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Land North West Of Maldon Hall Farm Spital Road Maldon Essex

25/01127/VARMVariations MajorApproved
Full

Approved on 30 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 on approved planning permission 22/00794/VAR (Variation of condition 3 (approved drawings) & removal of conditions 4 (Construction Method Statement), 8 (soft landscaping details) and 9 (hard surfacing details) on planning permission 17/01106/FUL (allowed on appeal APP/X1545/W/18/3204562) ( Proposed development of an energy storage system for a temporary period of 20 years from the date of first import/export of electricity comprising a battery compound with battery storage and ancillary equipment, two electricity compounds with ancillary equipment, fencing, access track, underground cabling and other associated works and infrastructure including hedgerow and tree planting.)) to amend the temporary permission period from 20 to 40 years.

Received
24 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Maldon West
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated29 Dec
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land North West Of Maldon Hall Farm Spital Road Maldon Essex. Maldon has handled 719 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than Maldon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Maldon West.

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
Maldon West

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 December 2025
Consultation expiry
12 February 2026
Consultation start
13 January 2026
Last date for comments
12 February 2026
Target decision date
30 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Aardvark EM Ltd Higher Ford Wiveliscombe Taunton TA4 2RL

Planning decision

Case officer
Gareth Ball
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
12 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14572467

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    17 Jun

    Application for non-material amendment following grant of Planning Permission 25/01127/VARM

    PendingNon-material amendmentAmendment26/00409/NMA
  2. 2025
    24 Dec

    Variation of condition 2 on approved planning permission 22/00794/VAR

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/01127/VARM

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