Planning application
Donington Park Service Area Junction 23A Ashby Road Castle Donington Derby DE74 2TN
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
The construction and operation of a ground-mounted solar farm with a generation capacity of 7.15MW together with access, landscaping and associated infrastructure
As published by the council, reference 23/01712/FULM
Application record
- Reference
- 23/01712/FULM
- Type
- Full Application Major
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Application Permitted
- Received
- 27 Dec 2023
- Validated
- 22 Jan 2024
- Decided
- 12 May 2025
- Ward
- Long Whatton & Diseworth
- Parish
- Long Whatton & Diseworth
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- DE74 2TN
Site history
Applications at this address on the North West Leicestershire register
This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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23/01673/FUL Granted
Donington Park Service Area Junction 23A Ashby Road Castle Donington Derby DE74 2TN
Retention of electric vehicle charging hub with associated works (part retrospective) and installation of a further 6 no. bay electrical charging hub
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21/01927/ADC Granted
Donington Park Service Area Junction 23A Ashby Road Castle Donington Derby DE74 2TN
Display of an internally illuminated advertisement sign (Moto) on the building and display of an internally illuminated free standing totem sign
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Dec 2023
Received by North West Leicestershire
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22 Jan 2024
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 May 2025
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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22 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Rapleys LLP Agent
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See their track recordMoto Hospitality Limited Applicant, registered in Toddington
Active · incorporated 1962 · Toddington
2 applications on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
140 documents on file for this application
- NEW PERMITTED FUL
- UPDATE SHEET
- APPLICANT'S PLANNING COMMITTEE BRIEFING NOTE
- LCC ECOLOGY REVISED
- COMMITTEE AGENDA REPORTS PACK
- EXISTING SITE PLAN SHOWING FEASIBILITY OF SOLAR CAR PORTS
- AGENT RESPONSE TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS - FEASIBILITY OF SOLAR CAR PORTS
- COMMITTEE UPDATE SHEET
- AMENDED GREAT CRESTED NEWTS IMPACT ASSESSMENT & CONSERVATION PAYMENT CERTIFICATE
- COMMITTEE AGENDA REPORTS PACK
- EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT SAFEGUARDING REVISED
- LCC ECOLOGY REVISED
- AGENT RESPONSE TO LCC ECOLOGY AND CARBON SAVINGS INFORMATION
- BRE AGRICULTURAL GOOD PRACTICE GUIDANCE FOR SOLAR FARMS
- AMENDED LANDSCAPE STRATEGY PLAN
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS REVISED
- LCC ECOLOGY REVISED
- AGENT RESPONSE TO NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
- INDICATIVE SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE ARRANGEMENT
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS REVISED
- SUPERSEDED GREAT CRESTED NEWTS IMPACT ASSESSMENT & CONSERVATION PAYMENT CERTIFIC
- STATEMENT OF JUSTIFICATION FOR SOLAR FARM
- PROPOSED FENCING DETAILS
- AMENDED SOLAR PV LAYOUT - 7MW
- AMENDED BNG METRIC CALCULATION
- SUPERSEDED LANDSCAPE STRATEGY PLAN
- AMENDED BNG METRIC CONDITION ASSESSMENTS
- AGENT RESPONSE TO LCC ECOLOGY, NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AND CASE OFFICER
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS REVISED
- AMENDED FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- APPLICANT'S DRAINAGE CONSULTANT RESPONSE TO NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
- LONG WHATTON AND DISEWORTH PARISH COUNCIL
