Little Braxted Solar Park (15 MW)
Little Braxted Solar Park is a 15 MW solar farm project in Maldon, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: appeal withdrawn; the record was last updated on 20 January 2014.
15 MWsolar farm
appeal withdrawnstatus in REPD
20 January 2014record last updated
Maldoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 January 2013 | Application submitted |
| 14 June 2013 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 8 August 2013 | Appeal withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 15 MW
- Status (REPD)
- appeal withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 20 January 2014
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Maldon
- Planning application reference
- 13/00036/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land South Of Little Braxted Hall, Witham Road Little Braxted, Essex
- Council area (by location)
- Maldon
- Time to decision
- 22 weeks
- REPD reference
- 1615
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckingham Road | solar farm | 10.7 | refused | 4.2 |
| Park Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 22.5 | approved, not built | 4.2 |
| Highfields Farm (Colchester) | solar farm | 12.2 | operational | 4.8 |
| Cressing Farm, Witham Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 13.8 | approved, not built | 5.3 |
| Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 1) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.0 |
| Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 2) | solar farm | 18 | abandoned | 6.0 |
| Wilkin And Sons, Factory Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 6.2 | operational | 6.4 |
| Skye Green Solar Farm | solar farm | 15 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
| Periwinkle Hall - Links Solar photovoltaic farm & Battery storage | solar farm | 35 | operational | 7.5 |
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 (51.8017, 0.6612).