Solar Electrical Cable Roydon Road Harlow Essex
Approved on 24 March 2026
Council decision: Granted Planning Permission
Proposal
Installation of an underground high voltage (33 kV) electrical cable and associated works to facilitate the East End Solar Farm
- Received
- 23 December 2025
- Public comments
- 7
- Council
- Harlow District Council
- Ward
- Great Parndon West
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated23 Dec
- Consult.Consultation26 Jan
- TargetTarget Date17 Feb
- DecidedDecided24 Mar
Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Solar Electrical Cable Roydon Road Harlow Essex. Harlow has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than Harlow's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Great Parndon West.
79% of full applications at Harlow District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 26 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 February 2026
- Committee meeting
- 19 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Low Carbon
- Agent address
- Stirling Square 5-7 Carlton Gardens London SW1Y 5AD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 15 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 15 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 5 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14354418
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: HMO - townwidePart of the site · +1 more
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO/06/00011Part of the site · +4 more
- Green belt: Epping ForestPart of the site · +1 more
- Brownfield land register: Cawley HatchRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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