Plans to put solar panels on a dog hotel in Sefton have been dashed.
The proposals, to install photovoltaic panels on the roof of the luxury canine boarding house ‘Pawfect Retreat’ at Moor Farm in Hightown, were refused by Sefton Council officers last week.
The farm is a non-designated heritage asset, according to documents submitted as part of the application, due to a barn on the site dating from 1741.
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Planning permission was granted for the dog hotel in 2017, with a further application to extend an existing hydrotherapy pool having been submitted to Sefton Council last year.
The applicant was seeking prior approval permission to install the solar panels on the roof of the hotel – but this was refused by planning officers on the grounds that some of the panels would be too close to the edge of the roof.
Officers were also concerned that evidence was not provided as to how much electricity would be generated by the panels.
A planning report released by Sefton Council said: “While the application form states that the development would not exceed 1 megawatt, no information has been provided to substantiate this.”
Planning law states that for permitted development rights to apply for solar panels they must be no less than one metre from the edge of the roof and generate no more than 1 megawatt of energy.
With planning officers unconvinced the proposals met the criteria for permitted development rights, the application was refused.
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