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Land South Of Southlands Cottages Runwell Road Runwell Wickford Essex

Granted Chelmsford 23/00532/S73/1 Conditions

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 to planning application 23/00532/FUL (Installation of a solar farm with battery storage and associated infrastructure) To facilitate the amendment of the solar farm layout from a 'Single-Axis Tracker' system to a 'Fixed' system.

As published by the council, reference 23/00532/S73/1

Application record

Reference
23/00532/S73/1
Type
Conditions
Status
Application Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Permitted
Received
16 Jan 2026
Decided
23 Apr 2026

Site history

Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register

This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 23/00532/S73/2 Awaiting decision

    Land South Of Southlands Cottages Runwell Road Runwell Wickford Essex

    Variation of condition 7 to approved application 23/00532/S73/1 (Variation of condition 2 to planning application 23/00532/FUL (Installation of a solar farm with battery storage and associated infrastructure) To facilitate the amendment of the solar farm layout from a Single-Axis Tracker system to a Fixed system) Amend the wording of Condition 7 to allow for the implementation of the Site Access from the A132 Runwell Road (the Runwell Road Access) and the associated access track, in advance of the Archaeological Investigation works.

    Submitted 14 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • 22/00918/EIASO Granted

    Land South Of Southlands Cottages Runwell Road Runwell Wickford Essex

    Request for a screening opinion for the proposed installation of a solar farm with associated infrastructure on land south of Runwell Road (A132), Runwell, Wickford.

    Decided 10 Jun 2022 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Jan 2026

    Received by Chelmsford

  2. 23 Apr 2026

    Decision issued: Permitted

  3. 17 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 23/00532/S73/2 Awaiting decision

    Land South Of Southlands Cottages Runwell Road Runwell Wickford Essex

    Variation of condition 7 to approved application 23/00532/S73/1 (Variation of condition 2 to planning application 23/00532/FUL (Installation of a solar farm with battery storage and associated infrastructure) To facilitate the amendment of the solar farm layout from a Single-Axis Tracker system to a Fixed system) Amend the wording of Condition 7 to allow for the implementation of the Site Access from the A132 Runwell Road (the Runwell Road Access) and the associated access track, in advance of the Archaeological Investigation works.

    Submitted 14 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • Application: 22/00918/EIASO (Not EIA Development)
  • Application: 23/00532/FUL (Application Refused)

Documents

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

27 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Chelmsford granted permission on 23 April 2026, 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.

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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