Beckingham Road (10.7 MW solar farm)
Beckingham Road is a 10.7 MW solar farm project in Maldon, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 28 July 2014; the record was last updated on 1 September 2014.
10.7 MWsolar farm
refusedstatus in REPD
1 September 2014record last updated
Maldoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 12 May 2014 | Application submitted |
| 28 July 2014 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 10.7 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 1 September 2014
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Maldon
- Planning application reference
- 14/00283/FUL
- Site area
- 16.6 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land South Of Beckingham Road, Great Totham
- Council area (by location)
- Maldon
- Time to decision
- 11 weeks
- REPD reference
- 1962
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| South of Beckingham Road 13/00818/FUL | 10.8 | 5 September 2013 | refused 21 November 2013 |
Who decides
| Applications | Maldon | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 20 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 11 (55%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 7 of 13 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 4 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Braxted Solar Park | solar farm | 15 | appeal withdrawn | 4.2 |
| Wilkin And Sons, Factory Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 6.2 | operational | 4.5 |
| Highfields Farm (Colchester) | solar farm | 12.2 | operational | 5.3 |
| Maldon Hall | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 6.0 |
| Park Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 22.5 | approved, not built | 8.0 |
| Birch Airfield | solar farm | 5.6 | operational | 8.6 |
| Maldon Wycke Solar Farm | solar farm | 25 | operational | 8.8 |
| Skye Green Solar Farm | solar farm | 15 | approved, not built | 9.2 |
| Cressing Farm, Witham Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 13.8 | approved, not built | 9.4 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (51.7779, 0.7079).