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Whitehouse Farm Church Road Thorrington Colchester Essex CO7 8HS

Awaiting decision Tendring 26/00803/FUL Full applications

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Planning Application - Installation of a 250kW ground mounted solar panel array to provide electrical power to the farm to aid its salad growing business and reduce its grid-dependency.

As published by the council, reference 26/00803/FUL

Application record

Reference
26/00803/FUL
Category
Full applications
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
22 May 2026
Validated
15 Sep 2026
Postcode
CO7 8HS

Site history

Applications at this address on the Tendring register

This site has had 3 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/01376/AGRIC Decided

    Whitehouse Farm Church Road Thorrington Colchester Essex CO7 8HS

    Prior Approval Application under Part 6, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for farm work shop

    Submitted 3 Sep 2026
  • 20/00908/FUL Granted

    Whitehouse Farm Church Road Thorrington Colchester Essex CO7 8HS

    Proposed erection of a general agricultural building.

    Decided 19 Oct 2020 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 May 2026

    Received by Tendring

  2. 15 Sep 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 21 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 10 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Tendring took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

What happens while it is decided

This application is with Tendring for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tendring decided full applications in a median of 64 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

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