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Spirits Hall Mountains Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BY

25/00407/HOUSEHouseholderApproved

Approved on 9 July 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed installation of ground mounted solar pv panels for domestic use

Received
14 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Great Totham
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.7 Jun
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Spirits Hall Mountains Road Great Totham Maldon Essex CM9 8BY. Maldon has handled 719 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Maldon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Great Totham. We hold 1,152 applications in total for the CM9 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Maldon District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CM9 8BY
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Totham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2025
Consultation expiry
7 June 2025
Consultation start
8 May 2025
Last date for comments
7 June 2025
Target decision date
2 July 2025
Permission expires
9 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bigods Hall Bigods Lane Great Dunmow CM6 3BE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 May 2025
Advertisement expiry
5 June 2025
Site notice start
16 May 2025
Site notice end
7 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13946208

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

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