Planning application
Land South Of Southlands Cottages Runwell Road Runwell Wickford Essex
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.
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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.
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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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Aug 2026
Received by Chelmsford
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10 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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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.
- 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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About condition discharge and variation applications
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