 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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