Planning application
Street Record, Chelmsford Road, Rawreth, Essex,
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of condition 2 of planning permission ref: 23/00285/FUL (Installation of a solar farm with battery storage and associated infrastructure) To facilitate the amendment of the solar farm layout from a 'Single-Axis Tracker' system to a 'Fixed' system
As published by the council, reference 26/00034/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00034/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Application Permitted
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Received
- 16 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 23 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Downhall And Rawreth
- Parish
- Rawreth Parish Council
- Decision by
- Weekly Schedule
Site history
Applications at this address on the Rochford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00570/FUL Awaiting decision
Street Record, Chelmsford Road, Rawreth, Essex,
Application to vary condition No. 7 (archaeology) pursuant to planning permission reference 26/00034/FUL (23/00532/S73/1) (Variation of condition 2 to planning application 23/00532/FUL (Installation of a solar farm with battery storage and associated infrastructure) To facilitate the amendment of the solar farm layout from a 'Single-Axis Tracker' system to a 'Fixed' system) to allow for the implementation of the Site Access from the A132 Runwell Road (the "Runwell Road Access") and the associated access track, in advance of the Archaeological Investigation works.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jan 2026
Received by Rochford
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23 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/00570/FUL Awaiting decision
Street Record, Chelmsford Road, Rawreth, Essex,
Application to vary condition No. 7 (archaeology) pursuant to planning permission reference 26/00034/FUL (23/00532/S73/1) (Variation of condition 2 to planning application 23/00532/FUL (Installation of a solar farm with battery storage and associated infrastructure) To facilitate the amendment of the solar farm layout from a 'Single-Axis Tracker' system to a 'Fixed' system) to allow for the implementation of the Site Access from the A132 Runwell Road (the "Runwell Road Access") and the associated access track, in advance of the Archaeological Investigation works.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
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