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Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex

Granted Maldon 25/01065/VARM

Relates to 24/00366/FULM

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

Proposal

Variation of condition 21 on approved planning permission 24/00366/FULM (Proposed Solar Farm together with sub-station, ancillary buildings, structures, landscaping, emergency lighting and access) to replace the Skylark Mitigation Scheme agreed under the planning permission with the updated Mitigation Scheme

As published by the council, reference 25/01065/VARM

Application record

Reference
25/01065/VARM
Status
Application approved
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
2 Dec 2025
Validated
2 Dec 2025
Decided
20 Oct 2026
Ward
Purleigh
Parish
Purleigh
Decision by
Delegated

Site history

Applications at this address on the Maldon register

This site has had 6 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 1 refused.

  • 26/05073/DET Awaiting decision

    Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex

    Compliance with conditions notification 24/00366/FULM (Proposed Solar Farm together with sub-station, ancillary buildings, structures, landscaping, emergency lighting and access) - Biodiversity Net Gain Condition

    Submitted 4 Jun 2026
  • 25/05145/DET Awaiting decision

    Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex

    Compliance with conditions notification 24/00366/FULM (Proposed Solar Farm together with sub-station, ancillary buildings, structures, landscaping, emergency lighting and access) Condition 3 - Hard and soft landscaping. Condition 6 - archaeological assessment. Condition 7 -Implementation of a programme of archaeological work. Condition 8 - Construction Traffic Management Plan. Condition 10 - Details of the access arrangements at Crows Lane. Condition 11 - Route Mitigation Plan. Condition 12 -Construction traffic. Condition 13 - Landscape Management Plan. Condition 14 - Tree retention and protection. Condition 16 - Scheme to minimise the risk of offsite flooding. Condition 17 - Maintenance plan arrangements. Condition 22 - Construction environmental management plan. Condition 23 -Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy. Condition 28 - Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan.

    Submitted 19 Nov 2025 Reserved matters
  • 24/00366/FULM Granted

    Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex

    Proposed Solar Farm together with sub-station, ancillary buildings, structures, landscaping, emergency lighting and access

    Decided 6 Sep 2024 Full applications
  • 23/00807/FULM Refused

    Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex

    Solar Farm together with sub-station, ancillary buildings, structures, landscaping, emergency lighting and access.

    Decided 1 Feb 2024 Full applications
  • 22/01247/SCR Decided

    Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex

    EIA Screening Opinion request is in respect of a full planning application for a ground-mounted solar farm to achieve a generating capacity of approximately up to 25 MWp together with all associated works, equipment, necessary infrastructure and landscape planting (Proposed Development).

    Decided 9 Feb 2023 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Dec 2025

    Received by Maldon

  2. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 20 Oct 2026

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 20 Oct 2026

    Status changed to Application approved

    Previously Pending decision.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 24/00366/FULM Granted

    Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex

    Proposed Solar Farm together with sub-station, ancillary buildings, structures, landscaping, emergency lighting and access

    Decided 6 Sep 2024 Full applications

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What this grant of permission means

Maldon granted permission on 20 October 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.

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