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Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex

25/01065/VARMVariations MajorApproved
Full

Approved on 20 October 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Variation of condition 21 on approved planning permission 24/00366/FULM (Proposed Solar Farm together with sub-station, ancillary buildings, structures, landscaping, emergency lighting and access) to replace the Skylark Mitigation Scheme agreed under the planning permission with the updated Mitigation Scheme

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 5 November 2026
Ward
Purleigh
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.15 Jan
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 322 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land South West Of The Warren Hackmans Lane Purleigh Essex. Maldon has handled 719 applications of this type. This one was decided in 322 days, 38 weeks longer than Maldon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Purleigh.

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

Application type
Variations Major
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Purleigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2025
Consultation expiry
15 January 2026
Consultation start
5 December 2025
Last date for comments
15 January 2026
Target decision date
2 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
4 Brindleyplace Birmingham West Midlands B1 2LG

Planning decision

Case officer
Elizabeth Beighton
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
1 January 2026
Site notice start
19 December 2025
Site notice end
15 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14526803

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Ancient woodland: Great WoodPart of the site

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 (21)

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, 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: Maldon

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