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St Margarets C Of E Primary School, Church Lane, Toppesfield, Essex, CO9 4DS

CC/BTE/60/26Full Planning Application CCPending Decision
Full

Proposal

Installation of 48 photovoltaic panels on the east and west roof slopes of the Main Hall and installation of six external condenser units.

Received
26 August 2026
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received26 Aug
  2. Validated26 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided
5 weeks typical decision time in Essex98% of applications approved

This is a planning application for a solar installation at St Margarets C Of E Primary School, Church Lane, Toppesfield, Essex, CO9 4DS. Essex has handled 6 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 47 days. It was submitted on 26 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,253 applications in total for the CO9 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
CC/BTE/60/26
Address
St Margarets C Of E Primary School, Church Lane, Toppesfield, Essex, CO9 4DS
Postcode
CO9 4DS
Local Authority
Essex
Application Type
Full Planning Application CC
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Considering Consultation Responses/Report being Prepared

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
Market Road Chelmsford CM1 1QH
Agent Address
6th Floor, Queens House 55-56 Lincoln's Inn Fields London London WC2A 3LJ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
11 August 2026
Date Validated
26 August 2026
Date Submitted
26 August 2026

Planning Decision

Case Officer
Chloe Budd

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
52.009186, 0.534828
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Essex

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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 and heritage coasts.

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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