Planning application
Hanningfield Ltd Southend Road East Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM2 7FU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of a New Padmount Compact Transformer
As published by the council, reference 26/00216/EB
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00216/EB
- Status
- No Objection
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 13 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 29 Apr 2026
- Postcode
- CM2 7FU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register
This site has had 7 applications since 2026: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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21/00555/DOC/12 Awaiting decision
Hanningfield Ltd Southend Road East Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM2 7FU
Condition 17 - Details of the construction of the site access, visibility sight splays, dropped kerb vehicular crossing of the footway and details of surface water discharge from the highway.
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21/00555/DOC/11 Awaiting decision
Hanningfield Ltd Southend Road East Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM2 7FU
Condition 20 - Construction Management Plan
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21/00555/DOC/9 Awaiting decision
Hanningfield Ltd Southend Road East Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM2 7FU
Condition 4 - Details of the final location, design, materials and acoustic attenuation - panel arrays, transformers, inverters, control room, substations, power conversion system, HVAC unit, all auxiliary buildings
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21/00555/DOC/8 Decided
Hanningfield Ltd Southend Road East Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM2 7FU
Condition 9 - Lighting strategy for biodiversity
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21/00555/DOC/7 Granted
Hanningfield Ltd Southend Road East Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM2 7FU
Condition 12 - Details of boundary treatment and CCTV cameras
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21/00555/DOC/6 Granted
Hanningfield Ltd Southend Road East Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM2 7FU
Condition 4 - Installation, full details of the final location, design, materials and acoustic attenuation to be used for the: panel arrays, transformers, inverters, control room, substations, power conversion system, HVAC unit, all auxiliary buildings
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Feb 2026
Received by Chelmsford
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29 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Chelmsford granted permission on 29 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 this record
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