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Land South Of Southlands Cottages Runwell Road Runwell Wickford Essex

Awaiting decision Chelmsford 23/00532/S73/2 Conditions

Relates to 23/00532/S73/1

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

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference 23/00532/S73/2

Application record

Reference
23/00532/S73/2
Type
Conditions
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
14 Aug 2026

Comment by 2 October 2026

The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Chelmsford's portal.

Site history

Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register

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

  • 23/00532/S73/1 Granted

    Land South Of Southlands Cottages Runwell Road Runwell Wickford Essex

    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.

    Decided 23 Apr 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. 14 Aug 2026

    Received by Chelmsford

  2. 10 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 9 October 2026, 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.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 23/00532/S73/1 Granted

    Land South Of Southlands Cottages Runwell Road Runwell Wickford Essex

    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.

    Decided 23 Apr 2026 Conditions
  • Application: 23/00532/FUL (Application Refused)
  • Application: 23/00532/NMAT/1 (Application Refused)

Documents

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

4 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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