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Land at Upland Road, Upland Road, Epping

Refused Epping Forest EPF/1428/25 Full planning permission

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

The construction and operation of a solar photovoltaic (‘PV’) farm (up to 49.9 MW) and associated infrastructure, including inverters, DNO Substation, Customer Switchgear, cable connection, security cameras, fencing, access tracks and landscaping.

As published by the council, reference EPF/1428/25

Application record

Reference
EPF/1428/25
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
16 Jul 2025
Validated
16 Jul 2025
Decided
11 Jun 2026
Ward
Epping West and Rural
Parish
Epping Upland
Decision by
Committee A

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Jul 2025

    Received by Epping Forest

  2. 11 Jun 2026

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 9 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

142 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Epping Forest refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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