Following a High Court challenge to our decision on this application dated 9 May 2023 the Court has ordered that the application be re-determined. This does not necessarily mean we will reach a different overall decision.
Type of application:
Full Planning Application
Applicant name:
Berden Solar Limited
Site address:
Berden Hall Farm, Ginns Road, Berden
Description of proposed development:
Development of a ground mounted solar farm with a generation capacity of up to 49.99MW, together with associated infrastructure and landscaping
Case Officer:
Major Casework Team
Procedure: Hearing
Key dates:
Date
Date by when representations must be made
8 January 2024
Hearing date and venue
10.00am on Tuesday 26 March 2024 at Council Chamber, Uttlesford District Council, London Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 4ER Hearing Notification (PDF, 80.5 KB, 1 page)
Date by when comments on Site Selection Report must be made:
11 April 2024
Date by when any final comments by the applicant must be made:
18 April 2024
Date by when signed Unilateral Undertaking must be submitted:
The application can be inspected under the application plans and documents heading below.
Any comments made when the application was originally determined will be taken into account and do not need to be resubmitted.
You will be able to comment on this application until 8 January 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name of the individual author or organisation will be published however addresses, signatures and contact details will not be published.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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Inquiries and Major Casework 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 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.
Decision Notice and Statement of Reasons published.
5 documents added under Post Hearing correspondence
Historic England re conditions added
2 documents added under Post Hearing correspondence
Final Comments on behalf of the Applicant - file attachment and Unilateral Undertaking - Completed 15.04.24
Protect the Pelhams 1 Response re Site Selection doc, Protect the Pelhams 2 - Appendices, Protect the Pelhams 3 - further submisison re site selection and
Protect the Pelhams Response re Unilateral Undertaking
Rosie Somers statement, Stocking Pelham Parish Council Statement, CPRE Essex 1, CPRE Essex 2 Valley Farm appeal decision and CPRE Essex 3 Appeal Decision Sawston
John Arnell Statement
Date by when comments on Site Selection Report must be made: 11 April 2024
Date by when any final comments by the applicant must be made: 18 April 2024
Date by when signed Unilateral Undertaking must be submitted: 18 April 2024
Sarah Wright statement, Sarah Wright statement 2, Sara Yarrow statement, and Georgina Hofe
Peter Patrick Statement and Katherine Armstrong statement
SE-PELHAM-PVsyst-VC4(691191698.1) added
31 hearing documents added
Hearing Notification, Hearing Agenda and Issues Report added
Affinity Water Limited, Emma Clark, Robert Clark and T Clark
Joint Parish Council 1-5, Stocking Pelham Parish Council and Uttlesford District Council - NPPF comments under consultee
Hertfordshire County Council and NATS Safeguarding under consultee and 48 interested parties: Andrea Morley to Virginia Tunnicliffe
6 documents under consultees and 16 interested parties