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Unit A, Grange Retail Park Allendale Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2FF

Refused Charnwood P/26/0151/2 Prior Approval - Solar Panels on Non-domestic Buildings

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for the installation of 270 no. Solar PV's to a Non-domestic Building (Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J of the GDPO 2015)

As published by the council, reference P/26/0151/2

Application record

Reference
P/26/0151/2
Type
Prior Approval - Solar Panels on Non-domestic Buildings
Status
Decided: PRIOR APPROVAL REFUSED
Decision
PRIOR APPROVAL REFUSED
Received
21 Jan 2026
Validated
17 Feb 2026
Ward
Loughborough Outwoods and Shelthorpe|Loughborough Woodthorpe
Parish
Loughborough
Postcode
LE11 2FF

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Jan 2026

    Received by Charnwood

  2. 17 Feb 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 22 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

9 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Charnwood refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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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