Planning application
Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex
Relates to 24/00366/FULM
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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
- Type
- Variations Major
- Status
- Pending decision
- Received
- 2 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 2 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Purleigh
- Parish
- Purleigh
- Decision by
- Delegated
Site history
Applications at this address on the Maldon register
This site has had 5 applications since 2022: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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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
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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.
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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
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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).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Dec 2025
Received by Maldon
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 March 2026, 13 weeks from validation under the statutory target. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Maldon took a median of 88 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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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
Documents
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