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26/01224/S73 Land Adjacent Sewage Pumping Station, Ashwell Road, Bygrave, Hertfordshire

 

 

Meeting: 05/11/2026 - Planning Control Committee (Item 6.)

6. 26/01224/S73 LAND WEST OF ASHWELL ROAD, BYGRAVE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG7 5EB pdf icon PDF 409 KB

REPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION MANAGER

 

Variation of Condition number 26 (CTMP) (as amended by information received 16 July 2026): vary the number of daily articulated lorry visits and the permitted hours of construction vehicle movements, of planning permission reference 22/00741/FP granted on 17.06.2024 for: Ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm including battery energy storage; continued agricultural use, ancillary infrastructure, security fencing, landscaping provision, ecological enhancements and associated works (as amended by information received 29 January 2024).

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED: That application 26/01224/S73 be GRANTED planning permission subject to:

 

A)    The submission of a further revised CTMP addendum that commits to amending the matters set out in paragraphs 4.4.19 to 4.4.24 inclusive.

 

B)    The conditions set out in the report with delegated powers provided to the Development and Conservation Manager to update conditions and informatives with minor amendments as required.

 

C)    The following amendments to Conditions 5 and 24, as outlined in the Supplementary Document Pack.

 

‘Condition 5

 

Articulated vehicle deliveries shall be restricted to between 09.00hrs and 15.00 hrs and other HGV vehicle deliveries shall be restricted to between 09.30 and 14.30 hours Monday to Friday and no articulated or HGV vehicles at any time on Saturdays, Sundays or bank holidays unless there are exceptional circumstances as defined through the CTMP and any associated addendum and as secured by condition 26 of this permission.

 

Reason: In the interest of minimising noise and disturbance for the occupiers of nearby

residential properties and in the interests of highway safety in accordance with Policies D3 and T1 in the Local Plan.

 

Condition 24

 

(a)    The construction and operational phases shall be carried out in complete accordance with the Soil Management Plan as approved under reference 26/00313/DOC unless otherwise approved in writing by the local planning authority. (S73)

 

(b)    Prior to the decommissioning of the solar farm, a Soil Management Plan shall be submitted to approved in writing by the local planning authority. The decommissioning shall thereafter be carried out in complete accordance with the approved Plan.

 

Reason: To protect soil quality and so enable the reinstatement of its agricultural land quality following the cessation of the solar farm use of the land in accordance with the NPPF, Defra guidance and policy NE12 in the Local Plan.’