Guidance

Section 62A Planning Application: S62A/2024/0045 Land at Wickham Hall Estate, Bishops Stortford, Uttlesford, CM23 1JG

Overview of case details, documents, key dates and how to make a representation.

From:
Planning Inspectorate
Published
26 June 2024
Last updated
13 September 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Type of application:

Full Planning Application

Applicant name

Endurance Energy and Wickham Hall Ltd

Site address:

Land at Wickham Hall Estate, Bishops Stortford, Uttlesford CM23 1JG

Description of proposed development

Erection of a Solar Photovoltaic Farm with supporting infrastructure and battery storage, inverters and transformers, fencing, landscaping works and connecting cable.

Case Officer

Section 62A Applications Team

Procedure

Hearing

Key dates

Date
Date application valid 20 June 2024
Date by when representations must be made 29 July 2024
Hearing date and venue 10.00am on Thursday 29 August 2024 at Via Zoom. Hearing Notification (PDF, 87.8 KB, 1 page)
Target decision 19 September 2024
Decision date 13 September 2024

Hearing Documents

Pre-Hearing Documents

Decision

Make a representation

The application can be inspected under the application plans and documents heading below.

You will be able to comment on this application until 29 July 2024

Please base your comments on planning matters.

Please avoid the use of inflammatory, discriminatory or abusive comments

All representations made in connection with the development proposal will be made publicly available on the website shortly after the end of the representation period.  The name of the individual author or organisation will be published however addresses, signatures and contact details will not be published.  We advise you not to include any other personal information about yourself or others. 

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Send your comments via email to section62a@planninginspectorate.gov.uk

or write to

Section 62A Applications Team,
The Planning Inspectorate,
3rd Floor, Temple Quay House,
2 The Square, Temple Quay,
Bristol,
BS1 6PN

Sending comments by email will enable us to deal with them more quickly and is preferred.

Please include the application reference number and site address.

This application will be determined by an Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State.  Shortly after the close of the representation period the Planning Inspectorate will consider whether a hearing is necessary.   In the event that a hearing is scheduled, and you would wish to speak at the hearing, you must make this request at the time you submit your written representations.

Where the application is to be considered at a hearing, notice of the date, time and venue for the hearing along with the name of the person holding the hearing, will be published on this website at least two weeks before the date of the hearing. 

Application Plans and Documents

Applicant submission in relation to red line boundary - July 18 2024

Questionnaire and supporting documents

Comments

Consultees

Interested Parties

Planning Inspectorate Correspondence

Applicant Correspondence

Updates to this page

Published 26 June 2024
Last updated 13 September 2024 + show all updates

  1. Decision Notice and Statement of reasons

  2. Applicant agreement to any pre-commencement conditions

  3. Zoom link removed as Hearing closed

  4. Zoom meeting details added

  5. Hearing now to be heard virtually, notification updated

  6. Essex County Council - Revised Ecology comments

  7. 13 Pre-Hearing documents added

  8. Applicant - 2024-08-16 - Advice Note - NSIP Thresholds

  9. Addendum to Issues report

  10. Uttlesford District Council 8 - Committee Report

  11. Hearing date and venue added Issues report added

  12. Procedure added

  13. 1 Interested party representation added

  14. 9 documents added under Consultees

  15. interested party response added 25 July 2024.

  16. East Herts District Council, Essex County Council Mineral Planning Authority and Thames Water

  17. new heading: Applicant submission in relation to red line boundary - July 18 2024. National Highways document and Date by when representations must be made to 29 July 2024.

  18. Essex County Council - Ecology, Essex County Council - Lead Local Flood Authority, Farnham Parish Council and Uttlesford District Council - Built Heritage and Conservation

  19. Uttlesford District Council - Urban Design

  20. Natural England

  21. Affinity Water added

  22. Environment Agency added under Consultees

  23. 4 consultee responses added

  24. Added - Cadent Gas Ltd 1, Cadent Gas Ltd 2, Cadent Gas Ltd 3 - Solar Farm Guidance, ESP Utilities Group Ltd, Gigaclear Ltd No Plant Affected Letter National Grid Electricity, UK Power Networks 1, UK Power Networks 2, UK Power Networks 3, UK Power Networks 4, UK Power Networks 5, UK Power Networks 6, D Brett

  25. 4 consultees added - MAG Highways, NATS Safeguarding, Essex Police x 2 Consultation deadline updated to 26 July 2024

  26. PS appendices 1.3 & 3 added under application plans and documents

  27. First published.

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