Planning application
Land At Uphouse Farm Swaffham Road South Raynham
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of 2.408MW of ground-mounted solar PV and 2.392MW of battery energy storage solution (BESS) on land known as Sandpits.
As published by the council, reference PF/25/0091
Application record
- Reference
- PF/25/0091
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve
- Received
- 16 Jan 2025
- Validated
- 31 Jan 2025
- Decided
- 16 Jun 2025
- Ward
- The Raynhams
- Parish
- Raynham
- Decision by
- Development Committee
Site history
Applications at this address on the North Norfolk register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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CD/26/0959 Granted
Land At Uphouse Farm Swaffham Road South Raynham
Discharge of Conditions 4 (B&C) (Archaeological Written Assessment) & 13 (FSMMP) of Planning Permission PF/25/0091 (Installation of 2.408MW of ground-mounted solar PV and 2.392MW of battery energy storage solution (BESS) on land known as Sandpits.)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jan 2025
Received by North Norfolk
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31 Jan 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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16 Jun 2025
Decision issued: Approve
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29 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Earth, Wind & Fire Consulting Agent, registered in Ipswich
Active · incorporated 2015 · Ipswich
11 applications on PlanIndex · across 7 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
42 documents on file for this application
- Approved full planning
- Committee report
- Breakdown of traffic movement
- Landscape response (bng)
- Glint and glare assessment
- Landscape response
- Landscape response
- Landscape response
- Landscape proposals
- Highways and access addendum
- Solar pv deer fencing example
- Battery energy storage system
- Landscape proposals
- Response to sandpits planning application questions
- Solarport single pile side profile
- Solar pv & battery storage location
- Conservation & design response
- Landscape response
- Highways response
- Historic environment response
- Application form
- Pre application response
- Sandpits consultation leaflet
- Landscape and visual appraisal
- Landscape and visual appraisal - figures
- Landscape and visual appraisal - viewpoint locations 14 to 17
- Landscape and visual appraisal - viewpoint locations 18 to 19
- Landscape and visual appraisal - viewpoint locations 5 to 8
- Landscape proposals
- Landscape and visual appraisal - viewpoint locations 1 to 4
- Landscape and visual appraisal - viewpoint locations 9 to 13
- Statutory biodiversity metric calculation tool
- Heritage assessment
- Arboricultural impact assessment & method statement
- Ecological assessment
- Flood risk assessment
- Planning, design & access statement
- Solar pv battery storage layout
- Deer fence guide drawing
- Location plan
- Bess system
- Pv panel datasheet
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
North Norfolk granted permission on 16 June 2025, 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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