solar farm
Appeal inspector backs Green Belt solar farm
Friday 7 June 2024
Worries that a proposed solar farm in the Green Belt would merge Harlow and Roydon have been dismissed on appeal by a planning inspector who gave the scheme the go-ahead. East End Solar Farm was put forward by developer Low Carbon but refused planning permission by Epping Forest District Council, which said it would result […] Read more >
Inspector approves development of Sandon Brook solar farm
Friday 16 February 2024
A planning inspector has overruled Chelmsford City Council and decided the Sandon Brook solar farm can be built despite harming the Green Belt. The council had refused permission for the 242-acre development over three sites either side of the A130 and Canons Barn Road near West Hanningfield, but inspector Ben Plenty said its environmental benefits […] Read more >
Uttlesford council blocks plan for solar farm
Tuesday 19 April 2022
Uttlesford District Council has refused permission for a solar farm that would have crossed into another local authority area. The scheme, proposed by Endurance Energy, would have covered 115 hectares near Bishop’s Stortford in a development called Wickham Hall Solar Farm straddling Uttlesford and East Herts district councils. However, on Wednesday, April 13, Uttlesford District […] Read more >
Councillors go against officers’ advice and approve Herongate solar farm
Thursday 2 December 2021
Essex is to get another solar farm. The scheme, targeted for Herongate, west of Dunton Wayletts, was approved by Brentwood Borough Council’s planning committee on Tuesday, November 23. Councillors rejected their officers’ advice to refuse permission on the grounds that the solar farm was against the local authority’s policy and “unacceptable” on Green Belt land. […] Read more >
Danbury solar farm backed by city council
Wednesday 3 November 2021
The march of the solar farms continues, with an 86-acre plant at Danbury winning planning permission from Chelmsford City Council. The site’s developer, Low Carbon, says the site, which will lie in two parts either side of a quarry, will produce power for some 7,300 homes. The proposal had been criticised by Danbury Parish Council, […] Read more >
… and plans for another solar farm
Wednesday 20 January 2021
The solar-farm proposals keep coming thick and fast! Consultation on a site of some 242 acres of farmland east of West Hanningfield ended last month and a planning application to Chelmsford City Council is expected soon. The Sandon Brook project is being developed by Low Carbon, which is reported to have stated that a full […] Read more >
Solar-farm application in to council
Monday 18 January 2021
A solar farm is being targeted for some 240 acres of farmland at Layer de la Haye. The company Low Carbon has applied to Colchester Borough Council for permission to develop the site, behind Waterworks Close and either side of Birch Road on the edge of the village. It would appear to have substantial experience […] Read more >
Chance to take part in consultation on proposed solar farm
Thursday 10 December 2020
Another day, another consultation. This time for a solar farm near Chelmsford. Longfield Solar Farm is being put forward by EDF Renewables UK and Padero Solar for almost 940 acres north-east of Chelmsford and north of the A12 between Boreham and Hatfield Peverel. The developers say the scheme would generate electricity for up to 67,000 […] Read more >