- AGENT CORRESPONDENCE OUTLINING DETAILS OF REPRESENTATIVE VIEWPOINTS
- REPRESENTATIVE VIEWPOINTS 3 AND 5 FOR EXISTING, YEAR 1 AND YEAR 15
- LCC ECOLOGY REVISED
- SUPERSEDED SOLAR PV LAYOUT - 7MW
- AMENDED SOLAR PV LOCATION - 7MW
- AMENDED SOLAR PV TECHNICAL NOTE
- AGENT CORRESPONDENCE OUTLINING AMENDMENTS
- SUPERSEDED LANDSCAPE STRATEGY PLAN
- AMENDED SOLAR PV ELEVATIONS - 7MW
- AMENDED SOLAR PV VISUALS - 7MW
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS REVISED
- AGENT CORRESPONDENCE OUTLINING CONTENTS OF ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- LCC LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY REVISED
- LCC HIGHWAYS REVISED
- AGENT RESPONSE TO LCC LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY AND NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
- SUPERSEDED FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS REVISED
- LCC MINERALS AND WASTE PLANNING AUTHORITY REVISED
- LCC HIGHWAYS REVISED
- JEPSON
- LCC LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY REVISED
- VARLEY
- HUTCHINSON
- EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT SAFEGUARDING REVISED
- HUTCHINSON
- ROSS
- DOYLE
- EVANS
- DELLA-PORTA
- DONAGHY
- LONG WHATTON & DISEWORTH PARISH COUNCIL
- FERGUSON
- THE GARDENS TRUST REVISED
- JOHNSON
- SMITH
- NWLDC CONSERVATION OFFICER REVISED
- AGENT CORRESPONDENCE OUTLINING AMENDMENTS
- SUPERSEDED SOLAR PV LAYOUT - 7MW
- SUPERSEDED SOLAR PV ELEVATIONS - 7MW
- SUPERSEDED SOLAR PV VISUALS - 7MW
- SUPERSEDED SOLAR PV TECHNICAL NOTE
- SUPERSEDED SOLAR PV LOCATION - 7MW
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS REVISED
- HUTCHINSON
- JOHNSON
- JOHNSON
- CRESPIN
- CLARK
- LCC LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY REVISED
- NWLDC CONSERVATION OFFICER - SUPPORTING PHOTOGRAPH
- NWLDC CONSERVATION OFFICER REVISED
- AGENT RESPONSE TO LCC LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY
- AMENDED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- VARLEY
- NWLDC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- ROBERTSON
- SNEE
- DELLA-PORTA
- FERGUSON
- LEECH
- EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT SAFEGUARDING
- WOODS
- DONAGHY
- BROMPTON
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL TECHNICAL NOTE
- LCC HIGHWAYS
- THE GARDENS TRUST
- AMENDED PLANNING STATEMENT
- BREEDON ON THE HILL PARISH COUNCIL
- LONG WHATTON AND DISEWORTH PARISH COUNCIL
- HENDER
- PROTECT DISEWORTH
- LCC LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY
- NWLDC CONSERVATION OFFICER
- ROSS
- EVANS
- LCC MINERALS AND WASTE PLANNING AUTHORITY
- LCC ECOLOGY
- DOYLE
- HISTORIC ENGLAND
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- SUPERSEDED SOLAR PV LOCATION - 9MW
- SUPERSEDED SOLAR PV TECHNICAL NOTE
- SUPERSEDED SOLAR PV VISUALS - 9MW
- SUPERSEDED SOLAR PV LAYOUT - 9MW
- SUPERSEDED SOLAR PV ELEVATIONS - 9MW
- CONSTRUCTION AND DECOMMISSIONING TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- SUPERSEDED FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE ASSESSMENTS
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- MINERAL ASSESSMENT
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- SUPERSEDED PLANNING STATEMENT
- AGRICULTURAL LAND CLASSIFICATION
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - PART 2
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - PART 3
- SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC GLINT AND GLARE STUDY
- FIGURE 16 - LANDSCAPE PARAMETER PLAN
- ARBORICULTURAL APPRAISAL
- ARBORICULTURAL SURVEY
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND ARBORICULTURAL METHOD STATEMENT
- SUPERSEDED BNG ASSESSMENT CALCULATIONS
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North West Leicestershire granted permission on 12 May 2025, 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.
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