Land at Nickerlands, Berwick Lane, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PX Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Approval of Biodiversity Gain Plan Reserved by Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended), following approved HMMP under , along with Condition 7 (Archaeology), Condition 9 (Great Crested Newts) and Condition 19 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy (BES)) of (Proposed Installation, operation and decommissioning of renewable energy generating station comprising ground-mounted photovoltaic solar arrays together with transformer/inverter stations, site accesses, internal access tracks, security measures, access gates, other ancillary infrastructure and landscaping and biodiversity enhancements). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 11 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026
Documents 16
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 8
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 2
Associated applications 6
Part of
Conditions , 7, 9, , , , 19 discharged · 14 awaiting decision
- ConditionsApproval of Biodiversity Gain Plan Reserved by Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning…This applicationEPF/0342/26
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- Council
- Epping Forest
- Application type
- Approval of details reserved by a condition
- Postcode
- CM5 9PX
- Received
- 17 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 17 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Theydon Bois with Passingford
- Parish
- Stanford Rivers
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 17 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Approve
- Decision date
- 11 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Agent
- Show
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Last counted 22 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 12 Mar 2026
Historical activity at this location
6 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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Land at Nickerlands, Berwick Lane, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PX
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 6 (BNG - HMMP), 12 (Farmland Bird Mitigation Strategy), 15 (Drainage) and 18 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) on planning permission EPF/1546/24 (Proposed Installation, operation and decommissioning of renewable energy generating station comprising ground-mounted photovoltaic solar arrays together with transformer/inverter stations, site accesses, internal access tracks, security measures, access gates, other ancillary infrastructure and landscaping and…
- Received
- 27 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 7 Jan 2026
- Outcome
- Approved
Land at Nickerlands, Berwick Lane, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9PX
Proposed Installation, operation and decommissioning of renewable energy generating station comprising ground-mounted photovoltaic solar arrays together with transformer/inverter stations, site accesses, internal access tracks, security measures, access gates, other ancillary infrastructure and landscaping and biodiversity enhancements.
- Received
- 26 Jul 2024
- Decided
- 20 Feb 2025
- Outcome
- Approved