Marshes Farm (25.5 MW solar farm)
Marshes Farm is a 25.5 MW solar farm project in Maldon, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 10 September 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 7 November 2025.
25.5 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
7 November 2025record last updated
Maldoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 December 2024 | Application submitted |
| 10 September 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 10 September 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 25.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 7 November 2025
- Operator or applicant
- One Planet
- Planning authority
- Maldon
- Planning application reference
- 24/00901/FULM
- Site area
- 43.2 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Solar Farm At, Marsh Road, Burnham-On-Crouch, Essex
- Council area (by location)
- Maldon
- Time to decision
- 40 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8022
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wick Farm (Burnham on Crouch) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.1 |
| Turncole Wind Farm | wind farm | 17.5 | operational | 2.3 |
| Middlewick wind farm | wind farm | 20.7 | operational | 4.4 |
| Dengie | solar farm | 19 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Bradwell Wind Farm (Repower) | wind farm | 20 | operational | 8.2 |
| Bolt Hall Farm, Lark Hill Road Solar Photovoltaic Farm. | solar farm | 50 | application submitted | 8.3 |
| Canewdon Road, Canewdon Solar Photovoltaic Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 9.8 |
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 (51.6372, 0.8439).