Robin Hood End, Braintree - Planning Application for Solar Farm Development

Notice Under Article 13 of Application for Planning Permission

The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

Proposed development at: Land southeast of Robin Hood End, Braintree, Essex CO9 4NN

I give notice that Mr Stuart Langer is applying to Braintree District Council for planning permission for:

Proposed development of a solar farm, including associated ancillary infrastructure and development, and landscape and environmental enhancements on land southeast of Robin Hood End, Braintree CO9 4NN.

Any owner* or tenant** who wishes to make representations about this application should write to the Council at:

Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree CM7 9HB

Deadline: 5 November 2026

In the event that an appeal is made against a decision of the Council, and that appeal then proceeds by way of the expedited procedure under the written representations procedure to refuse to grant planning permission for the proposed development, and that appeal then proceeds by way of the expedited procedure under the written representations procedure***, any representations made by the owner* or tenant** to the Council about this application will be passed to the Secretary of State and there will be no opportunity to make further representations.

Any owner or tenant wishing to make representations should do so by the date given above.

\* "Owner" means a person having a freehold interest or a leasehold interest the unexpired term of which is not less than seven years.

** "Tenant" means a tenant of an agricultural holding any part of which is comprised in the land.

*** The expedited procedure in relation to written representations is set out in The Town and Country Planning (Appeals) (Written Representations Procedure) (England) Regulations 2009 (as amended).

Signed: Mr Richard Boother On behalf of: Robin Hood Solar Farm Limited Date: 15 October 2026

Statement of owners' rights

The grant of planning permission does not affect owners' rights to retain or dispose of their property unless there is some provision to the contrary in an agreement or lease.

Statement of agricultural tenants' rights

The grant of planning permission for non-agricultural development may affect agricultural tenants' security of tenure.

Transcription note: The source contains a repeated and grammatically inconsistent passage concerning the expedited appeals procedure. It has been preserved above rather than silently corrected. The phrase "less that seven years" has been corrected to "less than seven years."