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Crays Hall Farm Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN

26/00044/PVPAPrior Approval for Solar Photo VoltaicsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 February 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for prior approval (Class J, Part 14) for the Installation of 137.7 kW roof mounted solar panels on 3no agricultural barns.

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castledon And Crouch
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Crays Hall Farm Church Lane Ramsden Crays Billericay Essex CM11 2UN. Basildon has handled 584 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Basildon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 165 applications across Castledon And Crouch. We hold 1,740 applications in total for the CM11 postcode area.

91% of outline applications at Basildon Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CM11 2UN
Application type
Prior Approval for Solar Photo Voltaics
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ramsden Crays Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Target decision date
15 March 2026
Permission expires
27 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Sentry
Agent address
Unit 7A Hill View Business Park Old Ipswich Road Claydon Ipswich Suffolk IP6 0AJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Thomas Benson
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14570537
Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Basildon
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Basildon

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