Land At Parsonage Farm Forest Hall Road Stansted Essex Data via plota.co.uk

UTT/25/1742/FUL - Fully Detailed Approved

Proposal

Construction and operation of a solar farm comprising ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays and battery storage together with associated development, including inverter cabins, substation, customer switchgear, access, fencing, CCTV cameras and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 16 Oct 2026, 06:33

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Application progress

✓

Received

27 Jun 2025

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Validated

2 Jul 2025

✓

Consultation

11 Nov 2025

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Approved

29 Jan 2026

Approved on 29 Jan 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Uttlesford Planning Committee on 14 Jan 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because renewable-energy, biodiversity and other benefits clearly outweighed Green Belt harm.
Parish councils, neighbours and a councillor raised concerns, while the agent spoke in support.
Members authorised permission, with a strengthened battery-safety condition and the listed updates.

Source: Plota analysis of Uttlesford's committee minutes, Uttlesford Planning Committee minutes, 14 January 2026 .

Documents 202

Decision & officer reports 3

PDF ACFULZ - CONDITIONAL APPROVAL FUL Decision Notice · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT + ADDENDUM LIST B110-Officers Reports · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT B110-Officers Reports · 6 Jan 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 48

Plans & drawings 20

Application forms 2

PDF LVIA - PART 1 - LANDSCAPE OFFICER FEEDBACK B610-Supporting information · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM B610-Supporting information · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 80

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 5 Sept 2025 View ↗

PDF PLACE SERVICE ARCHAEOLOGICAL - REVISED RESPONSE B900-AP Consultation Replies · 4 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF BIRCHANGER PARISH COUNCIL - RESPONSE B900-AP Consultation Replies · 4 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF RESPONSE TO MAG AND ARCHAEOLOGY COMMENTS B610-Supporting information · 1 Sept 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 22 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF CADENT GAS - RESPONSE B900-AP Consultation Replies · 21 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS - RESPONSE B900-AP Consultation Replies · 19 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 19 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF RESPONSE TO HIGHWAYS COMMENTS B610-Supporting information · 19 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 19 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 16 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 14 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 13 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF UDC LANDSCAPING - COMMENTS B900-AP Consultation Replies · 13 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 11 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 8 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF ECC SUDS - RESPONSE B900-AP Consultation Replies · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 7 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 6 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET PARISH COUNCIL - RESPONSE B900-AP Consultation Replies · 6 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 6 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 4 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF ECC HIGHWAY - RESPONSE B900-AP Consultation Replies · 4 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 4 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF ENVIRONMENT AGENCY - RESPONSE B900-AP Consultation Replies · 1 Aug 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show B999 - Representation Letter · 31 Jul 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 4

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

Flood map ↗

Public footpath 16 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 15 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Uttlesford
Application type: Fully Detailed
Postcode: CM24 8TY
Received: 27 Jun 2025
Validated: 2 Jul 2025
Ward: Stansted South And Birchanger
Parish: Stansted
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 31 Jan 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 29 Jan 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Louis Earle-Davis

How this decision compares

Decided in 211 days from validation, 155 days slower than Uttlesford's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 74% of full applications here are.

This one211d

Council56d

UK56d

55%decided within 8 weeks

74%approved

7%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Uttlesford in the last twelve months, from validation. Uttlesford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

391 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-13997588
Planning Portal ref: PP-13997588
Neighbours: 29 Jan 2026
Consultation: 11 Nov 2025
Comments by: 25 Nov 2025
Site or press notice: 4 Jul 2025
Committee: 14 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry: 22 Oct 2025
Env. assessment: Yes

Historical activity at this location

1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2016 Approved

Mast At Parsonage Farm Forest Hall Road Stansted Essex CM24 8TY

Telecommunications Notification for replacement of existing 12m high pole with proposed 1…

UTT/16/3010/TEL 14 Dec 2016

Uttlesford

Planning Authority Score

6.2/10

Average

#95 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Uttlesford is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #31 out of 296. Only 25% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Uttlesford is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 82% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Uttlesford decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

77%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #280 of 296

82%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #272 of 296

82%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #31 of 296

25%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #33 of 296

71%

Minor dwellings approved

276 decided (1-9 homes)

87%

Major dwellings approved

23 decided (10+ homes)

64%

Change of use approved

28 decided

1,247

Total decisions

288 refused in the year to March 2026