Planning application
Fitzwalters Farm Roman Road Shenfield Essex CM15 8SG
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Proposed Solar Farm and battery energy storage system to include ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) solar modules and associated infrastructure (access roads, cabling, invertor platforms, control room, substation, storage containers, battery compound, security fencing and CCTV), and temporary construction compound
As published by the council, reference 25/00813/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00813/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 19 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 19 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Shenfield
- Postcode
- CM15 8SG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Aug 2025
Received by Brentwood
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30 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 14 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Brentwood took a median of 69 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
76 documents on file for this application
- COMMITTEE PRESENTATION
- COMMITTEE REPORT
- PETITION FROM CLLR NICHOLSON
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION REPORT
- FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE RISK (FIRE) COMMENTS
- MERYL SPINKS
- OBJECTION LETTER KEVIN BUTCHER
- MR & MRS COPEMAN
- INTERIM STATEMENT ON ARCHAEOLOGY
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL ADVICE (DATED 16 APRIL)
- ARBORICULTURALIST (LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGY)
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY CONSULTEE RESPONSE
- ESSEX HIGHWAYS CONSULTEE RESPONSE
- SUDS CONSULTEE RESPONSE
- LUM1009-100/8 (BLOCK PLAN PROPOSED)
- LUM_021_05 REV G - LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGY MANAGEMENT PLAN (LEMP)
- ESSEX FIRE AND RESCUE
- HISTORIC BUILDINGS CONSULTEE RESPONSE
- FITZWALTERS DRAINAGE DRAWINGS AND CALCULATIONS
- LUM1009-100 - PV LAYOUT
- FIREWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN GON.1012.0522.FWMP REV2
- PLANNING ADDENDUM
- LUM_021_05 - REV F - LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGY MANAGEMENT PLAN
- SALLY HUNT- OBJECTION SUPPORTING DOCUMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY REPORT
- ECC SUDS
- ARBORICULTURALIST (LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGY)
- TECHNICAL NOTE 1 ? IMPACT UPON PROW NETWORK BY MILES WHITE TRANSPORT DATED 27 OC
- MR D MOORE
- *SUPERSEDED* LUM1009-100/4 (BLOCK PLAN PROPOSED)
- CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
- M DOWNES
- OBJECTION COMMENT - ELIZABETH AND GERARDUS VAN ENCKEVORT
- MR AND MRS MCWILLIAMS
- MRS MARSHALL
- APPLICATION FORM
- D.101/R00 SOLAR INVERTER UNIT
- D.102/R00 BATTERY INVERTER
- D.103/R00 BATTERY UNIT
- D.104 CUSTOMER CABIN
- D.105 CONTROL ROOM
- D.106/1 DNO SUBSTATION LAYOUT
- D.107/R00 FENCE & GATE DETAILS
- D.108/R00 INTERNAL ACCESS TRACK
- D.109 CAMERA DETAILS
- D.110/01 - 132KV SUSBTATION COMPOUND
- TYPICAL SOLAR PANEL ELEVATIONS
- D.112/0 STORAGE CONTAINER
- D.113/0 UNDERGROUND WATER STORAGE TANK
- LUM_021_07 EXISTING
- FITZWALTER LINEWORK (?CAD") REV 1.0 (TOPOGRAPHY PLAN)
- AGRICULTURAL LAND CLASSIFICATION REPORT
- BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLAN
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- OUTLINE BATTERY SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN
- CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
- CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN
- *SUPERSEDED* PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- GLINT AND GLARE STUDY
- HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT (INCLUDING ARCHAEOLOGY)
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- SITE SELECTION REPORT
- SECURITY STATEMENT
- DECOMMISSIONING AND RESTORATION STATEMENT
- LUM_021_02/REV C - SITE LOCATION PLAN
- CONSTRUCTION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN (OUTLINE)
- EIA SCREENING OPINION DECISION
- LUM1009-100 REV 3 PROPOSED BLOCK/LAYOUT PLAN
- LAND OWNERSHIP PLANS (UNSPLIT)
- GREEN BELT STATEMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT (INCLUDING DESIGN AND ACCESS)
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