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Thorpe Park Solar Farm Land South of Thorpe-Le-Soken Tendring Essex

Granted Tendring 25/01235/VOC Variation of Condition

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

Proposal

Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act for Variation of pre commencement Conditions 3 (Planning Design and Access Statement), Condition 6 (Arboricultural Method Statement and scheme for protection), Condition 8 (Programme of archaeological investigation), Condition 9 (Construction Methodology and Timetable), Condition 10 (Construction Traffic Management Plan), Condition 11 (Traffic Management Plan), Condition 12 (Vehicular turning facility), Condition 15 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), Condition 16 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy), Condition 17 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan), and Condition 22 (Soil Management Plan) of application 22/02117/FUL to enable/allow limited below-ground foundation works to be carried out to implement the permission by constructing the base for the DNO substation.

As published by the council, reference 25/01235/VOC

Application record

Reference
25/01235/VOC
Type
Variation of Condition
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approval - Full
Received
19 Aug 2025
Validated
19 Aug 2025
Decided
10 Nov 2025
Ward
Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland
Parish
Thorpe Le Soken Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Aug 2025

    Received by Tendring

  2. 10 Nov 2025

    Decision issued: Approval - Full

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 26/00343/LUEX Granted

    Thorpe Park Solar Farm Land South of Thorpe-Le-Soken Essex CO16 0HR

    Application for Lawful Development Certificate for Existing Use or Development for confirmation of lawful implementation of planning permission 25/01235/VOC by way of material operation (installation of DNO substation unit foundations).

    Decided 23 Apr 2026 Amendments

Documents

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

15 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Tendring granted permission on 10 November 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.

About amendment applications

An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.

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