Land at Halse Road South of Greatworth Northants NN13 6EB Data via plota.co.uk

2025/2226/SCRN - Screening Opinion Decided

Proposal

Request for a Screening Opinion for the construction of a DNO access track, temporary construction compound, associated ancillary works and additional planting associated with Copse Lodge Solar Farm (West Northamptonshire Council Reference: and Planning Appeal Reference: APP/) on land at Halse Road, south of Greatworth, Northamptonshire, NN13 6DZ. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 23 Oct 2026, 23:30

Application progress

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Received

16 May 2025

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Environmental Impact Assessment not required

15 Aug 2025

Environmental Impact Assessment not required on 15 Aug 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Document · 15 Aug 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 7

PDF Response - Consultees Document · 14 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 4 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 4 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗

Associated applications 6

Part of

26 Oct 2022council archive
- Request for a Screening Opinion for the construction of a DNO access track, temporary…This application16 May 20252025/2226/SCRN
- Show 2 more · 2 approved
  - AmendmentNon-Material Amendment in relation to the design of the substation compound (Planning Appeal…7 Aug 20262026/3179/NMA
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condtion 20 (Programme of archaeological work) of planning permission30 Jan 20252025/0440/COND
Full21 Sep 20262025/2232/FULL
Construction of a DNO access track, temporary construction compound, associated ancillary works and additional planting…
Conditions details submitted for 5
- ConditionsDischarge of Conditions 5 [Ecology] and 6 [Ecology]22 Sep 20262026/4052/COND

Site constraints 3

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Also on the record

Priority habitat about 16 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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