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Land To South Of Yew Tree Farm Yew Tree Lane Kingston Seymour BS21 6XG

Decided North Somerset 25/P/1864/EA1 Request for formal screening opinion

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

Screening Opinion request to determine as to whether the proposed development is EIA development; installation of a solar farm comprising ground mounted solar PV panels with a generating capacity of up to 49.99MW(AC), including mounting system, inverters, underground cabling, stock proof fence, CCTV, internal tracks and associated infrastructure, landscaping, biodiversity net gain and environmental enhancements for a temporary period of 50 years and a permanent off site grid connection. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION

As published by the council, reference 25/P/1864/EA1

Application record

Reference
25/P/1864/EA1
Type
Request for formal screening opinion
Status
Decided
Decision
EIA not required
Received
9 Sep 2025
Validated
9 Sep 2025
Decided
7 Oct 2025
Ward
Yatton
Parish
Kingston Seymour
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
BS21 6XG

Site history

Applications at this address on the North Somerset register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/P/1418/FUL Granted

    Land To South Of Yew Tree Farm Yew Tree Lane Kingston Seymour BS21 6XG

    Installation of a solar farm comprising ground mounted solar PV panels with a generating capacity of up to 49.99MW(AC) with connection to new substation located on land to south of Puxton Road, Puxton; works to include mounting system, inverters, substations, underground cabling, stock proof fence, CCTV, internal tracks and associated infrastructure, landscaping, biodiversity net gain and environmental enhancements for a temporary period of 50 years.

    Decided 18 Sep 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Sep 2025

    Received by North Somerset

  2. 7 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: EIA not required

  3. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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7 documents on file for this application

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After the decision

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  • Land To South Of Yew Tree Farm Yew Tree Lane Kingston Seymour BS21 6XG

    25/P/1864/EA1 Submitted 9 Sep 2025 0m away

    Screening Opinion request to determine as to whether the proposed development is EIA development; installation of a solar farm comprising ground mounted solar PV panels with a generating capacity of up to 49.99MW(AC), including mounting system, inverters, underground cabling, stock proof fence, CCTV, internal tracks and associated infrastructure, landscaping, biodiversity net gain and environmental enhancements for a temporary period of 50 years and a permanent off site grid connection. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION

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  • Land To South Of Yew Tree Farm Yew Tree Lane Kingston Seymour BS21 6XG

    25/P/1418/FUL Submitted 11 Jul 2025 0m away

    Installation of a solar farm comprising ground mounted solar PV panels with a generating capacity of up to 49.99MW(AC) with connection to new substation located on land to south of Puxton Road, Puxton; works to include mounting system, inverters, substations, underground cabling, stock proof fence, CCTV, internal tracks and associated infrastructure, landscaping, biodiversity net gain and environmental enhancements for a temporary period of 50 years.

    Granted Full applications 79 docs
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