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Land East Of St Cleres Hall Pit Main Road Danbury Chelmsford

Awaiting decision Chelmsford 21/00081/S73/1 Conditions

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Variation of condition 13 to approved planning application 21/00081/FUL (Installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) park generating up to 25 MW of electricity spread over two sites (sited either side of St Cleres Hall Pit), comprising ground-mounted photovoltaic solar arrays together with substation, inverter/transformer stations, site accesses, grid connection cables, internal access tracks, security measures, access gates, other ancillary infrastructure, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements) to include a Habitat Management & Monitoring Plan

As published by the council, reference 21/00081/S73/1

Application record

Reference
21/00081/S73/1
Type
Conditions
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
21 Mar 2024

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Mar 2024

    Received by Chelmsford

  2. 17 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 16 May 2024, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Chelmsford took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Chelmsford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Chelmsford decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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